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post #1771 of 7930
7/13/10 at 11:01pm
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Latest addition : Peachtree Road - Elton John - SACD - MCH

Have had a chance to listen to my Genesis SACD's and have been enjoying them throughly.

I really don't know why they got some bad reviews, as I find the sound quality quite pleasing.

Have found most of the Genesis SACD's have a good surround mix and make good use of the surround channels.

Some of my personal favorites for songs and sound quality are : Invisible Touch, Genesis/Genesis, Abacab, and Trick of the Tail.

Many of these are now becoming out of print.
If you don't have them I would suggest getting them soon before the prices start going up up up.

Give "Duke" a listen. I'm interested to hear your thoughts on the sound quality of that album.

Thanks,

Styln
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post #1772 of 7930
7/14/10 at 1:33am
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post #1773 of 7930
7/14/10 at 10:16am
Just a brief PSA - if you're interested in Bjork, her album Medulla is available at Amazon UK for a reasonable price ($20<). This is out of stock at most retailers and is going up in price. If you're interested, it's a good time / price to snap it up.
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post #1774 of 7930
7/14/10 at 6:14pm
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Just a brief PSA - if you're interested in Bjork, her album Medulla is available at Amazon UK for a reasonable price ($20<). This is out of stock at most retailers and is going up in price. If you're interested, it's a good time / price to snap it up.

Did you get one from Amazon UK?

The reason I'm asking is I have ordered several SACD's from Amazon UK recently, only to have them tell me they couldn't get them, even though they were in stock at the time I ordered them.
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post #1775 of 7930
7/14/10 at 6:20pm
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Give "Duke" a listen. I'm interested to hear your thoughts on the sound quality of that album.

Thanks,

Styln

I have the "Duke" SACD and have found it to be right up there sound quality wise with the other Genesis SACD's.

"Misunderstanding and "Turn it on Again" are probably my favorites off of "Duke".
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post #1776 of 7930
7/14/10 at 7:24pm
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I have the "Duke" SACD and have found it to be right up there sound quality wise with the other Genesis SACD's.

"Misunderstanding and "Turn it on Again" are probably my favorites off of "Duke".

Thanks JJHXBR. Musically, it's one of my all time favorite albums, but
I find the presentation to be highly compressed in both frequency and dynamic range, making it hard (or at least sad) to listen to.

I'm glad that you enjoy it.

Styln
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post #1777 of 7930
7/15/10 at 8:11am
Listened to Moody Blues "To Our Children's Children's Children" and "On The Threshold Of A Dream" last night. "Children" was good, but didn't wow me. "Dream" however was stunning! Released less than a year apart - with Dream being first, I would have thought that the production would have been the same, but Dream sounded more dynamic and open.
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post #1778 of 7930
7/15/10 at 9:11am
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Did you get one from Amazon UK?

The reason I'm asking is I have ordered several SACD's from Amazon UK recently, only to have them tell me they couldn't get them, even though they were in stock at the time I ordered them.

I've not had any unfulfilled orders from Amazon UK yet after ordering from them a dozen times or so. That said, yes I did get Medulla from Amazon UK, though it was some time ago.
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post #1779 of 7930
7/15/10 at 10:49am
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Listened to Moody Blues "To Our Children's Children's Children" and "On The Threshold Of A Dream" last night. "Children" was good, but didn't wow me. "Dream" however was stunning! Released less than a year apart - with Dream being first, I would have thought that the production would have been the same, but Dream sounded more dynamic and open.

I love all my Moody Blues SACD releases.
However, I prefer the mix of the DTS-CD version.
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post #1780 of 7930
7/15/10 at 5:57pm
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Listened to Moody Blues "To Our Children's Children's Children" and "On The Threshold Of A Dream" last night. "Children" was good, but didn't wow me. "Dream" however was stunning! Released less than a year apart - with Dream being first, I would have thought that the production would have been the same, but Dream sounded more dynamic and open.

I recently listened to "Days of Future Passed" and "On The Threshold Of A Dream" and felt the same way.
"Dream" sounded great but "Days' just didn't wow me.
Was really hoping "Tuesday Afternoon" and "Night's in White Satin" sounded as good as "Lovely to see you" on the "Dream" SACD.
I was pretty shocked the production of these Moody Blues SACD's are so dramatically different.
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post #1781 of 7930
7/15/10 at 6:09pm
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I recently listened to "Days of Future Passed" and "On The Threshold Of A Dream" and felt the same way.
"Dream" sounded great but "Days' just didn't wow me.
Was really hoping "Tuesday Afternoon" and "Night's in White Satin" sounded as good as "Lovely to see you" on the "Dream" SACD.
I was pretty shocked the production of these Moody Blues SACD's are so dramatically different.

I think it goes back to the quality of the production at the time. Days, I think, was a location recording. I can't explain offhand the difference between the nearly contemporaneous Threshold and Children's.
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post #1782 of 7930
7/15/10 at 8:41pm
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I love all my Moody Blues SACD releases.
However, I prefer the mix of the DTS-CD version.

I was under the impression that the SACD mixes were from the QUAD masters other than the missing one no?
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post #1783 of 7930
7/15/10 at 10:13pm
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I was under the impression that the SACD mixes were from the QUAD masters other than the missing one no?

