SHM SACD? worth $70+?

polkatese
polkatese Posts: 6,767
edited March 2011 in 2 Channel Audio
Has anyone check out the audio quality of SHM SACD on this?

http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/71949?store=acousticsounds&keywords=NL022511

and....?
I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,566
    edited February 2011
    You can get them from CDJapan and HVM for $50.00. Most of them are well worth every penny and then some.

    There's a long running thread in the Music section on them.
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited February 2011
    Great! thanks for the info, Jesse.
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,566
    edited February 2011
    I should have included a link, http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/popular_formats/SACD/index.html
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,243
    edited February 2011
    aja Steely Dan worth every penny!!!
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited February 2011
    Thanks...just ordered Bill Evans Trio. Shipping cost seems pretty reasonable.
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited February 2011
    I dont mind paying for my audio but honestly Acoustic Sounds and I are divorced with no chance of a mercy hit.

    I have had good service from CDJapan and dig the discs I have got from them.

    RT1
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  • PrazVT
    PrazVT Posts: 1,606
    edited February 2011
    I paid $90 for my Dire Straits - Love over Gold SHMCD from Japan - quite happy with it, esp since there's no SACD version of that album that I know of.
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited March 2011
    Quick impressions on my first SHM SACD experience (Bill Evans "Live at the Montreux Jazz", total including EMS shipped and exchange rate from CDJapan $68.20):

    Resolution is where it really shines. I can hear the thunks of Bill's stroke on the keys, snare drum rattles as if I sat next to it.

    Well, it might be a cliche, but the money I spent on Modwright Oppo, and SF Cremona were finally paid off. I just wished that they have more selections, and don't cost that steep (this is more because of getting the heat from the wife, for spending $70 for a CD that came all the way from Japan). But, I am happy.
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • Polkitup2
    Polkitup2 Posts: 1,622
    edited March 2011
    Heat from the wife? It's best not to tell the wife what you spend on audio related items. :smile:
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,287
    edited March 2011
    Polkitup2 wrote: »
    Heat from the wife? It's best not to tell the wife what you spend on audio related items. :smile:

    I don't ask about her shoes...she don't ask about my gadgets:smile:
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  • phipiper10
    phipiper10 Posts: 955
    edited March 2011
    Hmm, appears a SACD player will only empty the wallet further if I have to purchase $50 discs. I have much to look forward to between Vinyl and SHM SACDs. My kids don't need college just trade skills@!
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited March 2011
    I'd spend the $50 on vinyl first.
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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