If you already own the dvda but is still curious about this Warner Japan release and willing to spend additional dough, I'll leave it to your better judgment. If you don't have the dvda version and don't want to purchase it because it's expensive, being out of print, I'll gladly recommend this sacd. Hence, in my opinion, they may be similar in some ways but clearly not identical. Hearing them alone, without measurements, may reveal similarities but also not so subtle differences. Some people suspect and/or speculate that this sacd was based on the dvda masters. I guess I have to get used to the sacd sound more to make a much better assessment.
Could it be because it has a leaner bass so that the details can be readily perceived? This is not to say that I don't like the sacd, in fact I like it too (very much indeed) and currently am torn between picking which of the two is the better version. In my opinion, the dvda is more detailed and the highs are more smoother than the sacd. I owned the dvda for some time and admired the sonics for being balanced and excellent. The sacd is a bit louder than the dvda too (though not as much as in stereo) and the bass is also more robust and overall more dynamic than the dvda. The next day I listened to multichannel in my ht set-up, again properly warming up the gears for one hour. Is it because the sacd was mastered louder? The vocals are a bit more forward than the dvda. In stereo, this sacd's bass sounds fatter and fuller, the drums seem to have more slam and guitar solos stand out. After properly warming up my tube preamp and the rest of my gears for about an hour, I set out to listen. My disc arrived late afternoon (from HMV Japan) on 19 August and I hurried home from work to give it a listen and at the same time compare it to my German edition DVDA.
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