SACDs I don't love. Or like. Or enjoy. Or even look at!

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  1. -=Rudy=-

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    Wasn't sure if it could be done in DSD, or had to bounce to PCM. Thanks! :thumbsup:
     
    -=Rudy=-, Jan 13, 2004
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  2. Jeff H.

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    Re: Re: Re: SACDs I don't love. Or like. Or enjoy. Or even look at!


    Yes that's right. It won among a list of nominated albums that included "The Nightfly", "American Fool", "Love Over Gold", and "Eye In The Sky". I haven't heard the SACD of Toto IV, but I still think the original LP still sounds better than any version on CD.
     
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  3. Steve Hoffman

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    Re: Re: Re: Re: SACDs I don't love. Or like. Or enjoy. Or even look at!

    See, that's interesting to me. The LP was cut with a tape copy called an EQ'd cutting master. I have not heard the LP in years, but it's possible that the transfer engineer improved on the sound by doing some good mastering for a change. This of course would be missing from the wonkier sounding original mix tape that was used for the SACD. Proof that engineers "back then" did have a clue.
     
    Steve Hoffman, Jan 13, 2004
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  4. Jeff H.

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    It's worth listening to an original vinyl copy of this album again for comparison. It's not perfect, that album was always a little bass shy, but to my ears the mid range and high end is pretty pleasing. I don't have the record in front of me, but didn't Doug Sax master that album originally?
     
    Jeff H., Jan 13, 2004
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  5. Ben

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    ROTFLMAO!


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    Ben, Jan 13, 2004
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  6. Jeff H.

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    YEAH!!! See quote...hee, hee!!!;)
     
    Jeff H., Jan 13, 2004
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  7. analogmaniac

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    Hmm.... the SACDs I have heard have been outstanding - Patricia Barbers Modern Cool & Cafe Blue, the Stones etc. As a matter of fact, it is the only digital format I can listen to for more than 10 minutes before losing interest. To my ears, SACD is the closest thing to vinyl.
     
    analogmaniac, Jan 13, 2004
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  8. Dave D

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    My latest SACD purchase, The Thorns, is great musically, but the sound is not what I expected. I was hoping for a lush, warm sound and instead got that Brenden O'Brien harsh grating sound that I remember hating on those STP records he did. How can a new recording sound so brittle and cold compared to something like Dylan's Slow Train Coming, done over 25 years ago?????? Where is the progress?????
     
    Dave D, Jan 13, 2004
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  9. Jeff H.

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    Anyone have a vinyl copy of Toto IV to confirm who originally mastered the LP?
     
    Jeff H., Jan 13, 2004
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  10. Beagle

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    It's TML so it's Doug Sax. I believe it's in the LP credits. I have a US TML, a Canadian, and a Japanese. The US TML sounds like the SACD (to my ears) but the Japanese is no slouch either. Canadian is slightly warmer in the top/fuller down below, which is not a bad thing.
     
    Beagle, Jan 14, 2004
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