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Beethoven: 32 Piano Sonatas - Kempff | Chew Chiat Naun - December 3, 2019
Can anyone confirm if the Universal Japan SACDs of the piano sonatas are new remasterings? The pages for the other Kempff releases on the Universal Japan site and on various ...
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker - Jurowski | Steven Harrison - December 4, 2019
Interesting discussion here. In regards to Tom Caulfield, aka tailspn, he currently works for Jared at the nativdsd.com site. He does the dsd work and has several articles on ...
Bach: Cello Suites - Janos Starker | sancho santos - December 5, 2019
This disc is mutch better than the Mercury edition. Like all the others Stereo Sound SACDs................ Recomended............
Bob Dylan: Oh Mercy | Downunderman - December 3, 2019
Yup, it's true what MoFi's blurb upstairs says. Compared to the 2003 Sony SACD this is much more organic and natural sounding. The 2003 SACD having a comparatively more ...
The SACD recordings - Jansons | hiredfox - December 1, 2019
Very sad news this morning as Mariss Jansons has passed away at the age of 76. He had been unwell for several years and left the RCO a few years ago because of his declining ...
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker - Jurowski | GROOT GELUID - December 4, 2019
The recording of this performance of Nutcracker was done in the beautiful big concert hall of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory during a live performance and complemented ...
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker - Jurowski | Bruce Zeisel - December 3, 2019
Don, This matter of post-production mastering has nothing to do with SACD mastering or with the Living Stereo remastering for SACD. It was the way the Levine people wanted ...
Beethoven: 32 Piano Sonatas - Kempff | Chew Chiat Naun - December 5, 2019
Thanks, I very much appreciate this report. In the only instance where I've had the chance to compare an MSM blu ray with an EBS SACD - the Amadeus Quartet's Beethoven op. ...
Oscar Peterson Trio: Night Train
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Comment by satoshi - April 29, 2019 (1 of 2)
This series is direct DSD conversion from the original analog master. It is the world's first. It is a great sound quality. I highly recommend this
Comment by Athenaeus - November 26, 2019 (2 of 2)
I bought this release and compared it with the RBCD version. I was a tad disappointed. There is an improvement but it's minimal. The drums are a bit crisper and that's about it (to my ears at least). So it seems the RBCD version was about as good as it's going to get.
I found two other reviews for this release (including the one above) and they were both very positive. I don't know, however, if they're based on a comparison with the RBCD version. The SACD is indeed excellent but, if it hardly differs from the RBCD, then one wonders whether it was worth releasing this album again on a silver disc, especially at such a high price. Has anybody else had a chance to compare the SACD and RBCD? (I made my comparison through a pair of Beyerdynamic T1 2nd Generation headphones.)