What are your most recent Hi-Res purchases? - Page 178

Thanks for the input...good points!

Speaking of arbitrary...what I've noticed with a lot of the early jazz stereo recordings...many like the blue note SACD series by Analogue Productions are produced using close mic techniques, rendering the soundstage non-existent. The individual instruments sound wonderful, but they are either placed in one speaker or the other, with some mixed between left/right.

Without the soundstage, you lose some realistic qualities found in some of the later recordings. Not really a complaint, just an observation.

Just won Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin SACD - The MCH version.
Also picked up The Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour - SACD/MCH

This seems to be a problem with MCH, although, like you write it is an inevitable outcome of MCH, especially in 5.1 audio on either BR, DVD-A's, or SACD's. It is one thing to sit in what is an audio bubble that is an MCH mix and another to listen to the same mix then made into an audience mix where that mix has less soundstage width than lots of stereo CD's. The MCH mix by its nature can never be what anyone who is playing would ever hear, much less any audience, but it certainly is crystal clear and renders a home theater surround system into a pair of headphones in multi-channel playback if recorded and mixed into discrete 5.1 and it is interesting to listen to.

It's Dead Can Dance day...found some new at $29.00 ea - Amazon

Aion
Spleen and Ideal
Spiritchaser
Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
Into the Labyrinth
Garden of the Arcane Delights

WOW That's a great price, and it only took you one shot to take most of these. I've spent years putting my set together, I just finished the other day..You need just three more, it's great music very evolving tunes, and some times creepy, but in a good way..If you like Depeche Mode, or Joy Division you'll love these two band members.

Let us know whay you think.

Dan

Thanks Dan. You're DCD catalogue inspired me...I have some of the redbooks/downloads, just wanted to upgrade when I saw the regular retail prices on these. Get 'um while you can.

Just won the Ray Brown Trio - Soular Energy on e-bay. Thanks for the recommendation all.

Well, out of this grouping, I like the Lee Morgan and Ike Quebec discs the best...but...not in the absolute "must have" category. Still very good.

The must have of the week is the Carey Bell - Harpslinger. Hard hitting tight drums, lifelike guitar work and I thought Carey was sitting on my loveseat next to me playing the harmonica. Great songs, surrounds bring the music into the room/speakers disappear. Really enjoyed this one and still a real bargain in the <$20 category. If you like the Junior Wells - Come On In This House, you should like this one as well.

Listening to Patricia Barber - Verse now (just arrived). Not sure there's a better 2 Ch recording out there. Glad I finally got this one, just sorry I waited this long. Music Direct still had some new copies @ $59 each. It's high, but not e-bay/amazon high, so be sure you like PB first. Bill mentioned this may be his favorite of the PB series, can't argue the point...it's special.

P.S. You may not think of PB to check out the low end of your system/check for rattles, but track 6/7 will expose issues if you have them. I have some rattles in the fan/AC vents I need to work on. Yes you can crank this UP.

I've got PB's complete collection and was "lucky" enough to buy all of the MFSL SACD's when they sold for $30 back then. IMO Modern cool is probably the best sounding of the MFSL but all of them are indeed extraordinary. I'll be visiting the Montreal AV show this Friday and bringing the MC CD with me to reference some headphones/amps. Those SACD's did help tame some vibrations in the room I didn't even know I had

Great to hear Martin Like I said just three more to go, it will be an inclined run, but your library will "Look Marvelous", ala Billy SNL skit...

Nice buy, I've been looking for that one too, highly sought for let us know what you think about it..

At the moment I'm speaker-less, just packed my center channel and off to the nearest Fedex kiosk, hopefully this absent of speakers will slow down the buys Some how I highly doubt it..

Dan

Martin,

I'm glad you are enjoying Verse. As you mention $60 is steep but not ebay/Amazon steep. I might be wrong but I have a feeling the entire PB SACD catalog will be rereleased in the future. I think that MOFI will see that there is a demand for these SACDs and will release them if they can get the license to do so.


You will enjoy this one for sure. Keep an eye out for the The Red Hot Ray Brown Trio as this is another excellent Gene Harris performance. Of course it is a Ray Brown Trio title but Gene steals the show IMO. Great stuff.

Bill

Amazon $10 gift card for $5 on 3/19/12. I just saw this on a Boston news channel and picked one up. I was hoping I could buy $100 worth but the limit is one card per household. Still worth it to save $5 on my next SACD purchase.

Bill

Must be nationwide because had the same offer in Los Angeles, CA.

Regarding the last title "Calypso Blues", I gave this another listen today, and I must say I'm glad I did because it is delightful.

