[Wonderful name you got there, by the way]

Where do I start… I’m no expert, but much is obvious:

First, technology has advanced since 1985.

Second, so have perceptions of what good sound is, and the mastering [is that the right word?] of CDs has gone back to using a lot more tube gear and a lot more care is taken during each step of the mastering chain.

Third, SACD is akin to something like 24 bit at 96 kHz [I am too busy to look it up, it is something like 1 bit at some megahertz…]

Forth, the original album was really DDD? Eeeeeewwwww!

Seriously, the release can have no more _information_ than the *tape* it was originally recorded on, but apparent _detail_ can and may be enhanced so that any media might appear to have more detail than the actual master.

Finally, 16/44 is a failed format. And it looks like SACD is also. Blu-ray anybody? And we have it on good authority that 1st generation high-end MP3 playback will sound pretty good.

Thanks for posting,
Mike.

Please tell me where this extra detail is coming from. How can the LP, XRCD, or SACD have any more sonic definition than the original 1985 CD release? The album was a DDD release and at that time would have been recorded at 16bit/44.1kHz