What was your first sacd and impressions?

speedster2333
speedster2333 Posts: 37
edited October 2009 in Music & Movies
I just bought my first sacd and I was quite impressed with it. I love instrumentals and the detail involved so I bought Erich Kunzel's Great Film Fantasies and I loved every minute of it.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited September 2009
    SACDs give much more weight to the instruments.
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  • speedster2333
    speedster2333 Posts: 37
    edited September 2009
    Thanks for the suggestions always open to new experiences!
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited September 2009
    Michel Camilo

    Triangulo

    Awesome Piano player-Excellent SACD!
    Linn AV5140 fronts
    Linn AV5120 Center
    Linn AV5140 Rears
    M&K MX-70 Sub for Music
    Odyssey Mono-Blocs
    SVS Ultra-13 Gloss Black:D
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited September 2009
    Elton Johns' Goodbye Yellow Brickroad.
    Marantz AV-7705 PrePro, Classé 5 channel 200wpc Amp, Oppo 103 BluRay, Rotel RCD-1072 CDP, Sony XBR-49X800E TV, Polk S60 Main Speakers, Polk ES30 Center Channel, Polk S15 Surround Speakers SVS SB12-NSD x2
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  • TNRabbit
    TNRabbit Posts: 2,168
    edited September 2009
    Dianna Krall: The Girl In the Other Room-- "Temptation" in 5.1 is ASTOUNDING~
    TNRabbit
    NO Polk Audio Equipment :eek:
    Sunfire TG-IV
    Ashly 1001 Active Crossover
    Rane PEQ-15 Parametric Equalizers x 2
    Sunfire Cinema Grand Signature Seven
    Carver AL-III Speakers
    Klipsch RT-12d Subwoofer
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited September 2009
    TNRabbit wrote: »
    Dianna Krall: The Girl In the Other Room-- "Temptation" in 5.1 is ASTOUNDING~

    Agreed, also Diana Krall-The Look of Love:)
    Linn AV5140 fronts
    Linn AV5120 Center
    Linn AV5140 Rears
    M&K MX-70 Sub for Music
    Odyssey Mono-Blocs
    SVS Ultra-13 Gloss Black:D
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,206
    edited September 2009
    My first Impressions where " I basically fell out of my chair". I could not believe how much better SACD sounded. I lusted after a musical system and a good player. I was in heaven when I finally got my own. I believe is was 2002.
    I will add Norah Jones to the list of Must have SACD's. her voice reaches out and touches you in a very personal way............ Did I say that out loud?
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • Graboid
    Graboid Posts: 43
    edited September 2009
    If you like classical music try some of the delicious-sounding SACDs from RCA Living Stereo. I recommend "Pictures at an Exhibition" and Saint Saens 3rd Symphony (organ). They are 3-channel stereo with left right and center channels from original master tapes from the mid 1950s to early 1960s and they sound amazing!
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited September 2009
    Roger Waters - In The Flesh Live

    My impressions were astonishment because I was hearing things I had not heard on the CD version before.



    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • kuntasensei
    kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
    edited September 2009
    Nickel Creek - self-titled. I'm so used to the redbook version of this one that I didn't expect to hear much of a difference... but wow. Brilliantly well recorded 2-channel mix, and a surprisingly subtle and full multichannel version that I've actually come to prefer. Definitely worth hearing.
    Equipment list:
    Onkyo TX-NR3010 9.2 AVR
    Emotiva XPA-3 amp
    Polk RTi70 mains, CSi40 center, RTi38 surrounds, RTi28 rears and heights
    SVS 20-39CS+ subwoofer powered by Crown XLS1500
    Oppo BDP-93 Blu-ray player
    DarbeeVision DVP5000 video processor
    Epson 8500UB 1080p projector
    Elite Screens Sable 120" CineWhite screen
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  • Bass_Pedal
    Bass_Pedal Posts: 196
    edited September 2009
    Peter Gabriel - Up (2003)

    Blown away by the isolated vocal in the center (a novelty at the time) and the overall density of each track, so much going on all around. I have found this disk uses the rear channels a little more than most multi channel SACDs. So much in fact, I found it a little distracting. I now listen to the stereo layer most of the time.
    Mains - Vienna Acoustics Mozart Grand
    Subs - Rel T5 x 2
    Amplification - Bryston 3b cubed
    Pre Amp - Marantz Sc11-1
    SACD - Marantz Sa11-1
    Stream - Cambridge Audio CXN v2
    Dac - Marantz Dac-1
    TT - Pro-Ject RPM 9.1 w/ Ortofon 2M Black Cartidge
    Phono Stage - Project Tube box DS
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited September 2009
    kuntasensei wrote: »
    Nickel Creek - self-titled.

    Direct to DSD recording produced by Alison Krauss, if I remember correctly.

    For me, it was the opening drum beat of "Don't You Forget About Me" from "The Best of Simple Minds" 2 SACD set. Shockingly real!
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  • Montoya
    Montoya Posts: 506
    edited September 2009
    Same here simply awesome album.
    cfrizz wrote: »
    Elton Johns' Goodbye Yellow Brickroad.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited September 2009
    Santana, Abraxas

    www.sa-cd.net
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

    "For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase

    "Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited September 2009
    Damm, you know I really cannot remember. But the digital library has over 150 of them now, seems they certainly do it for me, lets see a sleeper.........Meatloaf--I Couldn't of Done it Better Myself.......was not expecting much from this one after BOH, but the Meat and his crew never sounded better, great dynamics, clarity and spatial presentation of the instruments. Hot little chickie with her skirt blowing up on the cover of the liner notes doesn't hurt either.

