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Thanks Russell and Robert for your recommendation of

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In Reply to: RE: Have you listen to the RCA living Stereo SACD of this? posted by Robert C. Lang on July 03, 2007 at 22:40:24

the Munch SACD version. I will definitely purchase it.

Since I am presently archiving a large bookcase full of CDs in WAV format on to my PC external hard drive, I am somewhat hesitant about purchasing SACDs unless the redbook layer is an improvement over the original version I already have. From what you said, the redbook layer of the Munch SACD is a remastered version of a recently discovered 3 channel recording.

Although I already have about 10 carefully selected SACDs of Van Cliburn, Julia Fischer, Antal Dorati, etc. that I listen to on my universal DVD/CD player, I am more frequently using my PC as my primary music source. It's not only much easier to catalog and access my recordings, but also, with specialized software and a USB DAC, can provide virtually error-free and better sounding playback than even my modded Marantz CDP.

Unfortunately, I cannot rip the SACD layer to my PC, since there is no DVD/CDR drive or software presently capable of playing/ripping the DRM encoded signal on a PC. As a result I am being very selective in purchasing SACDs.

Again, sincerest thanks for your response.

Barney

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You're welcome, Barney... - Russell 22:36:46 07/04/07 (0)
I believe the RBCD layer of the Munch SACD is derived from the DSD layer (as opposed to the Mercury SACDs, where the RBCD layer is the original CD mastering), so you should hear most of the benefits. Enjoy!

Russell

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