4 incredible sounding and mastered SACDs' that won't break the bank or cause bankruptcy! 

I will look for these Steve and thanks for the recommendations!! I still think about those horrible fire disasters at both UMG in 2008 and Atlantic Records in 1978. I just hope that there are many great pristine and well mastered production copies to work from for future reissue projects and the same applies to the movie industry as well in safe keeping old movie and TV show masters. Big hugs and I hope your new year is going well for you...Friends, Lloyd.

The 2003 'The Dark Side of the Moon' hybrid SACD was the only version on the shelves of CD shops here in the UK for years. It was often discounted or in buy-one-get-one-free offers. My copy still has a big pink sticker that says "SALE £8'. I've never been very enthusiastic about the sound though, it's always seemed a little muddy, as if it was tweaked to have extra 'analogue warmth'. The 2011 Analogue Productions 'Wish You Where Here' SACD sounds superb, as do my 2011 LPs of both titles.

I have the Carly Simon and Pink Floyd SACDs featured. They're good but in my opinion there are many other SACD releases that blow them out of the water. One of the best, certainly in the top 5 is Nilsson's Nilsson Schmilsson MoFi release. The sound quality is AWESOME!!

Years ago I found sacd dsd downloads of led zeppelin on DSD up to houses of the Holy and Robert Plant solo on sacd up to pictures at eleven!

I wish I can find somewhere SACD Depeche Mode - Violator. In stereio sound well enough..

Sacd rocks best sound you can get

I do have the Bad Out Of Hell SACD, which is indeed very great in the sound spectrum :-)

CD's are technically and potentially the best sounding medium, with the exception of live music and tape recordings.

Nice job thanks for the video . Me love spinning the silver disk

I'm sure that Pink Floyd sounds amazing!!!

Love SACDs (and regular CDs, too)!

Thank you for the video about SACD. I love CD too :^)

I wish they would make a recorder sacd

As for 2003 PF SACD, it's technically perfect, but kind of lifeless. A dynamics has gone completely. I cannot agree it's the best TDSOTM release I've heard. "The Great Gig In The Sky" - she sing like they pay 5 pounds per hour to her. I have a rip from a copy of a copy of... 15 ips made on Mechlabor STM 310. I can listen to that copy all day long.

Hoffman has a great glamour shot!

I just bought my first SACD right before the holidays, of course it was a new copy of the 35th anniversary of Dark Side of the Moon.

Just got Eddie Money debut Analogue Production sacd from Acoustic Sounds and am blown away by the sound quality. I rarely say that.

Thanks Steve, I have the 2011 version of Dark Side Of The Moon, which is very satisfying to me. The other mentioned SACD’s I don’t own yet, but I will check on Carly Simon :-)

First you have to decide whether you like the music itself. Only then can you decide whether to spend the money on the disc.

Thanks. Good stuff

Thanks for the tips, i picked up the zombies and pink floyd so far much apprciated Steve i just subbed you channel should have done it a while ago better late than never right 👍👍

I just became a subscriber I’m curious what SACD player you use for listening. Even good dedicated CD have gone overboard on price.

I've been acquiring some and now all I need is an SACD player.

I bought the MOFI Sacd of Eagles on the Border ,MOFI is getting a bad name for the vinyl DSD Debacle but they still know how to make Superior CDs along with Analogue Productions like Eddie Money 1st album and Dave Brubeck Time Out... I don't put them in any car stereo either ,the pull and eject mechanism scratches the hell out of it ,,,,make copies of your best CDs for the car..I keep them in protective plastic also to keep the cases from getting marred ..The things are like gold that holds value..

I've recently bought a couple of newer (re)releases for anywhere inbetween $20 to $30. Two discs by Isao Tomita (Planets and Pictures at an exhibition) plus the classic Fleetwood Mac - Rumours and Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert. And if you want to go really cheap there's Jamie Cullum's Twentysomething and Nick Drake's A Treasury. Those can be had for as little as $5. I do wish there was some modern jazz or electronica available. Most of the releases seem to be Rock for 40 year old dads, ancient Jazz or Classical music. And I'm way too young for most of those. :P

Steve, that Zombies Greatest Hits SACD is mostly stereo. Tracks 19 and 20 are mono.

There's a guy in a different video comparing Dark Side of the Moon releases' sound including what he called the SA-CD version. No, he was playing the regular CD layer. The regular CD layer is old mix we know and love. But the real SA-CD 5.1 version is special. I have it. It might be 10 years since I've played it. And I couldn't tell you if my launch PS3 that *does* play SA-CDs will still work. (I need to find out. excuse me...)

DSOTM scads are mind lowing on a good system

Thanks for the SACD recommendations. What SACD player do you have / recommend?

Analog Productions is not a name I'd trust in an all-digital review of supposed audiophile quality music, but hey, who knows...

The recent 5.1 DSOTM offering from Acoustic Sounds is a POS. It sounds like early stereo ping pong effect recordings. Absolute best SACDs: Dire Straits 5.1 BIM and stereo self titled album.

Beware recommendations for "best SACD" that lead with a mono album, and follow with the lackluster 5.1 mix of Dark Side of the Moon (very dumb that they didn't hire Alan Parsons do it, when he did the original quad). A couple of truly great, still in-print SACDs: Diana Krall, The Look of Love Eagles: Hotel California A SACD truly worth getting, even if a bit pricey*: Billy Joel, The Stranger (original multichannel edition: NOT the later 2 channel from Mobile Fidelity, which was terrible). Since in the video he thinks $40--50 is "cheap" for a single album, I think we can stretch that to $60 or so. 😅

With SACD, are we talking DSD quality? Apparently that is 99.999999% as good as hearing the master tape in the studio (if mastered well). Check out PS Audio's Paul on his Octave Records and DSD Studios channel.

I thought THE ZOMBIES SACD was a bit weak and not because it was mono, while DARK SIDE has a so-so CD layer, but the 5.1 mix has several errors. Hope the 12-track Dolby Atmos version is better. NO SECRETS has a 5.1 SA-CD from Japan that repeats the 5.1 mix from the old DVD-Audio U.S. edition. Someone ought to compare the three discs. Excellent video! Look forward to more!!!

Zombies 40.00 plus now on ebay. I guess the word is out.

I’m buying more and more SACD’s these days…. My Yamaha CD-S2100 easily hangs with my Rega P6

Hey man, it is 1:16 before your video starts on a 5:12 min video. What gives?

Dark Side is good

Hey, Mike Oldfield - Tubullar Bells hybrid CD comes from heaven..

Still no Beatles on SACD.

Maybe you should add that to hear these in SACD quality you need a SACD player. A regular, even a very high quality CD player, etc will not get the job done.

I am very disappointed and the Hotel California album by the eagles on Sacd made in Japan he did not have cd text I am mad I wasted money for no reason at all. I bought a re-issue on CD and I had it. I could’ve bought something else than buying a stupid SE CD by the Eagles and I really disappointed they released order a lot of stuff and stupid cardboard. I hate them put them in Jewelcase and put the track listings on all of them Hotel California did I’m gonna try to sell it on eBay. I wish they release the greatest hits while one and two by the Eagles on sacd in jewel case dishoneswhat I have I’m disappointed it does not have the track listings on it but I’m happy it’s in a jewel case it has cd Text I’m sorry this message is so long. I wish they would come out with the very best of the Moody blues on at sacd I already buy the one that plays in all machines I wish they would make sacd dive play in all computers like I said, I’m sorry this message is so long. I am a big Elvis Presley version. I wish they would make all Elvis on sacd and playing on machines I do not like the ones that already play in sacd machines