    RT1
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  • michaeljhsda2
    michaeljhsda2 Posts: 2,186
    edited September 2009
    Can anyone recommend a good SACD player?
    SDA SRS 2.3TL's
    Silk Audio MS-90-BT integrated tube amp
    Yaqin MS-20L integrated tube amp
    SDA 2B TL's
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited September 2009
    michaeljhsda2 wrote: »
    Can anyone recommend a good SACD player?

    Buy this one...A killer deal for $400

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88804

    Please buy it before I break down. I DON'T NEED another CDP...:rolleyes:
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

    "For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase

    "Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson
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  • TNRabbit
    TNRabbit Posts: 2,168
    edited September 2009
    The Oppo BDP-83 does just about everything for hundreds less than most competitors...
    TNRabbit
    NO Polk Audio Equipment :eek:
    Sunfire TG-IV
    Ashly 1001 Active Crossover
    Rane PEQ-15 Parametric Equalizers x 2
    Sunfire Cinema Grand Signature Seven
    Carver AL-III Speakers
    Klipsch RT-12d Subwoofer
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  • kcoc321
    kcoc321 Posts: 1,788
    edited September 2009
    Dude you got the bug BAD!!!!
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  • vmaxer
    vmaxer Posts: 5,117
    edited September 2009
    shack wrote: »
    Buy this one...A killer deal for $400

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88804

    Please buy it before I break down. I DON'T NEED another CDP...:rolleyes:

    Now he dropped the price....I sure would like to have it, but I am like you....don't need another as I have 2 now!!
    Pio Elete Pro 520
    Panamax 5400-EX
    Sunfire TGP 5
    Micro Seiki DD-40 - Lyra-Dorian and Denon DL-160
    PS Audio GCPH phono pre
    Sunfire CG 200 X 5
    Sunfire CG Sig 405 X 5
    OPPO BDP-83 SE
    SDA SRS 1.2TL Sonicaps and Mills
    Ctr CS1000p
    Sur - FX1000 x 4
    SUB - SVS PB2-Plus

    Workkout room:
    Sony Bravia XBR- 32-Inch 1080p
    Onkyo TX-DS898
    GFA 555
    Yamaha DVD-S1800BL/SACD
    Ft - SDA 1C

    Not being used:
    RTi 38's -4
    RT55i's - 2
    RT25i's -2, using other 2 in shop
    LSI 15's
    CSi40
    PSW 404
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  • kcoc321
    kcoc321 Posts: 1,788
    edited September 2009
    Interesting...one guys "favorite" is another's "underwhelmed"....
    cfrizz wrote: »
    Elton Johns' Goodbye Yellow Brickroad.

    I don't own any YET, but I can tell you what I AM BUYING first is David Gilmor, Live at Dnask...I have been listening to the CD, and it is awesome...I can't wait to hear it in SACD.:)
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,794
    edited September 2009
    The Dave Brubeck Quartet....Take Five
    Not a hybrid. It was mastered from the mix-down tape. Only plays on an SACD player.
    The drums are in the room with you.......
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  • beaglehead12
    beaglehead12 Posts: 80
    edited September 2009
    Peter Gabriel Passion ( amazeing)
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,794
    edited September 2009
    michaeljhsda2 wrote: »
    Can anyone recommend a good SACD player?
    Denon. Most of them. I have a 2500.
    Viagra in a chassis.;)
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited September 2009
    the better the gear/system the more SACD shines and begins to reach its potential, a great player is the Ayre, quite costly, another winner is the Esoteric models along with the Wadia, at lower cost and of course a sacrifice to sound quality are Denon, Pioneer, Onkyo and Cambridge, Sony has some nice ES players for SACD.

    I have all of the EJ and the discs are well recorded with great sound, GBYBR is outstanding along with Tumbleweed connection. The Alison Krause SACD's are all excellent, now OOP they cost quite a bit, but no more than a couple tanks of gas for my truck, the gas is gone in a few weeks, but the disc's last a very long time. Still in print is the Stevie Ray and Albert King disc In Session, nice stuff on this one. I picked up BS&T 3, great dynamics, lots musical emotion, excellent vocals, another winner.

    RT1
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited September 2009
    Anybody here have a David Elias--The Window, I would pay big bucks for this SACD.

    RT1
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited September 2009
    For me, it had to be Chris Botti, Night Session SACD 5.1, per recommendation from FrankZ (ol' timer who has since moving on...)
    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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  • SACD Snob
    SACD Snob Posts: 2
    edited October 2009
    I got into SACD sort of backwards because I'm a guitarist, and thought that getting a 5.1 mix of Jeff Beck's "Blow by Blow" might allow me to cut out the guitar and then pretend that I was playing along with Jeff's band. Of course I couldn't do that because the guitar is not restricted to a single channel. But it was a happy accident because now I am falling in love with music all over again because of SACDs.

    My favorite of all time is Alison Krauss and Union Station Live (Amazon). I'm in love with Janine Jansen's "Four Seasons", which is a wonderful adaption to a small group, much more interesting than a symphonic performance. I particularly enjoy mixes which restrict the lead vocals to the center channel, including Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Tapestry. Love Al Dimeola's releases, and Satriani is good. Dark Side of the Moon is a must have just to demonstrate the technology to visitors.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited October 2009
    reeltrouble1 wrote: »
    Anybody here have a David Elias--The Window, I would pay big bucks for this SACD.

    RT1

    Really?? I have what you want sitting at home. Be prepared to pay though <<evil laugh>> I'll PM you when I get home. <<evil laugh>>

    :D
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  • anhchungdoan
    anhchungdoan Posts: 760
    edited October 2009
    I am not much into SACD but the "Spanish Harlem" track by Rebecca Pidgeon is stunning. Yes, stunning is a word. I bought the CD just for that track and it well worth the money.
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