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post #271 of 2541
4/5/05 at 1:53pm
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AC/DC: Back in Black Dual Disc


I wouldn't consider this release Hi-res as the DVD side is only 16/48 PCM.

J
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post #272 of 2541
4/5/05 at 7:57pm
"Up" by Peter Gabriel on hybrid SACD.
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post #273 of 2541
4/6/05 at 4:47am
'Around the Sun' by REM and 'In Absentia' by Porcupine Tree ...( actually that not recent at all but its all I have till 'Deadwing' arrives in May

M
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post #274 of 2541
4/6/05 at 11:28pm
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Dome: Do you mind commenting on the BiB DVD side's contents? Is there anything substantive on there? Trying to decide if I wanna double dip on this title. -p


Please do comment, I would also like to know. Is there much difference between the CD side (which I assume is the same as the remastered CD they put out a year or two ago (and which I own)) and the PCM 16bit/48KHz DVD side?
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post #275 of 2541
4/7/05 at 4:33am
I just bought the "deluxe edition" of the Morrrissey's "You Are The Quarry" ...

amazing....

Now, I want it:

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post #276 of 2541
4/7/05 at 9:38am
Joe Henderson--Lush Life (the music of Billy Strayhorn) SACD
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post #277 of 2541
4/7/05 at 11:34pm
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Joe Henderson--Lush Life (the music of Billy Strayhorn) SACD
That's one of my favorite CDs. I didn't even know an SACD was available. Does it contain a surround mix?
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post #278 of 2541
4/8/05 at 2:01pm
It's supposed to, according to SA-CD.net. It's in the mail, so I'm eagerly awaiting it. It was highly recommended to me by my jazz musician friend.
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post #279 of 2541
4/9/05 at 9:43am
Marvin Gaye Collection (SACD)
Yakov Kreizberg & Netherlands Philh. Orch.: Dvorak Symphony No. 9 & Tchaikovsky Overture (SACD)
Chicago movie soundtrack (SACD)
Thelonius Monk w/ John Coltrane (SACD)
Sam Cooke at the Copa (SACD)
Roxy Music: Avalon (SACD)
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon (SACD)
Paul Paray & Detroit Symphony: Chabrier and Roussel (SACD)
Nikolaus Harnancourt: Mozart's Requiem in D Minor (SACD)
John Mayer: Heavier Things (SACD)
E. Power Biggs: Bach - Four Great Toccatas & Fugues (SACD)
Boston Baroque: Mozart Flute Concertos (SACD)
Arthur Rubinstein: The Chopin Ballades & Scherzos (SACD)
Anthony Newman: Music for Organ, Brass & Timpani (SACD)
Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (2 -SACD)

How's that for an eclectic cross-section?
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post #280 of 2541
4/9/05 at 11:23am
It sounds slightly better, and I only double-dipped because I love AC/DC. I kind of wished it was 5.1 like the other DVD album I have (Fleetwood Mac Rumours).

I'll do a more comprehensive comparison later.
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post #281 of 2541
4/9/05 at 1:24pm
I have the Harnancourt Mozart Requium

Ditto for Rubenstein's Chopin Ballads

How's the Boston Baroque? I have their Bach Orchestral Suites--also a great disc.
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post #282 of 2541
4/9/05 at 3:47pm
Thx for the Mozart "Requiem" tip, Allen. Do you concur with PaulDA's 'two thumbs up'?

Btw, does anyone have this Sony SACD Ultimate Collection?

-p
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post #283 of 2541
4/9/05 at 6:44pm
How's the Boston Baroque?

I really like the period instrument sound (our church choir director brings in a period instrument orchestra to accompany our "bigger stuff" that we do at least once or twice a year, so I've gotten spoiled/used to it ).
I don't think you can go wrong w/ baroque on the Telarc label, as far as recording quality and SACD - assuming you like period instruments and/or classical music, of course.

Thx for the Mozart "Requiem" tip, Allen. Do you concur with PaulDA's 'two thumbs up'?


I have it on again right now.
If you like Mozart's choral works, this is very, very good stuff - it's "big" and rich - chorus with brass/string accompaniment, mostly - it "feels" like a live performance in a good-sized cathedral. But then, I've not been disappointed with ANY of the SACDs I've bought so far - maybe b/c I've only bought what I've found recommended at several different forums and review sites (and thus far I'm not duplicating what I already have on redbook, so no true A/B comparisons are being done).
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post #284 of 2541
4/10/05 at 8:18am
Got rid of my SONY 555ES and bought a Denon 2900 so I could start enjoying DVD-Audio. Both formats sound about the same. SACD just a notch better. Just bought The Eagles--Hotel California,Fleetwood Mac--Rumours,Linda Ronstat--What's New?,Grover Washington Jr--Winelight and The Doors-LA Woman. All Sound crisp and clear. My SACD's sound about 20% better on my Denon. I've been collecting SACD's for the last 4 years, and have a nice library. Two of the best sounding "POP" re-issues from the 70's are in the SACD format. Captain Fantastic by Elton John and The Carpenters Singles. I keep listing to them over and over again--I hope these will not be considered swan song issues of the format.
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post #285 of 2541
4/12/05 at 1:37pm
Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms (both the regular and special edition SACDs)

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (SACD - original stereo only version)
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post #286 of 2541
4/12/05 at 2:10pm
Danny - where did you get Brothers In Arms?

