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post #61 of 7670
9/28/07 at 10:57am
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Originally Posted by Sherbona View Post

Its only $22.54 at tower.com. For availability it says 'ships in 2-4 weeks' - I got mine in no more than 2 weeks.

Thanks for the tip. I just ordered it, along with Moody Blues' Search of Lost Chord - Deluxe Edition. Hopefully it's the SACD version; I couldn't tell from the Tower description.
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post #62 of 7670
9/28/07 at 10:58am
I mean that I hope the Moody's disc is SACD. I know that the Workingman's Dead I ordered is DVD-A.
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post #63 of 7670
9/28/07 at 3:38pm
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Originally Posted by jayna_95 View Post

Thanks for the tip. I just ordered it, along with Moody Blues' Search of Lost Chord - Deluxe Edition. Hopefully it's the SACD version; I couldn't tell from the Tower description.

More times than not, I've found "2-4 weeks" at Tower to mean "we don't have it, but one of our suppliers might have it".

If the Towers doesn't work out I saw third party on Amazon for Workingmans Dead DVDA and American Beauty DVDA

edit: Hmm. Links dont seem to be working. You will have to search for it "manually".
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post #64 of 7670
9/28/07 at 9:07pm
Received "Frantic" by Bryan Ferry last week. Excellent recording.
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post #65 of 7670
9/29/07 at 7:50am
Sacred Feast, choral album.
Diana Krall: The Girl in the Other Room, jazz vocal. There are others by her in SACD.
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post #66 of 7670
9/29/07 at 11:57am
I picked up Jeff Beck Blow by Blow on SACD from a Fry's in Houston, TX. They still have a decent selection of Hi-Def material. Anyway, it's fantastic, nice 5.1 mix, excellent sound quality.
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post #67 of 7670
10/1/07 at 6:27pm
Linn label Messiah directed by John Butt

Teresa Tang Best of, picked up while we were in HK on vacation

Lang Lang Rachmaninov Piano concerto #2, DG
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post #68 of 7670
10/2/07 at 12:01am
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Teresa Tang Best of, picked up while we were in HK on vacation

Wow!! I didn't think anyone on this forum listens to Teresa Teng
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post #69 of 7670
10/2/07 at 12:15am
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Wow!! I didn't think anyone on this forum listens to Teresa Teng

Retail SACD shopping in HK was actually very disappointing. I mean, I know that they have a ton, yet, HMV just has some that's all mixed in, and the smaller venues are even more mixed in. Couple that with the fact that we don't speak any Cantonese, and it was a bear. Teresa Teng was the only one that we could manage to find.

I was seriously hoping for more titles such as those that can be easily found.

On the other hand, our suite at the Pennisula was really quite something. Color me totally impressed. It makes the Four Seasons in the US look like Motel 6.
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post #70 of 7670
10/2/07 at 7:34am
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Originally Posted by tiggers View Post

More times than not, I've found "2-4 weeks" at Tower to mean "we don't have it, but one of our suppliers might have it".

If the Towers doesn't work out I saw third party on Amazon for Workingmans Dead DVDA and American Beauty DVDA

edit: Hmm. Links dont seem to be working. You will have to search for it "manually".



Just got an email from tower.com saying that Workingman's Dead has shipped, so I guess I got lucky on the "2-4-infinity" situation.
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post #71 of 7670
10/2/07 at 7:57am
I just ordered the Allman Brother's Eat a Peach, At Filmore East, and Elton John's self titled. They should be here in about a week or so.
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post #72 of 7670
10/2/07 at 10:32am
Nick Drake, Treasury. This is a sweet compilation of this now legendary Brit folk-chanteur. A true original like Dylan or Peter Hammill. I like to play this as 2-channel SACD rather than the m-c version. How I wish that his three original works were released as SACDs! Also just ordered David Gilmore's "Remember That Night - Live from the Royal Albert Hall" DVD, Dolby Digital 5.1 sound. The reviews have been outstanding!
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post #73 of 7670
10/2/07 at 10:41am
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Originally Posted by stuka View Post

Retail SACD shopping in HK was actually very disappointing. I mean, I know that they have a ton, yet, HMV just has some that's all mixed in, and the smaller venues are even more mixed in. Couple that with the fact that we don't speak any Cantonese, and it was a bear. Teresa Teng was the only one that we could manage to find.

I was seriously hoping for more titles such as those that can be easily found.

On the other hand, our suite at the Pennisula was really quite something. Color me totally impressed. It makes the Four Seasons in the US look like Motel 6.

I can't say I disagree with SACD shopping in HK. I was there about 3 years ago and the only music store that had a dedicated "audiophile" section was a relatively shop called "Wai Wai Shop" in Mong Kwok. I have way more luck shopping online for HK SACD titles through HK e-tailer hifi-cd.com.

