[Edwood]

Is there a better place than eBay. Selections are pretty limited.

I checked out www.hdcd.com
Are the shopping links accurate? Most of them don't list whether or not the CD is HDCD or not.

I tried looking for them at import sites like www.cdjapan.co.jp but came up empty handed.

-Ed

 

[Canman]

There are plenty of HDCD's at your local music store. They are not always labeled as such though.

Some HDCD's making rounds in my collection:

Beck - Sea Change
Leo Kottke/Mike Gordon - Clone
Natalie Merchant-Ophelia
Grateful Dead (Most of their recordings are HDCD mastered)

The point is there is a lot of music in the stacks that is HDCD. All of the HDCD encoded recordings I own sound above average on any CD Player, regardless of whether it has HDCD decoding or not. I think they sound better just because the recording engineer put a little more care into preserving the sound quality. Whether the HDCD decoding actually increases sound quality is debatable.

 

[Edwood]

What about import sources?

I've noticed that foreign markets have more HDCD of the same albums released here in the United States.

Stupid, RIAA.

-Ed

 

[akio]

most of joni mitchells CDs are HDCD - most notably blue.

 

[Jasper994]

You could just start listening to a lot of country music as much of it is recorded in HDCD...

 

[Edwood]

Damnit! I hate country!

My girlfriend has Dixie Chicks and Faith Hill. Sure enough, they're in HDCD. LOL.

OK, they don't really count as hardcore country.

I've been going through every CD in the place and it's funny which one's are in HDCD. Kinda like a treasure hunt.

-Ed

 

[Jasper994]

Quote:

Originally posted by Edwood Damnit! I hate country! My girlfriend has Dixie Chicks and Faith Hill. Sure enough, they're in HDCD. LOL. OK, they don't really count as hardcore country. I've been going through every CD in the place and it's funny which one's are in HDCD. Kinda like a treasure hunt. -Ed

LOL See! I told you so!

 

[amol]

The ones that i have..

Bob Dylan- The very best of Bob Dylan
Dire straits- Sultans of swing ( greatest hits)
Bee gees - One night Only

 

[Guss2]

I don't know your musical tastes, but I have 2 that are great. Tool "Lateralus", and 311 "From Chaos". Both are excellent. Gary.

 

[NetRunner]

Heh.. How'd you figure that Tool is hdcd?

*Wonky cover..* Ah, yes on that extra cover, on the back.

Many of the new (all? Virgin?) remastered Mike Oldfield cds are hdcd.. (Or at least the two I just bought.)

 

[Edwood]

Woo. I don't have that Tool album. I'm gonna have to go get it.

Thanks, guys!

Keep it coming! HDCD.com's list is certainly not complete. There's more out there for sure.

There's still got to be a good online store (other than eBay) to order HDCD imports.

-Ed

 

[marios_mar]

TOOL lateralus is HDCD

So is B-52's best of

 

[drpatrik]

I used the links on www.hdcd.com to buy CD and sorry to say not all of the CD I recieved was HDCD.

The soundtrack for Tarzan is HDCD even though the its not labeled. Also most of Mark Knopflers recordings are done in HDCD!

 

[Guss2]

yeah the HDCD site only hints at all of the discs available, so I don't use it very much. You just have to look closely at each disc inside and out, that's how I discovered the Tool. Gary.

 

[Guss2]

I've also discovered that they are remastering some great older discs to HDCD. Van Halen"1984", Yes"Fragile", and "Yessongs". This is being talked about over at Headwize. Gary.