Any opinions on sound quality of UHQCD CD format (Japanese CDs)?
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I just learned about CDJapan on a jazz music site I am on and they say it is an excellent place to buy reissued jazz CDs. I just checked out their website and noticed that a lot of their jazz reissues are done in UHQCD format (Utlra High Quality CD, I believe). I have never heard about that format before. Is anyone familiar the UHQCD format? Is the sound noticeably better? Their prices seem reasonable and they have a lot of great reissues, as well lots of stuff not available here. I was just wondering about UHQCD and sound quality. Thanks.
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I just learned that UHQCD stands for Ultimate High Quality CD (not Ultra as I stated in my op).
Has anyone heard this format? Does it sound better than a regular CD? -
I don't think I have any of that format, however, I do have several Japanese SACD's as well as other remastered CD's from them, and my take is they usually are very detailed and tend to run a bit on the brighter side. Not terribly. Just recently received 3 Blu Spec cd's from them and I will say that one of the choices was a Simon and Garfunkel collection. I picked it specifically to see how they had handled the terrible amount of noise that typically accompanies their music. I was blown away at the lack of background noise and hiss.
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I don't think I have any of that format, however, I do have several Japanese SACD's as well as other remastered CD's from them, and my take is they usually are very detailed and tend to run a bit on the brighter side. Not terribly. Just recently received 3 Blu Spec cd's from them and I will say that one of the choices was a Simon and Garfunkel collection. I picked it specifically to see how they had handled the terrible amount of noise that typically accompanies their music. I was blown away at the lack of background noise and hiss.
Thanks for the info.
