Andrew Smith wrote: > > Are the newer-released "HDCD"s really superior to the > original releases?
The ones with the biggest difference are Song To a Seagull and Court and Spark. In the case of STAS, the difference is quite dramatic. C&S was also an especially bad sounding CD in it's original release, so the remaster was welcome. Other titles, like For The Roses are something of an improvement, but I had to compare them repeatedly with headphones to notice the slightly silkier high end. If you have a CD player with the HDCD circuitry (I do not) you will probably notice even better sound quality. RR ps In the case of Blue, if you love this album, the gold version is worth the extra bucks.
