BIG Blu-Ray Audio drive from Universal Music in 2013

[mdmost]

The Nick Drake has been recently confirmed as 2.0 stereo only.

Confirmed by whom? The post above which is the only site I can find where it says 2.0 and not 5.1? Acoustic Sounds, Elusive Disc and Musicdirect all say it's 5.1. The problem is Universal's own site doesn't have any info on what's included other than tracklists.

 

[GabeL]

Confirmed by whom? The post above which is the only site I can find where it says 2.0 and not 5.1? Acoustic Sounds, Elusive Disc and Musicdirect all say it's 5.1. The problem is Universal's own site doesn't have any info on what's included other than tracklists.

If the Nick Drake release is not 5.1, I will be returning it ASAP along with the few other non-surround titles that I pre-ordered.

 

[mdmost]

Amazon sent me an email saying the two Nirvana discs have shipped. Sea Change wasn't available to ship yet which isn't a big deal since I already have it on "DVD-audio". Thursday is the estimated arrival date.

 

[Bob Squires Jr]

My copy of Sea Change has already shipped a few days ago. (it IS 5.1)
Still waiting on:

Exile
Marvin Gaye
Lionel

Just got Bob Marley's Kaya yesterday but haven't listened to it yet.
Supertramp's Crime seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth.

 

[fredblue]

Amazon sent me an email saying the two Nirvana discs have shipped. Sea Change wasn't available to ship yet which isn't a big deal since I already have it on "DVD-audio". Thursday is the estimated arrival date.

interested to hear what you think of those two Nirvana discs when you have a chance to play them, mdmost

 

[fredblue]

My copy of Sea Change has already shipped a few days ago. (it IS 5.1)
Still waiting on:

Exile
Marvin Gaye
Lionel

Just got Bob Marley's Kaya yesterday but haven't listened to it yet.
Supertramp's Crime seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth.

curious as to how that Marley/Kaya sounds when you get a min to listen to it?

thanks for the reminder, I need to get onto Amazon re: my refund on the Crime of the Century no-show

 

[jasong]

curious as to how that Marley/Kaya sounds when you get a min to listen to it?

thanks for the reminder, I need to get onto Amazon re: my refund on the Crime of the Century no-show

my lionel arrived today - fantastic is all i can say. again another clear crisp clean blu ray audio. i wish they would release some commodores greatest hits too this way.
i'm waiting on my stones exile . has anybody actually gotten a copy of it.

i heard crime of the century has been pushed back to early 2014 but elusive disc still thinks this month. they have lots of pre orders for ir

 

[fredblue]

my lionel arrived today - fantastic is all i can say. again another clear crisp clean blu ray audio. i wish they would release some commodores greatest hits too this way.
i'm waiting on my stones exile . has anybody actually gotten a copy of it.

i heard crime of the century has been pushed back to early 2014 but elusive disc still thinks this month. they have lots of pre orders for ir

YEAY! glad you like the Lionel Richie! :banana:

if all these Blu-ray's were as good as the Stevie Wonder and Lionel Richie discs we'd be on to a serious winner with this HFPA thing, even if they are "only stereo" they both sound absolutely terrific.

I haven't got Exile, to be honest I've held off on getting any more for the time being (other than the Beck, Nick Drake & Quincy Jones I have had pre-ordered for some time) after I found the Ella & Louis and Nina Simone discs disappointing.

someone has to be the guinea pig and try these discs out of course but I feel I've done my bit at the outset and I'm going to sit tight now and wait and see how any future releases sound before I shell out for them.

to put it into context, there are just 4 of these HFPA's that are essential (to me) out of 15 so far, the rest I could do without.. so that's not far off a couple of hundred quid down the drain on discs I'm not fussed about and probably won't play again anytime soon! those 4 (Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, Supertramp, Serge Gainsbourg/Melody Nelson 5.1) are so good though, it's been worth the hassle/expense finding out!

 

[mdmost]

interested to hear what you think of those two Nirvana discs when you have a chance to play them, mdmost

I'll post about them either tomorrow night or Friday. I can't wait to try them out. UPS is slated to deliver in the afternoon. I may whip out the Sennheiser headphones and listen that way (kids being home around 3 make it hard to run Nirvana through my B&W speakers. That will happen Friday morning.

 

[Caspersozza]

i'm waiting on my stones exile . has anybody actually gotten a copy of it.

I ordered it weeks ago from Universal's UK store, and so far nada. I logged on there today to see how I could complain about this, and I see it is listed as "backordered, due for release on 11/11/13)", so it should be out finally next Monday.

