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The Living Stereo SACDs Revisited and the Belafonte-Carnegie Shootout.(Reissue Roundup)(Column)
Those who read this column frequently will recall that just two issues ago I reported some minor disappointment in the sound quality on some titles in the first batch of RCA Living Stereo SACDs. Since then, the second round of ten reissues in the series has appeared, and the ones I've sampled from this group show a marked improvement over the first set. As with the first ten, I chose four titles from the new group, all of which have been part of my personal collection in at least one other format.
Unlike that earlier report, I have chosen not to do extensive comparisons with either the original Shaded Dog or audiophile pressings on vinyl. Instead, I picked ...
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