re., previous review - "I don't get the difference"
Regarding the comment on his not hearing the difference between HDCD and normal CD.
HDCD requires a player or reciever with an HDCD decoder to get the full range of the audio data encoded on the disc.
I do not have this particular CD but do have a couple of other Reference Recordings HDCD's, and a player with the chip. I can clearly hear the more open, higher definiton quality to the orchestra and voices. There also seems to be more dynamic range with HDCD.
Based on the RR recordings which I do own or have heard, both as to performance and sound, I would give a tentative (probably conservative) 4 star rating to this disc.
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