Dire Straights - Brothers in Arms SACD

TroyD
TroyD Posts: 13,083
edited July 2007 in Music & Movies
If you have SACD capability, you are doing yourself a disservice by not owning this. Yes, it is THAT much better than any other version out there...to include the remastered vinyl. I could go on about this and that but the short answer is it's the best version available and I have about all of them.

I haven't been that blown away in awhile...

BDT
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited July 2007
    Thanks Troy - i'll check it out today.
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  • G-2
    G-2 Posts: 533
    edited July 2007
    TroyD wrote: »
    If you have SACD capability, you are doing yourself a disservice by not owning this. Yes, it is THAT much better than any other version out there...to include the remastered vinyl. I could go on about this and that but the short answer is it's the best version available and I have about all of them.

    I haven't been that blown away in awhile...

    BDT

    +1000 - Troy really nailed it this is simple an outstanding re-engineering job to 5.1, pick it up if you can (BTW it also sounds great on SACD stereo).
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited July 2007
    G-2 wrote: »
    (BTW it also sounds great on SACD stereo).

    That is what Troy was talking about I am sure
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited July 2007
    Thanks Troy, and yes I'm sure he's talking 2 channel.

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  • cstpeter
    cstpeter Posts: 387
    edited July 2007
    Word. On my short list to buy. Thanks.
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  • avguytx
    avguytx Posts: 1,628
    edited July 2007
    I don't know why I haven't gotten this one already as I have the vinyl and CD version. I think Brothers in Arms was one of the earliest CD's I bought...and I still have that scratched up copy from my high school years! (along with a new one)
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited July 2007
    I have this SACD and I can only listen to it in 2 channel stereo....and it blows away my domestic Warner CD and my imported SMB-remastered Vertigo CD.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,195
    edited July 2007
    I think I have every format available in this album and I agree with Troy 100% with no reservations. SACD is simply outstanding for this album.

    What a pleasure it is to listen too.
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  • del44
    del44 Posts: 686
    edited July 2007
    Has anyone compared the sacd to dvd-a? I haven't heard the sacd version, but the dvd-a disc is fantastic.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited July 2007
    Thanks Troy. If it tops the 180 gm than that is really saying something. Now I need it.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited July 2007
    yea I bet those little new amps and the quads got nothing to do with it.......;)

    you bugger:rolleyes:

    I'm outta here and off to the Shed wanna guess what I am going to listen to??:confused:

    Take care my Bro's.:D

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  • VXR8
    VXR8 Posts: 291
    edited July 2007
    treitz3 wrote: »
    I think I have every format available in this album and I agree with Troy 100% with no reservations. SACD is simply outstanding for this album.

    What a pleasure it is to listen too.

    Hear Hear! Totally awesome in 2 channel and unbelievable in multi-channel :D
    Regards - Gaz from the land of Oz

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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,341
    edited July 2007
    The SACD version is excellent! I think it was remixed a little as I noticed a small difference in some of the songs. Anyone else notice any differences?
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  • VXR8
    VXR8 Posts: 291
    edited July 2007
    schwarcw wrote: »
    The SACD version is excellent! I think it was remixed a little as I noticed a small difference in some of the songs. Anyone else notice any differences?

    Yeah, I noticed differences too, but I believe that is due to the fact the music isn't as compressed as what it was on traditional 2 channel CD. Someone will correct me if I am wrong, but I believe this is the benefit of SACD so you hear it as the band intended it to sound, when originally recorded.
    Regards - Gaz from the land of Oz

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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,664
    edited July 2007
    A lot of CD's have the total waveform where they clip the extreme high wave signal\peaks, so they can bring out the main waves at a higher level. It kind of deadpans the audio so it sounds pretty flat. SACD tend to be a little more critical about preserving the entire sound wave.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited July 2007
    schwarcw wrote: »
    The SACD version is excellent! I think it was remixed a little as I noticed a small difference in some of the songs. Anyone else notice any differences?

    I read somewhere, a long time ago, that the multi-channel mix was worked on for 3 months.

    Michael Bishop, the chief engineer at Telarc, is using the Brothers in Arms SACD as surround playback reference. That says a lot considering Telarc's own SACD quality.

    Michael Bishop on the SACD of Brothers in Arms....from audioasylum.com
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