I just received a bundle of these inexpensive ($11.98 on AccousticSounds.com) Classical SACD's. I was beginning to lament the fact I upgraded my front end so I could play SACD's. The labels I typically buy (Telarc, Chesky, Opus 3, Mapleshade etc.) have great sounding CD sound so I wasn't getting my money's worth.

Enter RCA Living Stereo remasters. From the first note these splendid recordings are showcases for the SACD standard. Who ever engineered them should be canonized. The sound is spacious, tonally accurate and pure. The imaging is remarkable given that the recordings were made in 50's ( I am referring to an Arthur Fiedler BPOPS release). There is a slight tape hiss but once you hear the wondrous sound, you can block it out.

I ordered a total of around 20 of these SACD's because of the excellence in musical reproduction but also because they catalogue some of the greatest performers of their generation: Rubenstein, Horowicz, Haifitz, Fiedler, Moffo, Lanza...too many to mention.

I hate to sound like an advertisement but when someone does a great job like RCA did in these reissues, they deserve to be rewarded economically. I wanted to make sure that the classical music lovers out there (if there are any left) knew about these little gems.