For information about how to use this forum please check out forum help and policies.
Quote
24FPS
Speaking of SHM CDs, I was able to get Steely Dan's Aja at a decent price. Can't wait to hear it. I've been scouring ebay for more Stones SHM CDs. I see Ya Yas pop up in my price range from time to time. I just don't know. I was very disappointed in ABKCO's 2002 SACD version of the live classic. It was flat, and by that I mean being on SACD didn't add anything to it. This was unusual in that I tended to like most of the ABKCO CDs of the pre-71 material.
Has anyone else heard the SHM CD Japan version of Ya Yas? Is it an improvement?
Quote
ironbellyHi-Res UHQCD - MQA [UICY-40166] also contain that flat transfer with slow Fingerprint File.Quote
donvis
What about Hi-Res CD MQA X UHQCD?????
That is kind of 'exotic' format
That is obvious. SHM CD and SACD-hybrid in this case carry the very same digital content - 2002 mastered by Bob Ludwig.Quote
His Majesty
I have the Japanese SHMCD's of Their Satanic Majesties Request and Beggars Banquet.
Can't say I hear much difference from the CD/SACD hybrids from 2002 I had before.
Quote
ironbellyThat is obvious. SHM CD and SACD-hybrid in this case carry the very same digital content - 2002 mastered by Bob Ludwig.Quote
His Majesty
I have the Japanese SHMCD's of Their Satanic Majesties Request and Beggars Banquet.
Can't say I hear much difference from the CD/SACD hybrids from 2002 I had before.
Quote
His Majesty
Main point is it's same mix and mastering?
I bought on off chance they'd offer an other pov musically rather than clarity wise...
My ears told me they didn't regardless of system or layer.
Quote
24FPS
If nothing else, SHM CDs are the clearest CDs I've heard. I have a Steve Winwood Greatest Hits collection. The mono Spencer Davis cuts aren't fantastic, but are probably the best you can hear them.
Jimi Hendrix' Are You Experienced sounds out of this world, as does Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti. The Stones Through the Past Darkly isn't special, as I assume all ABKCO releases are the same as the 2002 SACD/DSD remasters. Still, they are as good as they are going to sound, to my ears.
Goats Head Soup, with the new stereo mix, changed my low opinion of the original album. Crosby Still and Nash Greatest Hits are mind blowingly good. You get that surround sound illusion of music in places without speakers. One of my favorites, surprisingly, is the Carpenter's Singles 1969-1981. They were recorded in the best studios, with the best studio musicians, and a great vocalist. All that really comes across on the SHM CD.
Quote
Toru AQuote
24FPS
If nothing else, SHM CDs are the clearest CDs I've heard. I have a Steve Winwood Greatest Hits collection. The mono Spencer Davis cuts aren't fantastic, but are probably the best you can hear them.
Jimi Hendrix' Are You Experienced sounds out of this world, as does Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti. The Stones Through the Past Darkly isn't special, as I assume all ABKCO releases are the same as the 2002 SACD/DSD remasters. Still, they are as good as they are going to sound, to my ears.
Goats Head Soup, with the new stereo mix, changed my low opinion of the original album. Crosby Still and Nash Greatest Hits are mind blowingly good. You get that surround sound illusion of music in places without speakers. One of my favorites, surprisingly, is the Carpenter's Singles 1969-1981. They were recorded in the best studios, with the best studio musicians, and a great vocalist. All that really comes across on the SHM CD.
I bought Queen II last week.
I heard this album for the first time in my life, I found quality of the sound mind-blowing.
It sounds great even with seedy wifi-speakers.
It was no wonder their fifteen re-released albums on SHM were ranked in hit charts in Japan this week.
Quote
24FPS
I wish they sold them here in the states so I could browse and see what exactly is available. It would be nice to have a complete list of SHM CDs.
Quote
IrixQuote
24FPS
I wish they sold them here in the states so I could browse and see what exactly is available. It would be nice to have a complete list of SHM CDs.
On [www.jpc.de] there's at the lower end of their website a headline: "Audiophile media" with a link to all SHM-CDs (currently 2704 entries).
Quote
IrixQuote
24FPS
I wish they sold them here in the states so I could browse and see what exactly is available. It would be nice to have a complete list of SHM CDs.
On [www.jpc.de] there's at the lower end of their website a headline: "Audiophile media" with a link to all SHM-CDs (currently 2704 entries).
Quote
IrixQuote
24FPS
I wish they sold them here in the states so I could browse and see what exactly is available. It would be nice to have a complete list of SHM CDs.
On [www.jpc.de] there's at the lower end of their website a headline: "Audiophile media" with a link to all SHM-CDs (currently 2704 entries).