Yes, they are from the Quad Masters but I didn't hear anything about a "Missing One". Which one is this? And what I meant to say was that I prefer the DTS-CD mix of "Days Of Future Passed", which uses all five channels versus the SACD.
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post #1784 of 7930
7/16/10 at 10:31pm
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Yes, they are from the Quad Masters but I didn't hear anything about a "Missing One". Which one is this? And what I meant to say was that I prefer the DTS-CD mix of "Days Of Future Passed", which uses all five channels versus the SACD.


"In Search Of The Lost Chord" master quad was lost and never released...so stereo only on the sacd...
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post #1785 of 7930
7/17/10 at 5:07am
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I think it goes back to the quality of the production at the time. Days, I think, was a location recording. I can't explain offhand the difference between the nearly contemporaneous Threshold and Children's.

The difference between Threshold and Children's might be the somewhat more extensive layering of the latter. I think that the Children's SACD definitely sounds miles above (pun intended) any stereo mix of the recording. However, I do prefer to use Threshold, and especially Lovely to See You as a demonstration of the benefits of a multi-channel presentation of a Moody Blues recording over the stereo version.
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post #1786 of 7930
7/17/10 at 6:47am
Thought I had posted this, but:



Also picked up up the 45 RPM vinyl. Good shtuff.
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post #1787 of 7930
7/17/10 at 7:34am
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The difference between Threshold and Children's might be the somewhat more extensive layering of the latter. I think that the Children's SACD definitely sounds miles above (pun intended) any stereo mix of the recording. However, I do prefer to use Threshold, and especially Lovely to See You as a demonstration of the benefits of a multi-channel presentation of a Moody Blues recording over the stereo version.

I have noted that the surround mixes have not noticeably changed the sound of the elements with respect to "wetness" and depth. Everything fits together the same as in the stereo mixes except, of course, I am in the band instead of in the audience in front of it.

Jeff
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post #1788 of 7930
7/17/10 at 12:55pm
I stopped by Tunes in Marlton New Jersey this morning. Anyone looking for Elton John SACDs needs to give them a call they had five of the hybrid SACDs for $11 to $12 each. Elton John, Honkey Chateau, Madman Across the Water, Captain Fantastic and Tumbleweed Connection. Anyone interested should look up tunesonline.net

I actually picked up Eric Clapton's Slowhand for $11. I think someone at Tunes is hop to the used SACD business as they have raised the price of some Dylan Digipaks to upwards of $27.

Cheers,
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post #1789 of 7930
7/17/10 at 12:58pm
How are the Dylan titles? Are they surround or stereo?
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post #1790 of 7930
7/17/10 at 1:17pm
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"In Search Of The Lost Chord" master quad was lost and never released...so stereo only on the sacd...

That's the one I thought you were talking about.
I just play that one in DPLII.
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post #1791 of 7930
7/17/10 at 3:00pm
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Originally Posted by pepar View Post

How are the Dylan titles? Are they surround or stereo?

I own six Dylan Hybrid SA-CD Digipaks. Here is my rundown.
Stereo Only;
Highway 61 revisited
Nashville Skyline
Desire

Stereo & Surround;
Another Side Of Bob Dylan
Blood On The tracks
Blonde On Blonde

Cheers,
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post #1792 of 7930
7/17/10 at 6:24pm
Another Amazon UK PSA -
They currently claim to have Art of Noise - Daft SACD in stock (Prime Eligible, Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk) for a decent price. Might be worth taking a chance on if you've been looking for this long OOP, import only title.
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post #1793 of 7930
7/17/10 at 10:40pm
Picked up Workingman's Dead and Dylan's Street Legal both from AmazonUK...
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post #1794 of 7930
7/18/10 at 7:16am
Just purchased :
Yesterday Today Tomorrow: Greatest Hits - Kenny Loggins - SACD - 2CH
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post #1795 of 7930
7/18/10 at 4:07pm
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How are the Dylan titles? Are they surround or stereo?

More Dylan Digipaks from SA-CD.net

Stereo
Infidels
Planet Waves
Street Legal
The Free Wheelin' Bob Dylan
John Wesley Harding

Stereo/Surround
Love and Theft
Bringing It all Back Home
Oh Mercy
Slow Train Coming
Masked and Anonymous

I've been on a Dire Straits lately o I'd love an inexpensive $10 copy of Slow Train A Coming.
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post #1796 of 7930
7/18/10 at 5:17pm
McCoy Tyner Quartet "New York Reunion" SACD (Stereo for just 9.99)
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post #1797 of 7930
7/19/10 at 6:18pm
Latest arrivals:

"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" - 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition - Elton John - SACD - MCH

"This Side" - Nickel Creek - SACD - MCH

"Gaucho" - Steely Dan - SACD - MCH
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post #1798 of 7930
7/20/10 at 1:08am
Just preordered Kiss' Destroyer.. Not much info available
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post #1799 of 7930
7/20/10 at 1:22am
Steely Dan - Aja and Kinks - RCA Years
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post #1800 of 7930
7/21/10 at 5:12pm
"Every Good Boy Deserves Favour" - Moody Blues - SACD - MCH

"Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F / Rhapsody in Blue / Cuban Overture" - George Gershwin - SACD - MCH

Chamber Music Palisades / Shostakovitch, Debussy, Brookman - DVD-A
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