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07-16-2004, 03:43 PM
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HDCD's...How many do you own? Where did you buy them?
I purchased an HDCD capable CD player a couple of months ago. I have been looking in earnest for HDCDs to listen to and buy. So far, my only luck has been on ebay with 99.9% of the title's being 'asian' releases... i have purchased 9 of these discs, they all came 'as advertised' and sound great.
please share your experience with HDCD...
How many do you have?
Where did you buy?
qty 9 - on ebay
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07-16-2004, 04:46 PM
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I have a few which I purchased mostly from Best Buy and CD clubs. Sad news is that my receiver doesn't have the HDCD encoder to benefit from these discs.
311: Transistor
Better Than Ezra: Friction, Baby
Bloodhound Gang: Hooray For Boobies
DC Talk: Supernatural
God Lives Underwater: Life In The So-Called Space Age
Green Day: Nimrod
Live: Secret Samadhi
Nine Inch Nails: The Day The Whole World Went Away (Single)
Orgy: Candyass
Pearl Jam: Live On Two Legs
Sponge: New Pop Sunday
Stabbing Westward: Darkest Days
Here's a list of all available HDCDs: http://www.hdcd.com/music_catalog/mu...=AtoZ&alph=All |
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07-16-2004, 06:49 PM
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I have only one: Michael W. Smith - Live the Life (don't laugh). I've never had an HDCD-enabled player, so I have no idea what the disc sounds like in that format.
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07-16-2004, 07:44 PM
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I use the analogue outs on my Music Hall CD25 since my receiver doesn't support HDCD (the Music Hall has a much better DAC anyways).
I have 18 HDCD titles. All the classical titles are from Elusive Disc. The others came from BMG Music Service and Circuit City.
Those Reference Recordings titles are amazing. (and cheap!) I will eventually get the full catalogue. These are high quality NEW recordings of NEW performances. The Janacek I'd put up with XRCD Living Stereo.
Artist Album Genre Label Year
Paganini w/ Ricci Paganini's Dreams Classical John Marks Records 1998
Rimsky-Korsakov w/ Serebrier/LPO Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Russian Easter Overture Classical Reference Recordings 1999
Chicago Pro Musica Medinah Sessions, The Classical Reference 2001
von Stade, Frederica Casa Guidi Classical Reference 2002
Janacek Janacek: Taras Bulba, Sinfonietta, etc Classical Reference
Bruckner Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 Classical Reference 1998
Hell, Felix Organ Sensation Classical Reference Recordings 2003
St.-John, Lara Bach Solo Works for Violin Classical Well-Tempered Productions 1996
St.-John, Lara Gypsy Classical Well-Tempered Productions
Thomson, Cyndi My World Country Capitol 2001
McBride, Martina Greatest Hits Country
McCready, Mindy If I Don't Stay the Night Country BMG 1997
Dixie Chicks Fly Country Sony 1999
Carter, Deana Did I Shave My Legs for This? Country Capitol 1996
Dixie Chicks Home Country Sony 2002
Wright, Chely Never Love You Enough Country MCA 2001
Fleck, Bela The Bluegrass Sessions Folk WB
Velasquez, Jaci Crystal Clear Folk Epic 2000
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07-17-2004, 12:03 AM
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May want to check out this thread at head-fi.org |
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07-17-2004, 12:18 AM
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If anything, HDCD is a thing of the past. I have a few, but they're nothing special.
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07-17-2004, 11:30 AM
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I'd say the majority of mine are from the Higher Octave label.
Rachael, the big disc cat! I used to be looking for Hi-Vision Laserdiscs & D-Theater tapes, now I'm looking for HD-DVD's and Blu-rays.
I survived the AFI top 100 Film Challenge! I've seen them all.
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07-17-2004, 09:38 PM
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I have a few, including a few 311 titles and a couple of Koch jazz titles. The only access I have to HDCD decoding is through Windows Media Player (the newest version has this capability). I don't find it that big of a deal.
Out of step
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07-17-2004, 11:15 PM
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thanks for the replies...
just wondering if anyone is using the HDCD function if they happen to own a HDCD player since many Rotel,NAD,Denon have HDCD from what i recall.
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07-17-2004, 11:59 PM
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The Panasonic F87 5 disc DVD-Audio/Video player also feature HDCD decoding for $129.00.
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07-18-2004, 01:42 AM
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