What are your most recent Hi-Res purchases? - Page 182

Anytime. Have you had a chance to listen to it?

I just purchased George Harrison's 'All Things Must Pass' in 96/24 wav from georgeharrison.com. It's always been one of my favorites.

I got today which was super fast, me thinks.
Will let you know, I want to hear She always a woman, and Just the way you are. can't remember when was the last time I hear those in the comfort of my own casa.

Thanks again

Dan

Dan,

Hope you enjoy the Billy Joel - The Stranger SACD as much as I do.
This is my favorite Billy Joel SACD.
I have had mine for a couple of years now.
This SACD has some great songs on it and the sound quality is very good.
In addition to the songs you mentioned I also like the song "Only the Good Die Young".
Will be interested in hearing what you think about it.

Hey Jeffrey

I'm literally hoping for rain this weekend Maybe I can get some listening time and looking forward on putting this one.

Thanks

Dan

Just picked up today: Alison Krauss + Union Station: New Favorite!!
Have read and heard very favorable things about the sound quality of this recording.
Can't wait to give it a spin.

It's the box, cereal and surprise. I consider it a reference.

I picked up 2 SACDs:
Terry Evans - Mississippi Magic
Stanley Turretine - Up at Mintons (Vol 1)

Actually got a chance to play a few SACDs today.

Oliver Nelson - The Blues and the Abstract Truth: A classic and sounds great...really like this one
Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue: A bluesy jazz and another classic well done by APO
Jorma Kaukonen - Blue Country Heart: Was not let down and the highlight of the day. A reference 2Ch disc.

Martin,
Glad to hear you find this a reference disc.


Funny how we can find the time to buy them but finding the time for listening is not so easy.



Is this only a reference quality disc in 2Ch, not Multi-Channel?

Thanks for the recommendation on this one. What a remarkable, resolute, holographic recording of voices. Such clarity, dynamics and depth of field.

This is an excellent SACD. I'm glad it was mentioned as I'll have to give it a spin today.


I agree with you 100%. This is the reason why I scaled back on my SACD purchases. In the past few weeks I have been playing some SACDs, DVD-As and CDs I have played only once or twice.

Bill

I hear ya, Bill-I have plenty to listen to before I should be buying new stuff.

I'm with both yous



Dan

Steve,

I'm sure your Hi-Rez collection is an excellent one with many just waiting to be played. But when there are straight up SACD/DVD-A bargains out there all bets are off!


Dan,

You have to stop watching those Soprano's reruns.

Bil

Absolutely, which is why I jumped on Billy Joel/The Stranger even though I already had a copy. I had a feeling someone here would want it at that price .

MCH is the way I listen to this one.

Hi all, not sure where to post these questions or if this is the correct place, so if its not please redirect me.

Just recently purchased a new Bluray player that can play SACD. SACD is all new to me and also never heard SACD before. Is there any retail store that sell SACD/DVD-A beside the net? Looking for Foreigner and/or Phil Collins. Whats the difference between SACD and HyBrid SACD and DVD-A? And do they make it in a Bluray SACD/DVD-A disc? TIA

BR, sacd and dvd-a are different types of discs. BR is an A/V media, provides picture as well as sound, both in their highest currently available quality. sacd and dvd-a are music-only, in high resolution, though DVD-a can show pics and lyrics etc. Also, dvd-a is a dvd disc, so there can be video on the disc, just not when hi-rez is playing. sacd and dvd-a are not avaiable at retail stores. amazon.com is a good place to look for them, but be prepared for sticker shock on most of them.

Check out these:

Guide to sacd:
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=41991

Guide to dvd-a:
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=42473

It's confusing at first, but well worth understanding, since multi-channel sound is so immersive, either as movie soundtracks or esp. as music playback. Unfortunately, mch music discs are difficult to find. But get a good disc like Dire Straits Brothers in Arms or Steely dan's Gaucho, which can still be found for reasonable prices, and be prepared to be amazed.

But be forewarned- after that first hit, there's no going back- you WILL become addicted.

Welcome to the wild world of mch music.

The obvious choice is to visit and bookmark www.sa-cd.net You will find the answers and links with prices there. You can do a search for titles of course. No Phil Collins sacds though apart from the Genesis releases.

Did some more shopping at Music Direct and took advantage of there free shipping on orders over $99.00.
Picked up some Mobile Fidelity Out Of Print SACD's before they are all gone and the prices go up up up!!!

AIMEE MANN - BACHELOR NO. 2 (HYBRID SACD)

EARTH WIND & FIRE - THAT'S THE WAY OF THE WORLD (HYBRID SACD)

KINKS - EVERYBODY'S IN SHOWBIZ (HYBRID SACD)


For those who don't already own these you can still buy some of the MFSL OOP SACD's at reasonable prices.
I wouldn't wait to long as some of the titles are already gone.
Glad I bought all three of the Patricia Barber titles awhile back when they had them.
Patricia Barber "Verse" is still available. (For Now)
Have already seen eBay sellers price gouging some of the sold out Patricia Barber titles.
Personally I have been boycotting any eBay or Amazon reseller who are price gouging.
I don't begrudge any sellers from making a profit but when you can buy this SACD for $59.99 and next week it's selling on eBay for $120 that's price gouging and just greedy.
The unfortunate part is as long as people continue to pay these inflated prices for OOP titles the prices will continue to rise.