You stayed at the Pennisula? Wow $$$ Do they still have its fleet of Rolls Royce limos??
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post #74 of 7670
10/2/07 at 11:29am
Mahler. Das Lied von der Erde (The song of the Earth)
Fritz Reiner, conductor/Chicago Symphony
Saint-Saens. Symphony no. 3
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach conductor
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post #75 of 7670
10/2/07 at 1:24pm
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Originally Posted by jayna_95 View Post

Just got an email from tower.com saying that Workingman's Dead has shipped, so I guess I got lucky on the "2-4-infinity" situation.

Good for you! I'm glad they were able to ship it to you. I've got 'The Searchers' SACD on order, but it has been almost 4 weeks now. That will make it 3 of 4 that they haven't had what I ordered. I feel like I am more helping them clean up their inventory tracking more than than actually getting something.
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post #76 of 7670
10/2/07 at 5:21pm
Old news for all you SACD experts but I made my first purchases and received them today:

Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
Dire Straits: Brothers in Arms
Diana Krall: When I Look in Your Eyes.

Can't believe it took me this long to listen to SACD on my PS3. Unbelievable.
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post #77 of 7670
10/2/07 at 7:34pm
Sequentia, Lost Songs of the Rhineland Harper (RCA)
Propaganda, A Secret Wish (ZTT)
Palladian Ensemble, Bach Sonatas and Chorales (Linn)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO), Mendelssohn Violin Concerto (Linn)
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post #78 of 7670
10/2/07 at 7:36pm
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Originally Posted by beuchelt View Post

Sequentia, Lost Songs of the Rhineland Harper (RCA)
Propaganda, A Secret Wish (ZTT)
Palladian Ensemble, Bach Sonatas and Chorales (Linn)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO), Mendelssohn Violin Concerto (Linn)

How is the Mendelssohn? I have it on RCA Living Stereo with Heifetz, but I've been looking for a more recent recording/performance.
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post #79 of 7670
10/3/07 at 7:52am
Alan Lowmax (recorded, various artists performed) American Songbook
Albert King I'll play the blues for you
Muddy Waters Folk Singer HDAD

Next to buy?
Buddy Guy DJ Play My Blues
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post #80 of 7670
10/3/07 at 9:32am
Got Jorma Kaukonen's Blue Country Heart yesterday. If you like "old-time" acoustic guitar music, this is about as good as it gets.
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post #81 of 7670
10/3/07 at 7:03pm
Goldfrapp - Supernature
Propaganda - Secret Wish

and on DVD-A

Talking Heads - Naked (UK Import, not the DualDisc)
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
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post #82 of 7670
10/4/07 at 5:22am
Beck - Sea Change - yes it's dvd-a but so what
Murray Perahia - Plays Bach
" " Chopin Etudes
Widespread Panic - Ball (another DVD-A)

All of the above were purchased used from Amazon.
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post #83 of 7670
10/4/07 at 6:20am
"Get Well Soon" [HYBRID SACD] [IMPORT] with Bob Brookmeyer and the New Art Orchestra. Modern big band jazz. Not avant garde modern, but main stream modern.
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post #84 of 7670
10/4/07 at 8:19am
DVD-A:

2004 Acura TL DVD-Audio Demonstration Disk ... Car not included.
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post #85 of 7670
10/4/07 at 8:30am
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DVD-A:

2004 Acura TL DVD-Audio Demonstration Disk ... Car not included.

Too bad no car included ;-)

My purchase of a 2004 TL 3 years ago was what turned me on to DVD-Audio in the first place.
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post #86 of 7670
10/4/07 at 8:43pm
Thread Starter 
Depeche Mode - 101 (from amazon uk)
Indigo Girls - Become you (hard to find, but amazon.com still has 1 left)
Billy Joel - The Stranger (awesome)
Hilary Hahn/LSO - Elgar violin concerto
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post #87 of 7670
10/5/07 at 8:59am
My most recent purchases have been classical. Bought a couple of the Living Stereo SACDs with recordings of Jascha Heifetz playing Brahms and Vieuxtemps as well as the Artur Rubinstein Saint-Sa*ëns SACD.
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post #88 of 7670
10/5/07 at 12:08pm
Someone Like You - Susan Wong (SACD)
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post #89 of 7670
10/5/07 at 12:30pm
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Indigo Girls - Become you (hard to find, but amazon.com still has 1 left)

Nice. A sleeper.
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post #90 of 7670
10/5/07 at 8:13pm
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Nice. A sleeper.

It's a little bit disappointing in MC. Mostly just drums coming out of the surrounds, but sound quality is nice.
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