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11/4/09 at 8:43pm
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Mike, Monster Music (yes, that Monster) does have a DTS surround disk of a Charlie Brown Christmas. I don't have it and have not heard it, so can not really respond to it. But, I do have one of their disks (they call them super disks), "George Benson and Al Jarreau--Givin' It Up". I would recommend it to anyone who wants to sample surround music (and it is a good musical disc (not video, so very simiar to a dvd-a). It is not SACD but will play on a conventional dvd player and does have some (IMO) very good surround. I bought my disc at a local "Fry's Electronics" store.

You might, at least check it out. Again, very good sounding disc with good surround sound.

p.s., I think that Concord Music has started carrying a couple of these discs, specifically the George Benson disc.
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11/4/09 at 8:57pm
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Thanks, Frank.  I've got a Monster disc...Peter Cincotti's Live in NY.  Paid way too much for it, but it sounds pretty good.

I didn't realize the Charlie Brown disc was by them.

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11/4/09 at 11:48pm
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The Monster Music label "SuperDisc" that Frank refers to is a different release than the Fantasy Jazz label SA-CD that I linked to in my previous post.  Both are re-releases of the 1965 A Charlie Brown Christmas album but . . .

The SuperDisc is a CD (but not the previously-released remastered CD, according to an Amazon customer review) + DVD package with the DVD containing high rez stereo and three different lossy Dolby Digital and DTS surround mixes from different aural perspectives.  (This is a music-only DVD so, Frank, it has less in common with DVD-Audio [which does support video] than, say, those DAD releases from Classic Records such as the Glory score.)  The gravy here for some is pre-ripped WMA and AAC files (albeit at rezes lower than what I'd like to think most of us would rip from a CD:  192Kbps and 320Kbps, respectively).  Scroll down to the "Editorial Reviews" section here for more info:

http://www.amazon.com/Vince-Guaraldi-Charlie-Christmas-SuperDisc/dp/B000BPFBWG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1257404669&sr=1-1

The Fantasy SA-CD is a high rez stereo hybrid disc.  What with the SuperDisc currently being available used for a third the cost of the SA-CD, that's an attractive $4 buy.  Just be clear that the surround mixes are lossy.
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11/5/09 at 7:34pm
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Thx, for the link, Paul. I only mentioned that to him because he was looking for it in SACD, (and I remember seeing it at Fry's Electronics when I bought the George Benson dvd) and although it is in dts, I thought it might be something to check out with a surround sound. Anyway, I went to Fry's today and looked around and saw the Charlie Brown Christmas cd/dvd combo pack. I wound up buying it (for $10.00). I played it through 3 times on the drive home (2 1/2 hour drive for me). The cd, I thought sounded really good, haven't listened to the dvd though, yet.

I've been looking for other formats to listen to other than sacd/dvd-a, mostly because there are not a lot of those discs around (that I like to listen to, anyway). I've recently bought a couple of bluray music dvd's, along with some music dvd's with dts. Maybe the quality isn't there, but, I'm still looking, hoping to find some good stuff.
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11/6/09 at 7:50pm
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11/7/09 at 11:04am
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What's happened to Lee. I have not seen him lately....is he off on an Antarctic expedition to record the songs of Emperor Penguins? I've not heard a peep out of Lee at Hoffman's either....no new hi-rezzed discs for me lately.

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11/9/09 at 8:45am
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Originally Posted by Rachael B View Post

What's happened to Lee. I have not seen him lately....is he off on an Antarctic expedition to record the songs of Emperor Penguins? I've not heard a peep out of Lee at Hoffman's either....no new hi-rezzed discs for me lately.
 

He has posted recently on the SA-CD.net Forum, specifically a thread about the Wish You Were Here SACD.

On one post from Halloween he says hello to his friends at the Hoffman Forum, so he is alive and presumably well.

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