List of MFSL OOP Titles:
http://www.musicdirect.com/m-120-mob...tdirection=ASC

But the fortunate part is that maybe the record industry will note these prices and give us more releases of classic titles- though at greater prices than when these formats were first released. However, I totally agree with you about price-gouging. But then most of the gougers are Americans- and we are some greedy bastards...

Hi, welcome! You're in the right thread but also visit the review threads here and here. I'm glad you're exploring those wonderful options in music. We sometimes hear of folks finding such discs in the bins of certain local stores but IME most stores don't make an effort to carry any of these discs. Most major artists don't do shiny disc HiRes releases, and so few consumerss have a universal player that the market is, unfortunately, very small. You could seek out some sort of local specialty audiophile music store but I buy pretty much shop on-line. I asked at Best Buy and Borders and got a quizzical look. An employee can search their inventory computer and may come up with an occasional hybrid SACD like Diana Krall "Girl in the Other Room" (Hybrids will play on a regular CD player, though of course not in HiRes). I was surprised that my local library also carries many hybrid SACDs-all classical music, though.

Bluray may be the future of shiny disc HiRes, as "pure-audio" BR (music-only) discs and concert Blurays both play on any BR player, and of course those players are common and available inexpensively. Adele, kd laing (London) and Dave Matthews (Radio City) have quite exc BR concert discs. Sara K. has a wonderful pure-audio BR release.

I will also note that standard DVD discs can also offer exc SQ, such as Alison Krauss + Union Station Live. This features many songs from "New Favorite", an expensive OOP SACD.
And of course downloading HiRes music files is becoming increasingly available.

Downloading is kind of where I"m at right now. Although given the choice, I'd still opt for the sacd. I was looking for an OOP sacd that was going for 60 up on ebay/amazon and found it as a flac download on hdtracks for 18 bucks. I'm seeing more and more come out that way now.

Just bought Bonnie Raitts new one Slipstream at 88/24 from hdtracks.

Finally found a free program for a Mac that does a great job of burning DVD-A from flac files. Burn is a free multitasking dvd buring program for a Mac that will create dvd-a. Quick and easy. I had tried discwelder bronze, but according to the company apparently uncovered an 'endian' (problem in power pc to intel processor conversion) that resulting in the discs being garbage. So when the trial period was over I obviously didn't purchase it.

Thanks all for the quick respond and links. Hopfully exploring this new sound don't turn my behavior into a compulsive collector where its gonna burn a hole in my wallet.

Resistance is futile :-)

Yeah, for sure! Give one listen to Dark Side Of The Moon and you will be hooked. Just wish the discs were cheaper!

Jeff

I'm still currently on the other side of this equation.
If I find some music I like on SACD or DVD-A disc at a reasonable price I will buy it vs the download.
If it's not available on SACD , DVD-A or some other collectible Hi Res Disc, I will opt for the Hi Res download. (Will be checking out the new Bonnie Raitt Slipstream 88/24 on hdtracks)
The main reasons why I buy the disc vs the download is for best sound quality, collectability of OOP titles, thrill of finding a good deal, and it's my hobby.
No denying the convenience of downloads for playback is very desirable (no loading disc's) but I don't think there's going to be much in the way of collectibility.
Downloads are most likely the way of the future but I think disc's will still be around for quite awhile.
That said I personally believe OOP disc's (mostly SACD) will continue to hold there value or may even increase for some time to come.
This is something I now take into consideration after building huge collections of CD's & DVD's in the past (Over a thousand of each) and selling them at a huge loss. (I did burn my entire CD library to FLAC before selling them.)
I may never sell or part with my SACD and Hi Res music library but if I ever do there's a possibility that I won't take a loss this time. This is certainly not my motive for collecting.
My love of music and the enjoyment of this hobby will always continue to be my main focus when I consider future purchases.


Good Luck with that one!
The hole burned in my wallet is so deep it needs to be replaced.

I have the CD and find the AQ to be very poor, sounds like a lot of DRC and distortion.

I'd be interested to find a comparison for the CD vs HD download.

I just listened to most of it with my Senn 650 HDs coming off of the Oppo BDP-95 analogs. The music is very good and I enjoyed it alot, but hardly recorded in audiophile quality. It does have an intriguing sound of having been played 'live' in the studio, with no post processing, so from that standpoint I really enjoyed it.

Why do you think oop dvd-a's will not continue to hold there value or increase for some time to come? I would think that at whatever point hardware support drops off for these "dying" formats, dvd-a's would hold the edge because they can still be played as dvd's, in surround, even if lossy, whereas sacd's might become unplayable, except the cd layer.

Yea, I still like the SACDs and when equal I'll purchase those. There were a couple of things I purchased at Linn Records. (Mass in B Minor Bach, and The Messiah Handel) They were both available as sacd and hi rez downloads. I opted for the SACD. OTOH, with the Bonnie Raitt purchase, I have it on flac 88/24, now burned to DVD-A, and was able to make my wife a regular CD for her car. Its hard to do that with a SACD.