Listening now to this stereo/mono CD.

[4-earredwonder]

Steppenwolf 16 GREATEST HITS [UHQ MQA encoded CD] Exceptional!

 

[cbmmm3]

Steppenwolf 16 GREATEST HITS [UHQ MQA encoded CD] Exceptional!

looking for adventure, eh Ralphie ?

 

[4-earredwonder]

looking for adventure, eh Ralphie ?

And UNDER 20 bucks at ImportCD with their recent 10% off deal .........Still waiting for Analogue Productions Steppenwolf GOLD Their Greatest Hits compilation which has been on backorder for eons....but it only contains 11 cuts ......

https://store.acousticsounds.com/d/131240/Steppenwolf-Gold_Their_Great_Hits-Hybrid_Stereo_SACD

 

[4-earredwonder]

Rolling Stones Grrr LIVE [Mercury Recordings/2 RBCDs/1 BD~V] Exceptional Concert and a must have for Stone fans!

 

[Quad Linda]

Discovered Treasures - Horowitz

And UNDER 20 bucks at ImportCD with their recent 10% off deal .........Still waiting for Analogue Productions Steppenwolf GOLD Their Greatest Hits compilation which has been on backorder for eons....but it only contains 11 cuts ......

https://store.acousticsounds.com/d/131240/Steppenwolf-Gold_Their_Great_Hits-Hybrid_Stereo_SACD

Still waiting for Steppenwolf Gold AP SACD. Have had it on b/o for much more than a year! Still waiting for Louis Armstrong plays King Oliver. LP was released by AP and SACD was announced pre-pandemic. STILL WATING! Have had multiple other bad experiences w/AP. Six Wives CD/DVD-A where both discs were identical AND IT WAS OPENED!! AP is useless!

Music Direct has non-existent customer service. Still waiting for sales manager to call me back from a year ago. Have bought one MoFi SACD in that year, and it was bought elsewhere. Up until then, I bought 80% of their SACD releases. Customer Service Mgr. is on a power trip. They used to be my most favored vendor. Now, MD is my most unfavorite! And I didn't even buy their Quasi-analog LP's.


I was in the neighborhood and picking up $150 of SACD's. I was told by Customer Service Mgr. that I don't buy enough. Most of my purchases are in a card in my husband's name. AND HE DIDN'T EVEN ASK WHAT I WANTED TO BUY!! He was woking at home, picked up the line and wouldn't (couldn't) transfer me to sales. Still waiting for Sales Mgr. to call from a year ago. TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF WHAT NOT TO DO. Arrogant!

Been buying all my gear, even high-end stuff from Abt. Won't even consider Music Direct. $1-$2k/yr on gear and several times that much on SACD's. I have met MD's owner a few years ago. He'll probably not remember me, but he will when I remind him what we spoke about when I was introduced to him.

Have had great experiences w/D-V.

 

[4-earredwonder]

Discovered Treasures - Horowitz


Still waiting for Steppenwolf Gold AP SACD. Have had it on b/o for much more than a year! Still waiting for Louis Armstrong plays King Oliver. LP was released by AP and SACD was announced pre-pandemic. STILL WATING! Have had multiple other bad experiences w/AP. Six Wives CD/DVD-A where both discs were identical AND IT WAS OPENED!! AP is useless!

Music Direct has non-existent customer service. Still waiting for sales manager to call me back from a year ago. Have bought one MoFi SACD in that year, and it was bought elsewhere. Customer Service Mgr. is on a power trip. They used to be my most favored vendor. Now, MD is my most unfavorite! And I didn't even buy their Quasi-analog LP's.

Have had great experiences w/D-V.

Unfortunately, QL, AP and MoFi consider SACD a MUCH lower priority than VINYL ...always did. There are a number of titles on Acoustic Sound's websites {SACD] that were announced YEARS ago but never released.

I'm content with the Japanese UHQ MQA CD which when decoded yields a full 24 bit resolution and includes 5 more tracks than the AP Steppenwolf Gold SACD!

 

[Quad Linda]

He never bothered to find out what I wanted to buy. It could have been a $40k turntable! My last hardware purchase from MD was over $1200 REL sub.

Last hardware purchase of mine was a Polk 12" sub for bedroom and 2 Polk S10's for laundry room. MD carries Polk, but I didn't even consider them. Bought it from Abt, less than 5 miles away from MD. And I was treated like gold, not like shit at MD.

 

[jefe1]

Uriah Heep Salisbury 2 CD version
Recommended by a friend never had this album...

 

[Petr Kropotkin]

The Guess Who Live At The Paramount
https://gloriousnoise.com/2010/the_guess_who_live_at_the_para

This is a fantastic album. I first head it when it came out on vinyl in '72, then got the CD but it was rather short, and knew there had to be more that could be released from the gig. Finally, around 2000, they released the extended CD with six extra songs. The version of "American Woman" on the album (at nearly 17 minutes) is a classic.

