Doug- where did this take place? There have been other instances in Europe +/or UK where the old version was repackaged-though I have not heard of it happening in the US. The real HDCD will have the rectangular HDCD logo on the disc itself, regardless of the packaging.
Doug wrote: > I have the non HDCD version of STAS. I can tell you it is extremely > noisey and you can even hear 60 Hz hum . > I went to my favorite CD store last week to get the HDCD version, found > one with a sticker that said > "Digitally Remastered - HDCD" . Thanks to a tip from Randy Remote I was > suspicious, asked the clerk to > open it up and sure enough it did not say "HDCD" on the disk. A clear > case of false advertising. Beware. > > Doug > > Stephen Toogood wrote: > > >All in all though I think HDCD is the best option. I can't imagine what the > >non HDCD version of STAS sounds like!? > > > >STEVE T