 

[LizardKing]

I ordered it weeks ago from Universal's UK store, and so far nada. I logged on there today to see how I could complain about this, and I see it is listed as "backordered, due for release on 11/11/13)", so it should be out finally next Monday.

Its on the shelf in my local store!!! Maybe I should buy it... oh yeah thats right - its only "Nearmono"....

 

[fredblue]

Its on the shelf in my local store!!! Maybe I should buy it... oh yeah thats right - its only "Nearmono"....

ooh you cheeky Kiwi's always getting these Euro discs before we do!!

if its below £20 get it! (and flog it, I saw it going for £30 on eBay the other day).

 

[mdmost]

Just ran through Nevermind. I A/B'ed it against the CD I have. It is night and day. Same volume played for both (-20db on my Onkyo) and the clarity and depth of the bass lines, drum beats and Kurt's scratchy vocals is so much better on the blu-ray. I didn't have to crank it like I do with SACDs. I like it a lot. I also have the HDTracks version which I plan to burn to a DVD-Audio and see how it compares. I'm happy. The visual is sparse. Just the tracklist and audio options (DolbyHD, DTS-HD, and PCM). I listened just to the PCM tracklist. When I have more time next week, I plan on trying the other two tracks. Next up though is a run through In Utero. I'm ready for my Sea Change Blu-ray to come in to compare it with the "DVD-Audio" I have.

 

[Caspersozza]

ooh you cheeky Kiwi's always getting these Euro discs before we do!!

if its below £20 get it! (and flog it, I saw it going for £30 on eBay the other day).

£30? There's some cheeky git on Amazon.co.uk listing it at £99.99, plus postage. "Hurry, only one in stock."

 

[LizardKing]

ooh you cheeky Kiwi's always getting these Euro discs before we do!!

if its below £20 get it! (and flog it, I saw it going for £30 on eBay the other day).

Hmmmm tempting!!!!
NZ $30 = £15!!!

 

[Robert van Diggele]

Just ran through Nevermind. I A/B'ed it against the CD I have. It is night and day. Same volume played for both (-20db on my Onkyo) and the clarity and depth of the bass lines, drum beats and Kurt's scratchy vocals is so much better on the blu-ray. I didn't have to crank it like I do with SACDs. I like it a lot. I also have the HDTracks version which I plan to burn to a DVD-Audio and see how it compares. I'm happy. The visual is sparse. Just the tracklist and audio options (DolbyHD, DTS-HD, and PCM). I listened just to the PCM tracklist. When I have more time next week, I plan on trying the other two tracks. Next up though is a run through In Utero. I'm ready for my Sea Change Blu-ray to come in to compare it with the "DVD-Audio" I have.

Thank you for this review, sounds promosing. I just ordered this one on amazon uk, from beaches_music_canada. Same seller as where I ordered a few other titles already.

Recieved the Stevie Wonder and Queen disc today. Both are made in the EU, but getting them from CA is at least €5,00 cheaper per disc than buying in the shops in NL. The strange ways of tax at work probably

 

[mdmost]

Don't buy In Utero. I think this one's a dud. The CD actually has better bass response and plays at pretty much the exact same volume level. I'd like to see someone run an analysis on the two side by side. Maybe it just comes down to the engineering on In Utero being better than Nevermind when the first recordings came out. Nevermind sounds better. I can actually tell a difference. I can't with In Utero. Disappointed in that because $20 for something that sounds close to what was already put out 20 years ago is shameful.

 

[Failed Muso]

I'm currently being baited on the HFPA Facebook page for pointing out that the recent Blu Ray releases from XTC and Yes make the HFPA project seem limp and flaccid. Feel free to chip in

https://www.facebook.com/HFPureAudi...al_comments=6&ref=notif&notif_t=share_comment

https://www.facebook.com/HFPureAudi...l_comments=10&ref=notif&notif_t=share_comment

 

[IMachine]

I'm currently being baited on the HFPA Facebook page for pointing out that the recent Blu Ray releases from XTC and Yes make the HFPA project seem limp and flaccid. Feel free to chip in

https://www.facebook.com/HFPureAudi...total_comments=6&ref=notif¬if_t=share_comment

https://www.facebook.com/HFPureAudi...otal_comments=10&ref=notif¬if_t=share_comment

Funny.
I replied:

No Mr. Haden...Rob must post here, because Universal doesn't do their job how it should be!

 

[Robert van Diggele]

Hi Rob, the guy you are battling with, Robert Haiden, is dixie4 on QQ. He is not an Universal employee, but he cannot stand anything SW is involved in.

He seemed like a nice chap, until he had a forum meltdown, he is banned now.