[andrzejpw]

Can anyone recommend some XRCDs? I'm looking at them on alldirect, specifically, at the Modern Jazz Quartet. Is this cd:
http://www.alldirect.com/music/mItem...81308702021029

an XRCD?

 

[arnett]

no. not for $9 and released in 1988.

i highly recommend wes montgomery's full house XRCD. great sound and an unbelievable performance.

www.xrcd.com

 

[andrzejpw]

this?

http://www.alldirect.com/music/mItem...81308702021029

 

[arnett]

XRCDs usually go for around $30 -- maybe a bit less.

 

[andrzejpw]

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showth...ight=alldirect

read that link.

 

[arnett]

however, to further confuse the issue, fantasy records has released a 20-bit remaster series that supposedly sounds just like XRCDs (using the same 'K2' mastering). but these discs are normal prices (approx. $15). check out these links:

http://www.fantasyjazz.com/html/ojc_20-bit.html

http://www.fantasyjazz.com/html/ojcr...de_20-bit.html

http://www.fantasyjazz.com/html/prestige_20-bit.html

 

[andrzejpw]

hmm, but I'll still get the benefits of the remastering, right?

 

[arnett]

andrzejpw,

you posted the info before me!

those fantasy remasters are not XRCDs technically. i guess people say they sound the same but i don't know.

 

[andrzejpw]

so they're not worth buying?

 

[arnett]

reading the head-fi link you provided and noting that the release date on the alldirect.com site is november 2001, i would guess that that disc is the 'K2' 20-bit remaster that apparently sounds like an XRCD

. no guarantees though. you know what the K2 remasters look like based on the link i provided. order it from alldirect.com and find out if you got the right one. regardless, i can't imagine anyone being disappointed with the music.

 

[andrzejpw]

It does appear that these are the K2 remasters. Hmm, I might just order the Modern Jazz Quartet, just for the heck of it. I mean, they won't sound bad. . .

edit: also, could that best of MJQ be a K2 remaster, if not an XRCD?

 

[arnett]

according to your original link, that Modern Jazz Quartet CD has a release date of 1988. it's definitely not a 'K2' remaster as those have only been released in the last 2 or 3 years.

 

[FCJ]

Quote:

Originally posted by arnett i can't imagine anyone being disappointed with the music.

Agree--Full House is a great record. Whatever the remastering, you can't go wrong.

For the MJQ, stay with their Atlantic stuff.

 

[acidtripwow]

I recommend the Jacintha JVC XRCDs if you like female Jazz vocalists. They are some of the best CDs I've heard period.

 

[maple]

I recommend Now the Green Blade Riseth (a must buy !) and Heifetz/Munch Boston Symphony.