What are your most recent Hi-Res purchases? - Page 180

Originally Posted by Phil Tomaskovic

Just ordered:
Donald Fagan - Nightfly
Linda Ronstadt - What's New
Yes - Fragile
from amazon seller blowitoutahere. Last ordfer from them was no problems
for Chicago V and Rumours.

Originally Posted by JimWinVA

Nice choices: NF is super-clean slick and funky. Great immersion. Fragile is a long-time fave from my all-time band and the first time I heard it in surround it was a completely different experience- the superb 2-d reborn into 3-d sublimity.

Each band member gets a "solo" spot and surround is used to great effect. 5% for nothing is Bruford's short little ditty that cycles quickly around the sphere. Wakeman has his keyboard pyrotechnics coming from all angles in a multi-layered modern interpretation of Brahm's that has the sub humming. Anderson's We Have Heaven surrounds you with vocal melodies and lifts you up into the heights, where you transition into South side of the Sky where the heights become deadly (the song is about freezing to death during a mountain climb).

Old favorites Roundabout and Heart of the Sunrise shine even brighter than before- awesome surround experience!

I know you'll enjoy these babies a lot. I'm just waiting for my Wish you were here sacd any day now... ahh anticipation...

Bet you paid a pretty penny for those.

Originally Posted by Desert Pilot

Listening now to Northern Lights: Choral Works by Ola Gjeilo [Hybrid SACD - DSD]. This multichannel recording is excellent in every way. Yes, it has "cathedral" overtones but adds a modern flavor to every track. Absolutely beautiful music, well recorded, and will be a delightful addition to your collection. The you tube videos do not do justice to the full and captivating sound.

Northern Lights

Marcus

Originally Posted by Phil Tomaskovic

thanks! They were only around $35 each. These are the Japan WEA recent releases. amazon shows 1 of each left for this reseller, Looks like they also got more copies of Rumours.

Originally Posted by Djoel

Thanks Martin on your thoughts about Oasis Sq..I assumed that would have been the case.

Dan

Originally Posted by JJHXBR

Joe Satriani - Strange Beautiful Music SACD - MCH (eBay)

Originally Posted by McSpike

Other than those, I just have some from when you could still find SACD's or DVD-A's in record stores (or still find record stores, for that matter.)

Mike

Originally Posted by JJHXBR

Just picked up :

Joe Satriani - Strange Beautiful Music SACD - MCH (eBay)

Originally Posted by dobyblue

Hope you got it at a decent price, I see this one has gone through the roof recently. Great pick up though, I think it sounds amazing. The four guitar parts swirling around you during the beautiful final track "You Saved My Life" are worth the price of admission to this one alone.

Originally Posted by hakstone

When I first started collecting, they were $13.99. I balked a little seeing cds were $7-$8, but I wanted better quality. Wish I kept up with it then, as the ones I want are too expensive for my taste.

Originally Posted by dobyblue

Picked up sealed Dead Can Dance - Into the Labyrinth for $38. Seems to be disappearing quite quickly so wanted to snag a copy while it's still around as this is my favourite DCD album, though the manufacturer still has several of the SACD's available on their own website (4AD) for $22 so I may order a few more throughout the year. They said diemand was pretty slim, so OOP titles will not be getting repressed.

Also on the strength of some early reviews I ordered the SHM-SACD of Ommadawn, also because it's done straight to DSD from the original UK master. For Tubular Bells the 180g Classic is my go to copy and I love the Quad SACD I have as well so couldn't afford to pick up that one, but may get it later.



To echo, if you can find it for around $20~$30 you may appreciate a small difference in SQ on the stereo layer, but the multi-channel mix is right up there with the worst I've ever heard.

I think the recent 2009 vinyl pressing from the UK is the best for this one.

I only paid $18 for my Oasis SACD so no hard feelings on that one, haha.



Hope you got it at a decent price, I see this one has gone through the roof recently. Great pick up though, I think it sounds amazing. The four guitar parts swirling around you during the beautiful final track "You Saved My Life" are worth the price of admission to this one alone.

Originally Posted by JJHXBR

The Police - Every Breath You Take SACD - E.U. Jewel Case Version. Already have the digipak 25TH Anniversary Version.

