Japan Single layer SACD : "Who's Next" "Aja" "The Velvet Underground & Nico" 6/23

It's hard to beat the K2HD by First Impression Music. The best pressing (IMO)

 

Never heard it.

But I love my US SACD from 2002. When I compared the SACD against the Verve CD re-master from 1997, the meaning of DSD/SACD comes true: there is so much more resolution on the SACD, compared with the CD.

The SHM-SACD will be here in a few days. Will it sound identical?

Then we have the upcoming Verve SACD's from AP...

 

http://www.firstimpressionmusic.com/product_p/limk2hd036.htm

 

Thanks!

But I never heard a 16/44.1 medium that has the analog resolution of DSD 1bit/2.8 MHz, despite all that fancy names of the CDs.

 

Well... if the mastering wasn't done right.... DSD doesn't help. The 2002 SACD just sounds bad (IMO) compared against the FIM. I will check the SACD by Analogue Productions some time.......

 

List it in the classifieds here and it will sell in a New York minute.

 

I listened to Aja and compared it VERY BRIEFLY to the 1980's MCA CD. I think I like the MCA (for example, the highs on Deacon Blues are nicely extended), but I can't be certain, since I was playing them on different transports and flipping back and forth. I think that the SACD is a beautiful package so I'm glad I bought it, but as usual, I find myself liking my first pressing. I suspect that it will end up sitting on my shelf, right next to the MFSL Gold and the remaster.

 

I agree, it is the best version I have of this album digitally.

 

Let's move over to here:

http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?p=5598528#post5598528