Listening to Now In SACD Stereo (or Mono)

[Perp]

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced

 

[4-earredwonder]

Radka Toneff/Steve Dobrogosz's REMARKABLE FAIRYTALES [ODIN/Stereo SACD/MQA encoded CD portion] One of Norway's best selling Jazz albums exquisitely captured in hi res

 

[Perp]

Nilsson - Schmilsson

 

[Perp]

Daryl Hall & John Oates - Rock N’ Soul Part 1

Originally released in 1983 by RCA Records

I’m still waiting for Part 2.

 

[Perp]

Foghat - Fool For The City

 

[4-earredwonder]

Jerry Garcia and Friends LIVE AT KEYSTONE, Volume I [Fantasy/Stereo SACD/Super Bit Mapping] Friends include Merl Saunders, piano, Dave Grisman, mandolin, John Kahn, bass and Bill Vitt, drums. Recorded in 1973 at the Keystone in Berkeley, California.

 

[The Rang]

Jerry Garcia and Friends LIVE AT KEYSTONE, Volume I [Fantasy/Stereo SACD/Super Bit Mapping] Friends include Merl Saunders, piano, Dave Grisman, mandolin, John Kahn, bass and Bill Vitt, drums. Recorded in 1973 at the Keystone in Berkeley, California.

Wow.
Never heard of this disc before.
Which means I must now doggedly pursue a copy

 

[Hamilton59]

Just got this one in the mail today.....

Rob Wasserman - Duets



I had to hunt down this SACD after hearing the wonderful recording of Ballad of the Runaway Horse by Jennifer Warnes...

 

[Titch]

Because "Spring Is Here", right? Many more had a go, but has anyone caught the bright melancholy of the song quite so exquisitely as the Evans trio?

 

[4-earredwonder]

The Inimitable Frank Sinatra goes from heartthrob crooner to sensational Big Band Belter in SING AND DANCE WITH FRANK SINATRA meticulously transferred from 1950's Columbia Master Tapes to MONO SACD with copious bonus tracks. If you LOVE Frank, buy this disc! [Columbia/Impex/Mono SACD]



https://store.acousticsounds.com/d/...025&utm_content=Bing Shopping - Optical Media

 

[4-earredwonder]

Just got this one in the mail today.....

Rob Wasserman - Duets

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I had to hunt down this SACD after hearing the wonderful recording of Ballad of the Runaway Horse by Jennifer Warnes...

IMO, this original ALL DDD recording is a masterpiece. I had the amazing RBCD but this AP Stereo SACD remaster betters it significantly. Great REFERENCE disc.

 

[Perp]

Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)

(2020) Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs

 

[Perp]

Dire Straits - Self-titled (1978 & 2019 Warner Bros. Records)

(2019) Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab

 

[Perp]

Richard John Thompson - Rumor And Sigh (1991)

(1991 & 2017) Capitol Records

 

[Perp]

Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky (1982 Arista Records)

I’m going to take my Blu-ray, HDAD and brand new SACD copy (via PCM) and make a comparison with the first 3 tracks on each. All three are taken directly from the original analog master.

 

[Perp]

And, the winner is...

There really isn’t one. All three sound great but for different reasons.

1) HDAD - The sound on all 3 tracks were the smoothest sounding of all three discs. It felt like I was sitting in the control room listening right to the Master Tape.

2) Blu-ray - Very close in sound to the HDAD but with a bit more brightness and boosted midrange. Both this disc and the HDAD had quite a bit of low end presense.

3) SACD - This is where it gets interesting. This disc had the least amount of low end presence but what it excelled at, in comparison to the other two discs, was separation and soundstage. I could hear vocals and instruments like I’ve never heard them before. Clear and distinct. Just listen to the female background vocals on Children Of The Moon and see (hear) what I mean.

If I had to pick a winner, it would be the SACD, followed by the Classic Records HDAD.

 

[Perp]

David Ian Jackson - Body And Soul (1984 A&M Records)

(2020) Intervention Records

This disc sounds incredible!

 

[privateuniverse]

David Ian Jackson - Body And Soul (1984 A&M Records)

(2020) Intervention Records

This disc sounds incredible!

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I like the sound of it too. However, I did notice when I ripped the RBCD layer that there was some clipping. I'm not able to rip the SACD layer so I'm not sure if that was affected as well.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

The Inimitable Frank Sinatra goes from heartthrob crooner to sensational Big Band Belter in SING AND DANCE WITH FRANK SINATRA meticulously transferred from 1950's Columbia Master Tapes to MONO SACD with copious bonus tracks. If you LOVE Frank, buy this disc! [Columbia/Impex/Mono SACD]



https://store.acousticsounds.com/d/...025&utm_content=Bing Shopping - Optical Media

Good find Ralphie

 

[Perp]

Alan Parsons Project - I, Robot (1977 Arista Records)

(2016) Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs