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Hybrid SACD disc on a old CD drive?

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Posted on November 8, 2021 at 00:56:36
KanedaK
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 I've borrowed from a friend a version of Mozart's requiem that comes on a hybrid two layers CD/SACD disc. It's the first time I have one of these at home.
The CD layer sounds great on my friend's system, it's a very good recording.
Well when I play it at home, it sounds harsh, congested, and just plain weird, with a "white noise-ish" treble.
Could it be that my 1990 CD drive (Revox B226, Philips CDM1 mechanic) struggles to read the CD layer? Classical / baroque / choral works have never really been my system's strong suit, but this is barely listenable - yet I really enjoy on it, say, an older version of Carmina Burana that should be just as unlistenable if the system was the cause?

 

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RE: Hybrid SACD disc on a old CD drive?, posted on November 8, 2021 at 02:17:37
PAR
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 It may indicate that the the laser has lost power given the age of the transport. The CD layer on a hybrid SACD lies underneath the SACD layer and the CD player's laser has to have enough power to penetrate through the SACD layer.

OR

It really isn't a good recording and your player is revealing it as such whereas your friend's system is masking this fact.

"We need less, but better" - Dieter Rams

 

Were you listening to the SACD layer on his system?, posted on November 8, 2021 at 11:30:16
Dave_K
 The quality of the CD layer can be quite variable. Some of my hybrid CDs have CD and SACD layers down-sampled from the same hi-res master. A reasonable person might expect them all to be done that way. But instead, many of my hybrid SACDs have an audibly inferior CD layer that's clearly from a different mastering.

 

RE: Were you listening to the SACD layer on his system?, posted on November 8, 2021 at 12:03:33
geoffkait
 But he played the CD layer on his friend's system and it sounded great.

 

RE: Hybrid SACD disc on a old CD drive?, posted on November 8, 2021 at 12:04:36
geoffkait
 One wonders if he should rub Geritol on the photons.

 

RE: Hybrid SACD disc on a old CD drive?, posted on November 8, 2021 at 12:55:47
Todd Krieger
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 I use a 1990s vintage Philips CDC935 CD changer, it has never had issues playing the CD layer of hybrid SACDs......

 

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