Originally Posted by holt7153

I'm interested in hearing your future comparison between the two.

Originally Posted by JJHXBR


Pretty sure there is no difference other than the packaging.

Originally Posted by JJHXBR

Latest Additions:

Michael Jackson - "Thriller" - SACD
Finally landed this one.

The Police - Every Breath You Take SACD - E.U. Jewel Case Version
Already have the digipak 25TH Anniversary Version


The Police - Reggatta De Blanc SACD

Lauren White - At Last - SACD

The Phantom of the Opera - OST - SACD

Originally Posted by Djoel

Let us know what you think of the MJ, I just score that one as well and thought it sounded amazing, but that's just my opinion .

If possible can you post your library or even have it in your signature that would be great, and I'm sure other will get a kick out of it as well. No problem if you don't

Djoel

Originally Posted by JJHXBR

Definitely plan on posting my rapidly expanding SACD library as soon as I am able to make it back home.
Hopefully this will be by the end of the month after I complete my current assignment.
Would like to post my other extensive Hi Res collections as well (DVD-A's, DTS, HDAD, Dualdiscs and Blu-ray Music.) but so far nobody has come forward with any info on a site(s) to post them on.
Could have sworn somebody here use to have a link in their signiture for their DVD-A library, but I can't find it anywhere. ( Maybe I was dreaming)
Might just have to find some software and do it manually if all else fails.
Have been collecting these for years and would really like to catalog and post them as well as my SACD's.
Way back during the format war I started collecting DVD-A's instead of SACD's, as I thought (at the time)they were so much nicer because they had menu's, photographs, lyrics, ect.)
If I had only known what I know now. (Kicks self in A**)
This allowed me to put together a rather nice DVD-A collection, but now I have to pay dearly for OOP SACD's.


Todays Catch:


David Bowie - Heathen SACD - MCH

Stevie Ray Vaughn - Couldnt Stand The Weather SACD - 2CH

Herbie Handcock - Head Hunters SACD - MCH
Have an extra copy if anybody's interested.

Chick Corea - Rendezvous in New York SACD - MCH

Various Artists - The Concert for New York SACD - MCH

Yes - Magnification DVD-A

Queensryche - Mindcrime at the Moore - Blu-ray

The Police - Certifiable - Blu-ray

Originally Posted by JJHXBR



Would like to post my other extensive Hi Res collections as well (DVD-A's, DTS, HDAD, Dualdiscs and Blu-ray Music.) but so far nobody has come forward with any info on a site(s) to post them on.
Could have sworn somebody here use to have a link in their signiture for their DVD-A library, but I can't find it anywhere. ( Maybe I was dreaming)
Might just have to find some software and do it manually if all else fails.

Originally Posted by warp2600

An easy way to put your hi-res library on the internet for easy access is to open a Pinterest account, then make different pic albums for the various formats. It is then easy to find pics of the cover art and pin them in the relevant albums with captions.
It would look something like this: http://pinterest.com/warp2600/most-i...ng-lp-artwork/

Originally Posted by JJHXBR


I was thinking something along the lines of this in the Pro Edition:
http://www.collectorz.com/music/

Originally Posted by USAFChief

Sniffer, is that you?

Originally Posted by JJHXBR

Thanks for the suggestion and the preview.

I was thinking something along the lines of this in the Pro Edition:
http://www.collectorz.com/music/

Originally Posted by warp2600

Well, that looks really PRO. But that costs $40.

Originally Posted by Desert Pilot

Hi Jeff,

I use Orange CD for my CD, SACD, DVD-A collection. The program also creates very nice web pages to put up on a personal website.

But, I do use Collectorz for Movies. The program imports XML files from MyMovies.

I know it is not efficient to have three different programs (My Movies, Orange CD, and Collectorz for Movies). But, each does something the others won't do. I am sure it will all come together in one program at some point in the future.

Thanks! Marcus

Originally Posted by Djoel

Brock has is DVD-A library collection right on his signature, I believe a few others have done some sort of spread sheet with cover pictures and some info.
Yeah you seem to have some collection from your buys, that's what piqued my curiosity. Speaking of David Bowie's Heathen is pretty rare, I use to have it and got rid of it Yeah don't know what I was thinking

Nice buys btw..

Djoel