Listening to Now In SACD Stereo (or Mono)

[4-earredwonder]

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Julia Fordham - Swept

Julia has a beautiful, rich voice.
But this disc consists almost entirely of slow dreary ballads. Made it a real slog IMHO to get through.

I love Julia's earlier stuff and when I saw this was available on Stereo SACD from Universal Japan I opted instead to buy a used mint condition RBCD through Amazon... 'cheep cheep'

 

[Quad Linda]

There Goes Rhymin' Simon
Still Crazy - Paul Simon

 

[GOS]

There Goes Rhymin' Simon
Still Crazy - Paul Simon

You can get a copy of the Mobile Fidelity vinyl at a discount. CC Music

 

[marpow]

Still chillin'.
Bob Dylan-Nashville Skyline. SACD released 2003.
SACD rip, DSD64, DSF file. DR's are 10's, 11's, 12's, 13.

 

[The Rang]

Jeff Beck - With the Jan Hammer Group Live

Great songs and playing as one would expect.
Sound quality is late 70’s live so no miracles here.
It’s fine but not necessarily audiophile quality IMO.

 

[4-earredwonder]

Arriving tomorrow via DHL from CDJapan .... the long anticipated Borboletta from Carlos Santana and Sony Japan's DSD256 remastered Stereo SACD of Laura Nyro's ELI AND THE THIRTEENTH CONFESSION. Will be interesting to compare the latter to Audio Fidelity's wonderful QUAD SACD released in 2016!

By the way, RANG, MoFi's Jeff Beck ~ With the Jan Hammer Group Live sounds fantastic when played through the SUPER DSP mode of my Meridian 861 pre/pro....swirling instruments discretely fill the soundstage. LOVE IT!

 

[The Rang]

My copy of Borboletta would have been here a week ago if not for the Canada Post strike

 

[The Rang]

Joni Mitchell - Ladies From the Canyon

This is the first of her early albums to click with me. Sound is realistic, you can hear the room especially the instruments.

 

[4-earredwonder]

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Joni Mitchell - Ladies From the Canyon

This is the first of her early albums to click with me. Sound is realistic, you can hear the room especially the instruments.

IMO, RANG, THE BEST VERSION OF THIS CLASSIC JONI ALBUM I HAVE EVER HEARD!

 

[The Rang]

IMO, RANG, THE BEST VERSION OF THIS CLASSIC JONI ALBUM I HAVE EVER HEARD!

Glad to know I bought the right version.
Other than Woodstock and Taxi I’d never heard this album before.

 

[The Rang]

Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel

Like the album, happy that a new copy popped up recently from Amazon Canada for a reasonable price; they must have found a copy hiding in a warehouse.
Sound is a bit dull, as expected based on reviews, but it’s OK, doesn’t distract.

 

[JediJoker]

Sound is a bit dull...

Duller than the original '80s CD?

 

[The Rang]

Duller than the original '80s CD?

Can’t say, this is the first time I’ve heard the album. Opinions at the SHF say the MoFi silver disc from many years ago is the best version.

 

[Rhinojack]

You can hear with this album why Brian was done with the surf sound. Very cringe.

 

[Mr. Afternoon]

Sadao Watanabe - My Dear Life (1977, 2024 Hybrid SACD Reissue) [NCS-80042, Tower Records/Stereo Sound/Victor Entertainment]

Amazing what a fresh tape scan can do. Highly recommend! From the early days of Jazz Fusion.

 

[4-earredwonder]

Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago [Mercury Records/Stereo SHM~SACD] a powerhouse recording with John Coltrane [Tenor Sax], Wynton Kelly [Piano], Paul Chambers [Bass] and Jimmy Cobb [Drums].

 

[4-earredwonder]

Laura Nyro ANGEL IN THE DARK [Rounder Records/Stereo SACD] Laura's last known recording and she is EXQUISITE, as always!