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But the freedom you refer to will be technical WRT to engineering issues, something Bishop largely had already at Telarc.

I'm concerned about the larger business issues, such as who/what ensembles Five Four Productions will have the clout and budget to sign deals with to record, if any. They can be the most technically adept engineers in the world, but where is their operational finance coming from? Who is their distribution partner?

CMG likely took over all existing Telarc contracts and it is now their--not Bishop's or even Woods'--decision regarding who is and isn't going to be recorded from the Telarc stable going forward. That's my issue/concern. I predict Five Four will be another audiophile boutique operation--perhaps contracted by CMG to make some recordings for them--but they won't be recording the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under their own banner.

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Maybe you're correct, Lee.

http://sa-cd.net/shownews/44


Potentially "good bull," as the Aggies say.

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Finally found a reasonably-priced, great quality copy (thank you, Newbury Comics) of that Chailly/Royal Concertgebouw/Decca DVD-A of the Mahler 8. My third 8, first surround/high rez. Just listened to Part I; wow. I'll put my more critical listening caps on over future months/years of listening but for now it just sure is awesome to hear this in surround.

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Tierney Sutton -Something CoolSACD HybridSurround
Tierney Sutton -Dancing in the DarkSACD HybridSurround
Ray Charles -Genius Loves CompanySACD HybridSurround
Al Di Meola -Consequence of ChaosSACD HybridSurround

Picked up these Concord/Telarc SACD's during a recent Concord site sale.

Chris

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"More Mahler, less holler," as one of KUSC's ad slogans reads.

With the strong recommendation of another HTFer (thank you, Greg B.), I'm continuing my personal cycle of Mahler symphonies with the SACD of Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra's Mahler 2. This is my first Channel Classics purchase (and I think my first 5.0 SACD).

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danny who is that artist first one in SACD?

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It's the SACD of Ludacris - Chicken & Beer, featuring Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent

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10x danny. is it that good?

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Not Hirez but just picked up DTS of BOTR, Days of Future Past and SEVENTH SOJOURN.

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I finally gave up trying to get the Foghat, Fool For The City, SA-CD for less at CD Universe. They back-ordered me twice. I went elssewhere and listened to it this afternoon. I really enjoyed it. I saw 'em when they were touring on this album. I used to have the vinyl but no more.... This'll do, aye.

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Keane - Hopes & Fears
Frank Sinatra - Sinatra at the Sands
Beck - Sea Change SACD

The last 2 are doubles I will probably trade or sell

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Blair:


I love the Sinatra at the Sands DVD-A.

Mind my inquiring where you got the Beck SA-CD? I have had my eye on getting that for a while, but keep getting put off by price (current Amazon Marketplace pricing on the DVD-A starts at ~$50 and the SA-CD ranges from ~$40 on up to ~$110).

I'll PM you re what kinda coin you're looking for to sell that one.

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The discs I ordered for myself as a birthday present (last month) arrived today:

Patricia Barber- Modern Cool, Companion, Verse all on SACD

Now if I could only find Nightclub at a decent price my PB on SACD collection would be complete.

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I just searched the thread and I know we've got some Genesis fans in da house (PaulDA, Mike Frezon, KevinJ, PaulT and others.)

General "ask": If you had to recommend one early/Gabriel-era album to someone interested in getting more familiar with that period of the band's history, which would it be?

Specific "ask": Of course . . . which album from that era most impresses you on SA-CD? I'm most interested in the album(s) that have presented best in multichannel and getting some good archival footage on the DVD of the famed theatricality of PG's live performances.

I'm aware of the dual Virgin UK releases with either PAL or NTSC companion DVDs, and the US WEA releases with CDs instead of SACDs and DTS DVDs. Also aware of the sq criticisms, especially of the stereo presentations.

I've done a little reading (always a dangerous thing) and money's tight--basically, I'm wondering if I should get Foxtrot, Nursery Cryme, Trick Of the Tail, Selling England By the Pound or The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. I've been leaning towards one of the last two.

Thanks.

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Selling England by the Pound is my all time favourite Genesis album, followed by Wind and Wuthering. I always recommend Selling... as a first exposure as it represents, to me, the peak of the Gabriel years. YMMV

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Thx, PaulDA. Any comments on the video content of the SEBtP DVD?

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Trick of the Tail for me.

I don't have SACD. But I have the DVD 5.1 version of Trick of the Tail and it is stunning. My wife will be receiving a copy of Wind and the Wuthering for her birthday next week. I am expecting the same terrific treatment.

Hope that helps.

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Thx, Mike. Yeah I remember you don't have an SACD player (! ).

The DVD features a DTS 96/24 track, yes? Is there video content on there as well?

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Can't answer the 96/24 question right now as I'm at work. There is video content on the DVD. From memory, I'm hard-pressed to tell you...but here's the amazon listing of the disc content:


The amazon listing for the disc contains some reviews which seem to be from knowledgeable people about the various mixes.

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Thx, Mike.

Another DVD-A title for me . . . (I'm finally biting the bullet on a few things I've wanted for a while, some of which I've mentioned years ago in this thread. Surprisingly, the Amazon Marketplace pricing for some of these discs has not gone down over the years.)

Luis Miguel's Romances. Escuchando ahorita y me gusta.

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That's one of the things that has surprised me about the DVD-As and SACDs. It seems to me like they haven't dropped in price like, for example, HD-DVDs. Sure, I can name a number of stores in which I can walk in and buy Herb Alpert's Passion DVD-A for $3.99 (or thereabouts)...but most times I find a DVD-A I'm interested in...it's still "top dollar."

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What are ya'all surprised that so many DVD-A's and Sack-Dees are rare. I'd say that lots of 'em are just gonna escalate in value.

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"That's one of the things that has surprised me about the DVD-As and SACDs. It seems to me like they haven't dropped in price like, for example, HD-DVDs."

I'm generalizing but I thnk this may have to do with the fact that the small but acquisitive high rez aud consumer market (exemplified by folks like us who have kept this thread going for nearly five years?) is willing to pay to get quality discs.

"Sure, I can name a number of stores in which I can walk in and buy Herb Alpert's Passion DVD-A for $3.99 (or thereabouts)...but most times I find a DVD-A I'm interested in...it's still "top dollar.""

Welllll I think it depends on what you call "top dollar." I listed my MFSL Ultradisc of Nirvana's In Utero on Amazon Marketplace recently and found someone asking $477 for their new copy (!). I understand your point, but I haven't seen that level of meshugas with DVD-A. I think that has to do with the size of the universe of collectors--which is larger for, say, gold CDs because they are, after all, still CDs--and what some obsessive people are willing to pay for.

With HD DVD, I think the terminal issue for software value was/is that the sole major hardware manufacturer supporting that format stopped making players. If Tosh was still making players, I think the software situation would be more akin to LD, even with no new titles--it could limp along with a fervent, small installed base. (It will be interesting to see what happens to used HD DVD demand if Tosh finally gets over it and makes a combo HD DVD/BD player.) Unlike HD DVD, there are still fine companies like OPPO and Denon including DVD-A and SA-CD playback in their new decks.

Perhaps the fact that the home vid industry has historically been more motivated to coalesce around one consumer media format moreso than the recorded music industry is also a factor? (Whereas there was competish to be sure but talk of co-existence between DVD-A and SACD, VHS was embraced over Beta and there was much more of a drive to determine a sole standard between BD and HD DVD. No companies gave away SA-CD and DVD-A software and hardware the way the movie studios and their hardware manuf partners seduced "opinion repeaters" in the online communities with free BD and HD DVD goodies.)