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The Kinks "Low Budget" Are there multiple versions?

post #1 of 7
10/21/08 at 10:10pm
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I just ordered The Kinks' Low Budget SACD. I saw it is going for around $40 on amazon, so I checked out half.com. I found a seller selling it for $15, new, and it said "2006 hybrid SACD, not gold version". I see the version on Amazon has a 2003 release date, was there some sort of re-release or should I be worried about what I ordered?

FWIW, the seller had 100% positive feedback.
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post #2 of 7
10/22/08 at 7:44am
Yes - there are two versions: http://www.sa-cd.net/search/low+budget

The 2003 is the MoFi edition which is why it's so expensive. The 2006 version is the Koch hybrid SACD. I have the Koch and it's a fine sounding SACD.

FWIW, Amazon has the '06 version for $17 so your price is decent...
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post #3 of 7
10/22/08 at 8:00am
My understanding when the Koch version came out was that it was the same as the MoFi - but I don't have anything to back that up - I did have the MoFi at one point but it ended up missing, and I do now have the Koch and both sound(ed) good. Unfortunately it is only stereo though, no surround.
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post #4 of 7
10/22/08 at 6:14pm
The Koch version has the exact same DSD mastering as the MFSL SACD. This has been confirmed by the engineer responsible for the original mastering.
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post #5 of 7
10/22/08 at 8:36pm
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Originally Posted by Sherbona View Post

My understanding when the Koch version came out was that it was the same as the MoFi - but I don't have anything to back that up - I did have the MoFi at one point but it ended up missing, and I do now have the Koch and both sound(ed) good. Unfortunately it is only stereo though, no surround.

The 2006 version does not have surround? LAME!
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post #6 of 7
10/22/08 at 11:33pm
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Originally Posted by EVizzle View Post

The 2006 version does not have surround? LAME!

Unfortunately the Koch and the MFSL Low Budget sacds are the same - hybrid sacd stereo with no multichannel.
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post #7 of 7
10/23/08 at 7:39pm
One side question about "Low Budget". My Koch SACD version plays fine but is one of the only SACDs I own (out of hundreds) that doesn't have title listings for each track for the SACD player to display. Is everyone's like this?
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