It's strange that after listening to the Nnenna Freelon, I just couldn't get into the Alexander piece, I must have been in an audio "hangover" mode. I have certainly noticed before that music moods change, sometimes an album will be brilliant, sometimes it just doesn't tickle my fancy at the moment.

It definitely is nationwide. I just heard it on the local news this morning.

Bill

Just purchased Doug Macleod - "Whose Truth Whose Lies" and Cameron Carpenter - "Revolutionary". I thought Revolutionary was gone for good but some new ones popped up on Amazon. The Cameron Carpenter recording is the one where they used 2 Thigpen Rotary woofers to reproduce the sound of a 128 foot organ stop (4hz). The whole disc is not full of bass but there are parts that go down to 4 and 8 hz. Looking forward to giving this a try on my infinite baffle sub.

Just preordered the cd/blu ray combo for Storm Corrosion (Steven Wilson/Mikael Akerfeldt collaboration). Ordered from Omega/The End site.... 28 USD incl shipping...

Heritage meets Grace for Drowning in a blender??

I pre-ordered this one the other day on another site. I have both Heritage and GfD and play them often.

I also ordered Neil Young's Le Noise blu-ray and Charles Mingus' Mingus...Mingus sacd.

Neil Young Le Noise is a new studio album released on bluray?

http://www.amazon.com/Le-Noise-Amazo.../dp/B004B3BIGC

Thanks, interesting. Hopefully it's a sign of more good things to come.

Picked up some used Police SACDs - $15 ea.

The Police: Zenyatta Mondatta
The Police: Ghost In The Machine

Just re-released in a hybrid...and purchased:

The Police - Outlandos D'Amour (universal Eu)...import cds has it new for $24.57 thru e-bay w/free shipping.

Zenyatta Mondatta will also be released on the 30th. Not sure if it's simply a re-release of the 2003 masterings or if new... but it states: "Import hybrid-SACD pressing. Features DSD remastering. Digitally remastered edition of the 1978 debut album from the British trio."

Latest additions to my collection:


Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring SACD - Stereo

Simple Minds - Once Upon A Time SACD - Stereo

The Thorns - The Thorns SACD - MCH

The Alan Parsons Project "Eye in the Sky" DVD-A HDAD - Stereo
(This disc completes my Alan Parsons High Res collection.)

Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow SACD - MCH

Beck - Sea Change SACD - MCH
(Already have this on DVD-A )

Peter Gabriel - Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats SACD - Stereo

The Police - Outlandos D'Amour SACD - Stereo

Wallet still hurting after this round!!

Just got AC/DC DualDisc $8.97 and Elton John's GBYR DVD-A for $24 after shipping. Just need to pickup a DVD Audio/Video player to get the Hi Rez surround mix. Doesn't show up on the PS3 or Toshiba HDDVD A1.

Jeffrey,

Definitely a nice round of Hi-Rez purchases! I can see how your wallet would be feeling a little beat up.

Bill

Yeah, solid--some heavy hitters in here. A car payment (or possibly mortgage payment) for some .

Fortunately it wasn't quite that bad.
The "Talk Talk" SACD was the only one that passed the Hundred dollar mark.
Most of them I scored very good prices on and consider myself lucky.
Still kicking myself for passing up on the "Patricia Barber - Cafe Blue" SACD which sold for $99.00

Latest SACD score!!!

New copy of Propaganda – A Secret Wish SACD - MCH

Listed on SA-CD.net Top Recommendations
http://www.sa-cd.net/showtitle/1574

Got this one by pure luck.

Nicely done Martin.
BTW, was this on Amazon Marketplace?
Are their any left?(said with vain hope)

I can't speak for Martin but as of now there are still four "Dead can Dance" titles left on Amazon for $29.99 each.
Dead can Dance
Toward the Within
Spleen and Ideal
Within the Realm of a Dying Sun

These are from Amazon Marketplace sellers.
If you want to get them I would suggest doing it NOW!!

I purchased 8 titles for $29.99 each, mostly right after Martin posted.
Martin, thanks for the heads up!!
Spleen and Ideal
Spiritchaser
Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
Into the Labyrinth
Dead can Dance
Toward the Within
Aion
Serpent's Egg

Jeff's all buisness...Sandpoint, Idaho SACD demographic changing quick!

I added the Dead Can Dance - S/T...it wasn't available the other day for $29...same Amazon e-tailor, must have been in the middle of loading to the site.

Also won on e-bay $26/$15:
Oscar Peterson - Vol 1. Action
Oscar Peterson - Vol 3. The Way I Really Play