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SACD recommendations

mr_fred said:
OK, here we go -- my first post to this recommendation thread:

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I sourced this here; it is part of their new Prestige series, although I am not really thinking of becoming a series subscriber.

This is a mono hybrid SACD. (I ripped the CD layer into iTunes without any difficulty at all.*)
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Imho this album is not even in McLean's top dozen. His work for Blue Note is a lot more interesting.
 
jstewa77 said:
Not that it is horrible, but the 2-channel regular cd is probably better considering the cost difference. Queen the game. Apparently 2 channel.
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Have you heard the SACD of The Game? I have a DSD > PCM digital bit-perfect transfer (PS3 Method) and I think it sounds excellent.
 
Just pulled the trigger on Hotel California from CDJapan. Naturally, a couple hours later I found it for less on Amazon...Only 4 left for $37.99 if you're interested.
 
PAGS said:
Just pulled the trigger on Hotel California from CDJapan. Naturally, a couple hours later I found it for less on Amazon...Only 4 left for $37.99 if you're interested.
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Definitely worth the money. Blows the CD away.
 
stoutblock said:
Found a new copy of Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow. Now this is a fine sounding album, and one of my all time favorites, so I was excited to find it in SACD. I was not disappointed and the SACD version brings this master piece to a whole new level. Sound stage is scary!

"Diamond Dust" has a presence that almost brings tears to your eyes!

Might be my favorite SACD so far because of the dramatic dynamic quality it brings to an already excellent sounding album.
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I just picked up Blow By Blow and I believe it may be the best sounding SACD I have.

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Best Buy SACDs

I had a Reward Zone coupon that I had to use, so thought I'd take a look at what Best Buy had to offer in the SACD area. The online store has a lot of esoteric offerings -- mostly jazz. In fact, there appears to be stuff I haven't seen before on Amazon, CD Universe, etc. It's as if Best Buy loaded up on SACDs a few years ago, forgot about them and is just now "cleaning out the basement."

Just passing this along.
 
PAGS said:
I had a Reward Zone coupon that I had to use, so thought I'd take a look at what Best Buy had to offer in the SACD area. The online store has a lot of esoteric offerings -- mostly jazz. In fact, there appears to be stuff I haven't seen before on Amazon, CD Universe, etc. It's as if Best Buy loaded up on SACDs a few years ago, forgot about them and is just now "cleaning out the basement."

Just passing this along.
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I took a quick look, I didn't see anything that the other sites aren't currently peddaling. I think they have a bunch of discs that are not really available IE backordered.
 
olson_jr said:
I took a quick look, I didn't see anything that the other sites aren't currently peddaling. I think they have a bunch of discs that are not really available IE backordered.
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Could be stuff I never paid attention to on other sites...because the presentation is so awkard?
 
Since we are on the subject of SACD sales....

Importcs dot com has about 114 Jazz SACDs on sale right now.

Search Results For: Jazz-Sale ( 114 )
 
The new Mo-Fi SACD of Dylan's Blonde On Blonde blows away the old Sony SACD. Same goes for the new Mo-Fi of Billy Joel's Innocent Man.
 
I've had a lot of good luck with the MFSL SACDs. Bunch coming out soon I want to get my hands on. Brothers In Arms specifically.
 
"A Meeting by the River" by Ry Cooder and V.M. Bhatt - on Water Lily Acoustics Music in stereo/hybrid.

A nice fusion of American and Indian music, very well recorded on one inch stereo analogue tape then digitally mastered onto DSD.
 
One of the best recorded/sounding disc's I've heard is "Quality of Silence" by The Steve Davis Project" ( great demo to shock those who have never heard SACD ).

"Live At The Athenaeum Jazz" by The Mike Wofford Trio is also a must buy SACD.
 
FauxHall said:
"A Meeting by the River" by Ry Cooder and V.M. Bhatt - on Water Lily Acoustics Music in stereo/hybrid.

A nice fusion of American and Indian music, very well recorded on one inch stereo analogue tape then digitally mastered onto DSD.
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I picked this one up, I have always liked the recording, love the SACD.
 
John C. said:
The new Mo-Fi SACD of Dylan's Blonde On Blonde blows away the old Sony SACD. Same goes for the new Mo-Fi of Billy Joel's Innocent Man.
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FWIW, I'm a big fan of MoFi vinyl, but I've got the Billy Joel Piano Man SACD and IMO, it really sucks (sonically). As a result, I've been reluctant to try any other of their SACDs. Has anybody done an A/B on a recent MoFi SACD vs the same MoFi title in vinyl?

I waited months to get the Dylan Blood on the Tracks in vinyl while it was available on SACD.
 
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