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Boz Scaggs: Boz Scaggs | Downunderman - July 5, 2026

Released in 2026 and the 2nd time round on SACD. The first one (from 2013) is here Scaggs: Boz Scaggs Both are mastered for SACD by Kevin Gray, ...

John Coltrane: Blue Train | Mark Werlin - August 3, 2026

Paul Brouns, congratulations on finding a copy of this out-of-print disc! As John Bacon-Shone said, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD MA are lossless compression codecs. The source ...

John Coltrane: Blue Train | John Bacon-Shone - August 1, 2026

Dolby TrueHD should be identical to the LPCM as it is a lossless compression.

Alice Cooper: Welcome To My Nightmare | Downunderman - July 5, 2026

This SACD was released in the first half of 2026 and mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering. It reflects the recording and tape technology limitations of the ...

Scaggs: Boz Scaggs | Downunderman - July 4, 2026

This 2013 SACD used the original 1969 mix of the album and is the first use on digital. For CDs up to this point the 1977 remix had been used. It was mastered for SACD by ...

John Coltrane: Blue Train | Paul Brouns - July 31, 2026

I have just purchased and received this edition and started listening now. I like the fact that it is possible to switch between the three different HD stereo versions without ...

Schumann: Missa Sacra - Putniņš | wilbur - August 13, 2026

There is a reason Schumann is not well known for his choral music. Neither of these works is in the same cosmos as anything by Mendelssohn, Brahms, or Rheinberger (at the very ...

Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5-9 - Herbert von Karajan | John Broggio - August 2, 2026

Maybe the master tapes aren't up to the required standard? (Not that this has ever bothered anyone with that frankly incredible tape wobble in the Wagner overtures set)

Voyage for solo violin - Kanagawa