What's the Latest Stereo (or Mono) SACD in Your Collection?

[soundboy]

 

[fredblue]

I've asked Top Music about this. I'll see what they have to say.

Hopefully they'll get their "Top Men" to look into it...

 

[fredblue]

That's The Way Of The World - Earth, Wind & Fire (MFSL UltraDisc Hybrid SACD).

 

[fredblue]

They Only Come Out At Night - Edgar Winter (MFSL Ultradisc Hybrid SACD).

 

[DuncanS]

They Only Come Out At Night - Edgar Winter (MFSL Ultradisc Hybrid SACD).

I've the SQ LP of this, great album. I remember the keyboards swirling around the speakers on Frankenstein :banana:, sadly not as well via ProLogicII . So next years/later this years proposed new Involve decoder with HDMI is a must for me!

 

[fredblue]

I've the SQ LP of this, great album. I remember the keyboards swirling around the speakers on Frankenstein :banana:, sadly not as well via ProLogicII . So next years/later this years proposed new Involve decoder with HDMI is a must for me!

Neither this MFSL mastering nor the old Sony CD pan out well in PLII.. there is a DTS conversion of the Quad out there I saw one time but when I downloaded it, it skipped through and wouldn't playback without stuttering. D'oh!

 

[timbre4]

The true quad mix of this album is classic. The Q8 and SQ Tate has appeared in the wild as DTS CD, DVD-A and even a DVD-A double feature with Shock Treatment.

QQ forum does not post publicly where to find such items.


From QQ deep space

 

[fredblue]

80s HITS - Various Artists (Hybrid SACD).

 

[fredblue]

80s LOVE - Various Artists (Hybrid Stereo SACD).

 

[fredblue]

80s Love and 80s Hits SACDs..

 

[warp2600]

I've never heard of these. Are they new releases? Where did you get them?

 

[fredblue]

I've never heard of these. Are they new releases? Where did you get them?

New compilations just out last week from Sony Music Hong Kong.

I got them from Elusive Disc.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

80s Love and 80s Hits SACDs..

Please let me know what these sound like; I'm always interested in this type of project.

 

[fredblue]

Please let me know what these sound like; I'm always interested in this type of project.

Will do! Hoping to try them out this evening.

 

[bmoura]

Will do! Hoping to try them out this evening.

Great. I'm curious as well. Especially the Chet Atkins track.

 

[fredblue]

Great. I'm curious as well. Especially the Chet Atkins track.

I'm not sure I will get the chance to play them tonight after all unfortunately but as soon as I do I will pop back here with an update.

 

[fredblue]

Ok, I've given the new Sony HK 80's Hits SACD a very quick flick through..

before I make any major proclamations I want to play it through several times more of course and compare those tracks I have in other masterings (a few I have also on SACD) but..

Right off the bat, the immediate thing that 'Hits' you (pun intended!) is the very good news that you can really crank this disc! No 'Loudness Wars' nonsense here!

I'll add, certain tracks leap out as sounding absolutely terrific.. "Eye Of The Tiger" in particular stands out, it sounds exceptionally good to me.. one or two tracks I feel may be hamstrung by their production (Wham!).. but they still sound good.. anyway, initial impressions are favourable. I'll update here in the next day or two as I get to listen more.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Ok, I've given the new Sony HK 80's Hits SACD a very quick flick through..

before I make any major proclamations I want to play it through several times more of course and compare those tracks I have in other masterings (a few I have also on SACD) but..

Right off the bat, the immediate thing that 'Hits' you (pun intended!) is the very good news that you can really crank this disc! No 'Loudness Wars' nonsense here!

I'll add, certain tracks leap out as sounding absolutely terrific.. "Eye Of The Tiger" in particular stands out, it sounds exceptionally good to me.. one or two tracks I feel may be hamstrung by their production (Wham!).. but they still sound good.. anyway, initial impressions are favourable. I'll update here in the next day or two as I get to listen more.

Thanks for giving them a quick spin...my main concerns are overly bright compressed sounds...the song list isn't nearly as good as the Legend Discs but hopefully they sound better...

 

[fredblue]

Thanks for giving them a quick spin...my main concerns are overly bright compressed sounds...the song list isn't nearly as good as the Legend Discs but hopefully they sound better...

No problem, you're v.welcome as ever I've not tried the Love one yet but hope to tomorrow. The "Hits" disc strikes me as neither overly bright nor compressed, so I think you'll enjoy 'em!

 

[fredblue]

DR posted over @SHF for the CD layer of the Hits disc..

DR avg = 11
DR min = 8
DR max = 16 ( :yikes )

foobar2000 1.3.3 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2014-08-21 20:19:42


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Analyzed: Rick Astley / 80's Hits (1)
Whitney Houston / 80's Hits (2)
Billy Ocean / 80's Hits (3)
Cyndi Lauper / 80's Hits (4)
Eurythmics / 80's Hits (5)
Wham! / 80's Hits (6)
The Pointer Sisters / 80's Hits (7)
Survivor / 80's Hits (8)
Toto / 80's Hits (9)
Nena / 80's Hits (10)
The Bangles / 80's Hits (11)
Terence Trent DArby / 80's Hits (12)
Thompson Twins / 80's Hits (13)
Haircut 100 / 80's Hits (14)
Men At Work / 80's Hits (15)
Bill Withers / 80's Hits (16)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -0.47 dB -14.94 dB 3:36 01-Never Gonna Give You Up
DR13 -0.20 dB -14.67 dB 4:53 02-I Wanna Dance With Somebody
DR8 -1.49 dB -11.13 dB 4:06 03-Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)
DR9 -1.76 dB -12.23 dB 3:56 04-Girls Just Want to Have Fun
DR12 -0.66 dB -14.77 dB 3:39 05-Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
DR9 -0.61 dB -11.51 dB 3:54 06-Wake Me up Before You Go-Go
DR9 -1.14 dB -12.32 dB 4:29 07-Jump (For My Love)
DR11 -0.27 dB -13.33 dB 4:08 08-Eye of the Tiger
DR12 -0.82 dB -15.00 dB 5:00 09-Africa
DR10 -0.05 dB -13.25 dB 3:53 10-99 Red Balloons
DR11 -0.20 dB -13.12 dB 3:06 11-Manic Monday
DR16 -0.19 dB -18.75 dB 3:33 12-Wishing Well
DR10 -0.69 dB -13.90 dB 4:47 13-Hold Me Now
DR12 0.00 dB -14.09 dB 3:16 14-Fantastic Day
DR13 -0.93 dB -15.24 dB 3:42 15-Down Under
DR12 0.00 dB -12.99 dB 4:07 16-Lovely Day (7 Sunshine Mix)
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Number of tracks: 16
Official DR value: DR11


Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 1411 kbps
Codec: CDDA
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