 

[cbmmm3]

Discovered Treasures - Horowitz


Still waiting for Steppenwolf Gold AP SACD. Have had it on b/o for much more than a year! Still waiting for Louis Armstrong plays King Oliver. LP was released by AP and SACD was announced pre-pandemic. STILL WATING! Have had multiple other bad experiences w/AP. Six Wives CD/DVD-A where both discs were identical AND IT WAS OPENED!! AP is useless!

Music Direct has non-existent customer service. Still waiting for sales manager to call me back from a year ago. Have bought one MoFi SACD in that year, and it was bought elsewhere. Up until then, I bought 80% of their SACD releases. Customer Service Mgr. is on a power trip. They used to be my most favored vendor. Now, MD is my most unfavorite! And I didn't even buy their Quasi-analog LP's.


I was in the neighborhood and picking up $150 of SACD's. I was told by Customer Service Mgr. that I don't buy enough. Most of my purchases are in a card in my husband's name. AND HE DIDN'T EVEN ASK WHAT I WANTED TO BUY!! He was woking at home, picked up the line and wouldn't (couldn't) transfer me to sales. Still waiting for Sales Mgr. to call from a year ago. TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF WHAT NOT TO DO. Arrogant!

Been buying all my gear, even high-end stuff from Abt. Won't even consider Music Direct. $1-$2k/yr on gear and several times that much on SACD's. I have met MD's owner a few years ago. He'll probably not remember me, but he will when I remind him what we spoke about when I was introduced to him.

Have had great experiences w/D-V.

QL
Ive had very similar experience as you. Was considering a pretty big $ purchase. My questions on product were addressed via arrogance yet solutions and answers were never given. I did business elsewhere.

 

[JohnN]

Jethro Tull Live At the Hammersmith '84
https://www.discogs.com/release/793...-Hammersmith-84-The-Friday-Rock-Show-Sessions

 

[JediJoker]

Jethro Tull Live At the Hammersmith '84
https://www.discogs.com/release/793...-Hammersmith-84-The-Friday-Rock-Show-Sessions

I love Peter-John Vettese's insertion of the "Relax" hook in "Locomotive Breath." And as Ian says, his best vocal performances were from this tour. It's a crying shame he permanently injured his cords during it.

 

[JohnN]

The Beatles Help! 2009 mono box (Japan)

 

[4-earredwonder]

He never bothered to find out what I wanted to buy. It could have been a $40k turntable! My last hardware purchase from MD was over $1200 REL sub.

Last hardware purchase of mine was a Polk 12" sub for bedroom and 2 Polk S10's for laundry room. MD carries Polk, but I didn't even consider them. Bought it from Abt, less than 5 miles away from MD. And I was treated like gold, not like shit at MD.

QL
Ive had very similar experience as you. Was considering a pretty big $ purchase. My questions on product were addressed via arrogance yet solutions and answers were never given. I did business elsewhere.

Although I haven't dealt directly with Music Direct for about 4 or 5 years, my previous experience with them was fantastic ..... Had wonderful conversations with the helpful salespeople and even had some freebie MoFi SACDs thrown in. How the mighty have fallen because I did receive some wonderful 'deals' from them as well ... they even shaved off some $$$$$ from already discounted items. As there are NO high end audio salons left in my area [unless you want to go into Manhattan] it's disheartening to hear that MD's sales department has fallen prey to indifference and rude behavior.

I suppose post pandemic, good help is REALLY hard to find ....and keep!

 

[4-earredwonder]

The Beach Boys TEN YEARS OF HARMONY [2 UHQ MQA CDs] 29 tracks including the hard to find 'Sea Cruise' in one exceptional package

1	Add Some Music to Your Day
2	Roller Skating Child
3	Disney Girls
4	It's a Beautiful Day
5	California Saga: California
6	Wontcha Come Out Tonight
7	Marcella
8	Rock and Roll Music
9	Goin' on
10	It's Ok
11	Cool, Cool Water
12	San Miguel
13	School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell)
14	Good Timin'
15	Sail on, Sailor

Disc: 2​

1	Darlin'
2	Lady Lynda
3	Sea Cruise
4	The Trader
5	This Whole World
6	Don't Go Near the Water
7	Surf's Up
8	Come Go with Me
9	Deirdre
10	She's Got Rhythm
11	River Song
12	Long Promised Road
13	Feel Flows
14	Til I Die

 

[JohnN]

Jethro Tull Under Wraps - W. Germany CD
Tour patch:

Playing European Legacy

My feet begin to move instinctively

 

[Quad Linda]

Celebrants - Nickel Creek

 

[user 1679]

Lucinda Chua "Yian

 

[privateuniverse]

The new 2 CD edition of Honky Chateau.

Love the live tracks but the quick audience fade out at the end of each track is clumsy and annoying. Demos are cool but they sound a little bit muffled. (Curious to know what @fredblue thinks. )

Time to liberate the 5.1 mix of Don't Shoot Me!

 

[The Rang]

Lucinda Chua "Yian

Never heard of her, like the cover