![]() ![]() The SACD layer trumps the CD layer of the Hybrid with the by now familiar SACD attributes of more space, dimensionality and extension. Nice clean-up job and for Floyd fans a worthwhile upgrade in my view even if they do not have SACD players. Edition RBCD sounds very two dimensional compared to the CD-layer of the Hybrid 30th Ann. A number of veils have lifted so to speak, and the 20th Ann. The CD layer of the Hybrid SACD is much better than that RBCD in every respect. Postscript 12/21/03: I have now been able to compare the Hybrid disc to the 20th Anniversary Edition RBCD and it must be said that there is a marked improvement. I have learned that the Mch mixes are brand new and that the Stereo mix is just a new transfer. DSOTM has never sounded as good as say 'The Wall' or 'The Final Cut' but personally I am disappointed that the Stereo mix has not been improved further. Having no multi-channel system I cannot judge the Mch mixes, but the word is that these are great. Edition CD but reports are that the CD sounds better. I have not been able to compare the mix to the 20th Ann. The SACD layer sounds more extended, detailed and dynamic than the CD layer. The Stereo mix still sounds somewhat veiled on SACD, especially vis-a-vis the bass - this is my impression compared to other SACD's I have from a similar era. Let me add a short note to the other reviews of this classic. ![]()
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