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BIS
BISSACD1656£9.95Schubert - Symphonies No.8 & No.9
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AUDITE92547£11.95Bach and the North German Tradition
Challenge Classics
CC72357£24.95J S Bach - St Matthew Passion
Audite
AUDITE92577£11.95Hideyo Harada plays Schumann
What is SACD?

What is SACD?
SACD stands for Super Audio Compact Disc and was introduced in 2000 after being developed by Sony and Philips. It was designed to provide better sound quality than the traditional Compact Disc (CD), due to its more advanced method of encoding the audio data. SACD uses a process known as Direct Stream Digital (DSD) as opposed to the standard PCM method used in producing CDs. DSD employs a sampling rate 64 times higher than that of PCM, resulting in greater dynamic range and a wider frequency response.
SACDs should always contain a 2-channel stereo version of a recording, but many also contain surround sound versions (5.0 or 5.1 layout), a full set of surround sound speakers being required to take advantage of the higher number of channels. However, Wikipedia notes that there are also variants from these two norms, one example being the RCA reissue of the 1957 Chicago Symphony Orchestra recording of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition (Fritz Reiner), which marked the first time the original 3.0 (three track) recording was made available in a consumer format. It is interesting to note that approximately half of all SACDs released to date are classical recordings.
Most of the SACDs sold on this site are backward compatible Hybrid SACDs which also contain a standard CD layer. This allows the discs to be played on an ordinary CD player, thus enabling people to purchase an SACD recording without needing to invest a more expensive SACD player. However, playing an SACD on an ordinary CD player will not, in principle, produce a higher quality of sound than a standard CD. If any SACD does not contain this standard CD layer, we will make it very clear in the product details.
For more detailed information, we would recommend the following sites:
SA-CD.net
Wikipedia (English version)
BIS SACDs at great prices...
BIS
BISSACD1436£9.95Handel – Great Oratorio Duets
BIS
BISSACD1712£9.95Rachmaninov - Symphony No.2, Vocalise
BIS
BISSACD1431£9.95J.. S. Bach – Ouvertures (The 4 Orchestr
BIS
BISSACD1591£9.95Greig - Peer Gynt Suites, etc
Channel SACDs all reduced...
Channel Classics
CCSSA20403£10.50Follow that Star
Channel Classics
CCSSA26609£10.50With Endless Teares
Channel Classics
CCSSA25007£20.95J.S. Bach - Mass in B minor
Channel Classics
CCSSA20103£20.95J.S Bach - Christmas Oratorio BWV248
Linn SACDs all reduced...
Linn Records
CKD238£10.50Songs by Strauss, Walter and Marx
Linn
CKD291£10.50Garden of Early Delights
Linn Records
CKD253£10.50Oh Fair To See (songs by Finzi)
Linn Records
CKD319£10.50Handel - Acis and Galatea (original cann
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Caro Mitis
CM0032007£25.95J S Bach - English Suites
Caro Mitis
CM0082007£15.95Telemann - Complete Orchestral Suites Vo
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CM0072006£15.95Schumann - Piano Works
Caro Mitis
CM0012007£15.95If Haydn had Written for Oboe







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