Not on Amazon.com or .ca, .co.uk has it listed releasing on the 9th May. Did you pre-order or is it available in North America early somewhere?

Oops - nevermind - just read your other post. Pre-order from .co.uk it is
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post #287 of 2541
4/12/05 at 6:52pm
Seal Best of DVD-A
Schumann: Etudes symphoniques, Fantasie etc. - Mikhail Pletnev SACD

Both in the mail, looking forward to them.
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post #288 of 2541
4/13/05 at 7:29am
Billy Joel The Stranger SACD
Billy Joel 52nd Street SACD
Billy Joel An Innocent Man SACD
Rolling Stones Singles London Years SACD
Meatloaf Bat Out of Hell SACD

Grab them while you can. Don't see much future in SACD.
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post #289 of 2541
4/13/05 at 7:50am
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Grab them while you can. Don't see much future in SACD.
Hi, Gabriela. No disrespect, but enough already with this sentiment. At least qualify such remarks by genre.

There's been no formal statement either way about those early Sony single-layer SACDs going OOP. And just because those releases may have been ill-advised (as opposed to hybrids) does not mean diddly to a variety of other engineers and artists excited about and currently working on projects in DSD for SACD release. Until we know whether Blu-ray will support DSD, I think the tales of SACD's demise are exaggerated.

Check this out this piece, "SACD Is Dying . . . Or Not?" please:

http://www.audaud.com/audaud/APR05/feature/feature.html

-p
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post #290 of 2541
4/13/05 at 8:31am
I'd read it before. But single layered Sony SACD's, Sonystyle stopped selling SACD, BestBuy is doing away with SACD & DVD-A in stores (at least in Yuma AZ, Chula Vista CA, and Mission Valley CA, that I've seen) made me say what I said about the format (or formats if you add dvd-a). Maybe as an audiophile format it will stay (jazz, blues, classics, whatever), but for mainstream titles it looks dull. Correct me otherwise. By the way, We hear our SACD's in stereo, can't quite get used to the 5.1 (Rage Hard FGTH, Innocent Man, Jamie Cullum SACD's) or 4.1 (Feeling's Back Chuck Mangione SACD). I have my denon in 2 ch sacd with the sub on option. This is what sounds best for me. As for DVD-A, no complaints there, like all my 50+ titles.
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post #291 of 2541
4/13/05 at 8:38am
Sony's online (SACD) presence has always been a disorganized disaster IMO.

And rarely do I think (big box) retail--what with all the other exigencies they must deal with, especially floor space issues--is a good barometer to use to judge a niche product's penetration/popularity. And I think that was an accurate statement before the online shopping revolution.

Just say (you) "[d]on't see much mainstream future in SACD." Big and important diff.

-p
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post #292 of 2541
4/13/05 at 9:27am
I think it will remain a jazz/classical format with the occasional pop/rock release (like the Elton John releases and the Dire Straits recently announced).

DVD-A seems to be broader in its genres, but even lower in total numbers. We'll have to see how DualDisc and the new hi-def formats pan out (they're supposed to have MLP as an option).

More on topic, my SACD of Joe Henderson--Lush Life just arrived today.
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post #293 of 2541
4/13/05 at 9:45am
With the support for mainstream SACD & DVD-A, my dream of Frontline Assembly and Delerium Hi-Rez releases have gone down the drain. Bummer...
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post #294 of 2541
4/13/05 at 12:56pm
Gabriela-

any meaningful difference in sound/recording quality on those Billy Joel SACDs?

Or, to ask it another way, if you were going to get just one Billy Joel SACD album, which would it be, and why?
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post #295 of 2541
4/13/05 at 1:39pm
Overall An Innocent Man was great. Great hits and a balanced pop album of the early 80's. It's only 2CH SACD. Maybe I liked it more since I tried The Stranger and 52nd Street in Multichannel and personally did not like the surround sound. I put it in 2 ch and sounded much better. I believe Billy Joel's voice being at the center channel takes away the focus of the music around you and becomes somewhat distracting. That's just my opinion and a bit biased to 2ch.
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post #296 of 2541
4/13/05 at 2:30pm
I personally like The Stranger in 5.1, don't own the other 2, but I think it sound' good considering its age. It's not overly bright and harsh, but I find the surround mix to be well done and fitting...

I'd buy it over again, for sure.

Oh, recent, Bowie-Reality DualDisc(not high res), NIN on sacd and dual disc, and on order Clapton-layla, 461 ocean blvd, and Elton John-Honky Chateau
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post #297 of 2541
4/13/05 at 10:44pm
On order, AIX Records DVD-A Mozart Jupiter Symphony.
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post #298 of 2541
4/14/05 at 10:12am
Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic - SACD
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me - SACD
preorder via a UK co-worker Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms - SACD
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post #299 of 2541
4/16/05 at 4:56pm
Elton John - Honky Chateau (SACD - from yourmusic.com)

The Kinks - "Come Dancing with the Kinks, The Best of the Kinks 1977-1986" (SACD)
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post #300 of 2541
4/17/05 at 9:09am
I just got RPWL's WORLD THROUGH MY EYES on M/C SA-CD from Amazon U.K. It's my new favourite rock SA-CD for sure. If any of ya'all are gettin' Dire Straits from the U.K., I suggest you get this one to ride along.

Here's their webpage: www.rpwl.de
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