- Joined: February 2004
- Location: St. Hubert, Quebec
- Post Count: 2,074
Re: What are you listening to right now?
Brahms Cello Sonatas--Jacqueline Du Pre and Daniel Barenboim
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes time, and it annoys the pig.
- Joined: February 2004
- Location: St. Hubert, Quebec
- Post Count: 2,074
Re: What are you listening to right now?
Jazz Red Hot and Cool--The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes time, and it annoys the pig.
- Joined: August 2001
- Location: Atlanta
- Post Count: 6,357
Re: What are you listening to right now?
AC/DC Back in Black recent Sony CD issue.
Viewing: Sony KDSXBR150, Samsung 1400, DirectTV
Listening: Sony SCD777ES, Oppo980H, VPI Scoutmaster, Audio Research Electronics, Magnepan 1.6s
- Joined: February 2004
- Location: St. Hubert, Quebec
- Post Count: 2,074
Re: What are you listening to right now?
Genesis Foxtrot (5.1 SACD)
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes time, and it annoys the pig.
- Joined: February 2004
- Location: St. Hubert, Quebec
- Post Count: 2,074
Re: What are you listening to right now?
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Jeff O.
Paul,
Where did you pick this up? The only place that I have seen the early Genesis SACDs is Elusive Disc, but you have to buy the whole set with PAL DVDs.
|
I bought the PAL box set from amazon UK (the British pound ain't worth what it was). I have a region free player that outputs PAL and NTSC (either converted or native) and my projector and small HD monitor accept PAL natively.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes time, and it annoys the pig.
- Joined: August 2001
- Location: Atlanta
- Post Count: 6,357
Re: What are you listening to right now?
Sammartini (Italian Composer) on Brilliant Classics SACD. Fantastic!
Viewing: Sony KDSXBR150, Samsung 1400, DirectTV
Listening: Sony SCD777ES, Oppo980H, VPI Scoutmaster, Audio Research Electronics, Magnepan 1.6s
- Joined: February 2004
- Location: St. Hubert, Quebec
- Post Count: 2,074
Re: What are you listening to right now?
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Jeff O.
Thanks Paul,
I am really dying to get this set, but I don't really want the DVD's especially PAL. I keep hoping that they will release either the set with NTSC or the discs separately. Trying to hold off, may have to break down soon though....
By the way, how do they sound?
|
They are not as "sonically grand" as some of my SACDs (there exist numerous threads on the web that decry their quality--some far too excessively, IMO--but I can live with them just fine). However, while I've not made my way through the first two (chronologically) boxes in their entirety, I've yet to find a MCH mix I do not like. I have found something that bothers me in the 2 CH re-mix of Misunderstanding--it appears that a guitar part is missing (very short section, but it was in the original). I have not noticed its absence in the MCH mix but that could be because I'm "distracted" by the rest of the MCH re-mix.
The short story is that when I'm listening in the "main system", I always choose the MCH mix. I'm a big enough fan that I don't limit my listening to the "man-cave" (as my wife has dubbed the HT room) so I listen in 2 CH in the living room or in the car. But I'm not about to give up on the MCH mixes anytime soon (lack of sonic "perfection" notwithstanding). I have no regrets about buying the sets and will get the others (the 83-98 set and the announced, yet currently unreleased, "Live" set). I don't think there will be a release that does not include the DVDs, though (at least not for a very long time). And there are enough things are the DVDs to make them worth getting anyway. If you insist on NTSC, I suggest going via the official Genesis website (I believe you can order them there and specify NTSC) or via a Japanese seller. But if your equipment does PAL at all, save some money and get the PAL version.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes time, and it annoys the pig.
- Joined: February 2004
- Location: St. Hubert, Quebec
- Post Count: 2,074
Re: What are you listening to right now?
Oh, on topic--Copland Billy the Kid suite on Naxos (I'm evaluating a Naxos release that has his four part Rodeo composition as well to see if it is worth suggesting as a supplement to my students in my class on the history of the "Wild West").
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes time, and it annoys the pig.
- Joined: July 1999
- Location: The stars at night.....
- Post Count: 4,274
Re: What are you listening to right now?
Sidney Bechet - Blue Horizon
"No one would know us there."
-Far From Heaven- (2002)
- Joined: February 2004
- Location: St. Hubert, Quebec
- Post Count: 2,074
Re: What are you listening to right now?
Vince Guaraldi--The Charlie Brown Suite and Other Favorites
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes time, and it annoys the pig.
- Joined: November 1999
- Post Count: 755
Re: What are you listening to right now?
Michael Giacchino's soundtrack to the new Star Trek movie. Absolutely glorious fanfare. The fact that the movie itself is absolutely fantastic just makes the music all the more exquisite.
I am Car Salesman of Borg. You will be assimilated with no money down and easy terms available.
- Joined: February 2004
- Location: St. Hubert, Quebec
- Post Count: 2,074
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes time, and it annoys the pig.
- Joined: February 2004
- Location: St. Hubert, Quebec
- Post Count: 2,074
Re: What are you listening to right now?
Ray Sings, Basie Swings SACD
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes time, and it annoys the pig.
- Joined: February 2004
- Location: St. Hubert, Quebec
- Post Count: 2,074
Re: What are you listening to right now?
Bill Evans/Tony Bennett Together Again
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes time, and it annoys the pig.
- Joined: January 1999
- Post Count: 6,692
Re: What are you listening to right now?
Philip Hamm
Moderator Emeritus
