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As JA already showed that the CD layer on an SACD has been mastered completely differently on at least one occasion (DSOTM). Look it up.

There is no guarantee that the mastering on the CD layer of an SACD is any good. Actually, there is no guarantee that the DSD layer is any good either, but apparently, it usually is.

I'm not saying it's ALWAYS going to be like this - there are going to be SACDs out there with poor mastering that matches the CD layer, just like there are CDs out there with great mastering that matches the DSD release.

The reality of this is completely socially defined and subjective. If all labels decide tomorrow that they're going to stop spending money on high res remasters and get all the "benefits" of high res with existing CD masters, the advantage of SACD/DVD-A disappears entirely. But for now, the advantages are there.


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