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Sorry to burst your bubble...

...but both of the BIS SACD's you cite (Resphigi and Bruch) are 44 kHz/24-bit native recordings. So, whatever it is you are hearing that makes these "hi-rez", it is not due to high sampling frequency. As Chris already pointed out, the higher bit rate adds considerably to the realism of digital recordings. In my world, they are "hi-rez" - they sound terrific.

Regarding BIS's move to 88+ kHz sampling rate, that was done "recently" and there have been only a few SACD's of chamber music released with that native sampling rate (Vol. 12 of the LvB piano music being one example - BIS 1883). However, BIS now seems committed to doing all their new recordings at the higher sampling rate so it won't be long before their release schedule exhausts the last remaining 44 kHz recordings in their pipeline and the flow of 88+ kHz releases continues unabated.


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