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post #1 of 31
7/10/09 at 8:12pm
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Just interested in which DVD-Audio and SACDs you have bought lately?

How did they sound?

I have been enjoying Songs for Beginners by Graham Nash on DVD-Audio.
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post #2 of 31
7/10/09 at 8:46pm
Insurgentes (Steven Wilson solo) - sounds really really good.
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post #3 of 31
7/10/09 at 8:51pm
SACD Disc 6 in the Brautigam/Beethoven sonates forte piano series, sounds excellent
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post #4 of 31
7/10/09 at 11:27pm
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Originally Posted by SiriuslyCold View Post
Insurgentes (Steven Wilson solo) - sounds really really good.
I have to look for that one.
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post #5 of 31
7/11/09 at 1:02pm
If you have to pick one from the series, which one?

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SACD Disc 6 in the Brautigam/Beethoven sonates forte piano series, sounds excellent
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post #6 of 31
7/11/09 at 1:44pm
Last I bought was Nine Inch Nails Ghosts on Blu-Ray.
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post #7 of 31
7/11/09 at 2:16pm
I recently bought a new CD/SACD player so I picked up a few new (for me) SACDs:

Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street
Blood, Sweat & Tears - self-titled
Blood, Sweat & Tears - Blood, Sweat & Tears 3
Donovan - Donovan: Storyteller
Earth, Wind & Fire - That's The Way of the World
Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn
Linda Ronstadt - Prisoner In Disguise (not an SACD but a MoFi Gold CD and an excellent disc)

I routinely buy heavy-weight, half speed mastered and 45 RPM vinyl for my TT rig.
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post #8 of 31
7/11/09 at 6:15pm
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Originally Posted by OneMalt View Post
I recently bought a new CD/SACD player so I picked up a few new (for me) SACDs:

Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street
Blood, Sweat & Tears - self-titled
Blood, Sweat & Tears - Blood, Sweat & Tears 3
Donovan - Donovan: Storyteller
Earth, Wind & Fire - That's The Way of the World
Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn
Linda Ronstadt - Prisoner In Disguise (not an SACD but a MoFi Gold CD and an excellent disc)

I routinely buy heavy-weight, half speed mastered and 45 RPM vinyl for my TT rig.
Also check out the Ronstadt Heart Like A Wheel on Audio Fidelity. Stellar sound.
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post #9 of 31
7/11/09 at 6:49pm
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Also check out the Ronstadt Heart Like A Wheel on Audio Fidelity. Stellar sound.
Bought the LP. Very nice!
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post #10 of 31
7/11/09 at 11:18pm
and if you can find a copy of The Carpenters - Singles 1969-1981 SACD, grab it quick

other SACD titles to look out for -
Pink Floyd DSotM,
Roxy Music Avalon,
Deep Purple Machine Head,
Dire Straits Brothers in Arms,
Steely Dan Gaucho
Beck Sea Change
Mark Knopfler Shang-ri La

I don;t have all of them but all the Elton John SACDs have had good reviews
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post #11 of 31
7/11/09 at 11:38pm
My new car has a really awesome surround sound system so I bought the discs below to use primarily in that car...I would love to get a DVD-A copy of "Hotel California" but it's going for like $165.00 at Amazon...

"...Nothing Like The Sun" - Sting [DVD-A | DTS 5.1 Surround]
"David Live" - David Bowie [DVD-A | DTS 5.1 Surround]
"Stage" - David Bowie [DVD-A | DTS 5.1 Surround]
"Sacred Love" - Sting [DVD-A]
"Gaucho" - Steely Dan [DVD-A | DTS 5.1 Surround]
"Supernatural" - Santana [DVD-A]
"Brand New Day" - Sting [DVD-A | DTS 5.1 Surround]
"Every Breath You Take: The Classics" - The Police" [DVD-A | DTS 5.1 Surround]
"Sailing To Philadelphia" - Mark Knopfler [DVD-A]
"Shangri-La" - Mark Knopfler [DVD-A]
"Love" - The Beatles [DVD-A]
"Morph The Cat" - Donald Fagen [DVD-A]
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post #12 of 31
7/12/09 at 12:06am
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My new car has a really awesome surround sound system so I bought the discs below to use primarily in that car...
I wish I had a DVD-A capability in the car ... rather intrigued by the warning on The Flaming Lips' Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots song Do You Realize

"Whole mix is placed on rotating clockwise field-shifting into the reverse in the key change section. CAUTION: Do not listen to this track while driving (for those with 5.1 installed in their car). It can be disorienting."

the sound on the Flaming Lips discs (Yoshimi, and At War With the Mystics) is a bit raw compared to the other DVD-As but they are both mixed very aggressively. There's a production video showing Wayne Coyne jumping around the studio from speaker to speaker
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post #13 of 31
7/12/09 at 12:48am
Beethoven 1-9 symphonies by Vaska. Very good recordings.
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post #14 of 31
7/12/09 at 11:20am
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Originally Posted by SiriuslyCold View Post
I wish I had a DVD-A capability in the car ... rather intrigued by the warning on The Flaming Lips' Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots song Do You Realize

"Whole mix is placed on rotating clockwise field-shifting into the reverse in the key change section. CAUTION: Do not listen to this track while driving (for those with 5.1 installed in their car). It can be disorienting."

the sound on the Flaming Lips discs (Yoshimi, and At War With the Mystics) is a bit raw compared to the other DVD-As but they are both mixed very aggressively. There's a production video showing Wayne Coyne jumping around the studio from speaker to speaker

I have the nine inch nails "Ghosts I - IV" boxed set with the Blu-Ray Disc and the "Multi-Track DVD." Which one would be useable as a surround sound music CD in my car? Is Multi-Track DVD equivalent to DVD-A? I'm not familiar with that term. I have a Blu-Ray home system, but I don't think a Blu-Ray will lay in the car...help!
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post #15 of 31
7/12/09 at 11:40am
probably the multi-track DVD ... i guess; but no DVD-A means you'll either get hi-rez stereo or a DD 5.1 mix.

edit: no I just read the DVD contains multi-track masters in WAV format ...

someone could mix them in 5.1 if they wanted, but it doens;t look like there's a native 5.1 mix anywhere

edit 2: looks like someone did and made it into a 5.1 DTS CD
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