[Mr_Orange]

A few additions:

5.1 DTS Music Discs (not exactly DVD-A or SACD but close )

• Eagles - Hell Freezes Over
• The Police - Every Breath You Take
• Sting - Brand New Day
• Ohio Players - Fire
• Ohio Players - Honey

DVD-A

• The Crystal Method - Legion of Boom
• **Dorothee Munyaneza - Dorothee Munyaneza
• Talking Heads - Little Creatures
• Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (Bootleg)

SACD

• The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
• Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses
• Depeche Mode - Violator
• Depeche Mode - Ultra
• Depeche Mode - Playing The Angel
• Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
• Duke Ellington - Supreme Jazz
• Elton John - Honky Chateau
• Eric Clapton - Slowhand
• Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard
• Genesis - Genesis
• Genesis - Invisible Touch
• Genesis - We Can't Dance
• Genesis - Calling All Stations
• Goldfrapp - Supernature
• **Groove Armada - Vertigo
• Jeff Wayne - War of the Worlds
• Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Raise Your Spirit Higher
• Marvin Gaye - The Collection
• Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
• Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
• VA - Jazz at The Pawnshop
• Puccini - Turandot
• Carl Orff - Carmina Burana
• Handel - The Messiah
• Mussorgsky - Pictures At An Exhibition
• Sergey Prokofiev - Romeo & Juliet
• Richard Strauss - Sinfonia Domestica
• **Stravinsky - Firebird
• Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker Suite

DTS 96/24

• Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
• Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward

** new additions.

[Mr_Orange]

Originally Posted by Tetlee

Had a great find a couple of days ago, had been trying to find a good price for Goldfrapp: Supernature SACD for ages and had a niggling suspition the limited edition on amazon could infact be the SACD version.

Anyway, took a chance, it turned up today, and guess what, the £4.47 limited edition is infact the SACD

Supernature [Limited Edition CD + DVD]: Goldfrapp: Amazon.co.uk: Music

Just been listening to it and it sounds fantastic IMO, very active multi-channel mix, great effect and I for one don't agree that dance music is a poor choice for the SACD format. Highly recommended, especially at that price, get in!

Tetlee, have you tried the DVD version of Supernature and specifically the DTS track? The box says it is 24/96, but neither my player nor processor recognise it as 24/96.

I think one of the DM albums (Playing the Angel maybe - need to check that) is the same. The box and disc have the 24/96 logo but it doesn't come up as that when played.

[Tetlee]

Originally Posted by Mr_Orange

Tetlee, have you tried the DVD version of Supernature and specifically the DTS track? The box says it is 24/96, but neither my player nor processor recognise it as 24/96.

I think one of the DM albums (Playing the Angel maybe - need to check that) is the same. The box and disc have the 24/96 logo but it doesn't come up as that when played.

I haven't, but I'll give it a try and let you know

I'm out of work at the moment so my purchases have stalled for the time being

[FeisalK]

Originally Posted by Tetlee

I'm out of work at the moment so my purchases have stalled for the time being

off topic: I got a mail form Cambridge Audio with a job offer for a customer service officer; perhaps you could try them for a bit, you know - in between jobs. You might even get to buy equipment at staff prices, maybe even after you leave

[Tetlee]

Originally Posted by FeisalK

off topic: I got a mail form Cambridge Audio with a job offer for a customer service officer; perhaps you could try them for a bit, you know - in between jobs. You might even get to buy equipment at staff prices, maybe even after you leave

Cheers for the heads-up, just applied, never mind for a bit that would be a great job! Can but try

[FeisalK]

Originally Posted by Tetlee

Cheers for the heads-up, just applied, never mind for a bit that would be a great job! Can but try

in that case, good luck!! hope the try is good

come to think of it Cambridge Audio are one of the few companies making universal BD players

[Mr_Orange]

Originally Posted by Tetlee

I haven't, but I'll give it a try and let you know

Thanks, appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Tetlee

I'm out of work at the moment so my purchases have stalled for the time being

Sorry to hear that. I hope the application to CA works outs for you.

[Tetlee]

Originally Posted by Mr_Orange

Tetlee, have you tried the DVD version of Supernature and specifically the DTS track? The box says it is 24/96, but neither my player nor processor recognise it as 24/96.

Sorry for the late response Mr.O, my DV137 has been in for repair and back since posting.

Anyway, just tested and mine is the same, however testing both the DTS and the Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS is a very clearly superior to the Dolby Digital option.

On another note purchased my first couple of SACD's in ages this week and both arrived today.

Firstly Roger Waters: The Wall live in Berlin, after buying tickets for The Wall Live next year I thought I'd better nab this one while I still can, suddenly disappeared from stock everyhere(no doubt due to the tour) but found one s/h on amazon for £17 which I was pleased with. The Wall is actually my favourite album of all time(well, alongside DSOTM), but being a bit of a purist I was never too keen on some of the guest performances from this concert, none the less it's probably the only time The Wall will be released in high res now so in my collection it will stay

Second was The Police: Every Breath You Take , one of my few ebay wins and got it for a £9.99 which I was chuffed with when the auction ended, off to listen to that in a minute. Has some good tracks on that album and unlike Outlandos d' Amour which I also have on SACD, this one has multi-channel so should be good hopefully.

It's disturbing how hard it's becoming to source even more of the once plentiful SACD/DVD-A's now, even in the last 12 months stocks have plummeted and there are more and more releases that are on my list being removed from all the online store pages

Need more money dammit!

[Tetlee]

The next King Crimson 40th Anniversary DVD-A's, Islands and In The Wake Of Poseidon are now available to preorder from burningshed, both releasing on 11th of October.

King Crimson

I've only bought Red so far which is fantastic so really need to purchase the other two to keep on top of things, notice that Lizard is already disappearing so those that want the full set would be advised to hunt that one down soonish.

[norliss]

Originally Posted by Tetlee

The next King Crimson 40th Anniversary DVD-A's, Islands and In The Wake Of Poseidon are now available to preorder from burningshed, both releasing on 11th of October.

King Crimson

I've only bought Red so far which is fantastic so really need to purchase the other two to keep on top of things, notice that Lizard is already disappearing so those that want the full set would be advised to hunt that one down soonish.

Thanks for the heads up: just ordered "Lizard". The only KC I've heard so far are
"Red" and "Court of the Crimson King" which are both really good (when you're in the mood for it). It's quite a unique fusion of music and I'm intrigued enough to hear some more stuff, so I'm glad they're releasing more on these dual cd/dvd-a editions.

[Tetlee]

Originally Posted by norliss

Thanks for the heads up: just ordered "Lizard". The only KC I've heard so far are
"Red" and "Court of the Crimson King" which are both really good (when you're in the mood for it). It's quite a unique fusion of music and I'm intrigued enough to hear some more stuff, so I'm glad they're releasing more on these dual cd/dvd-a editions.

I have Lizard on its way to me as we speak, might arrive today. Ordered from Zavvi who have it listed at £11.95 which seems the cheapest, good thing is they sent me a £1.00 coupon aswell so £10.95 for me, even better

Zavvi.com - King Crimson - Lizard (+DVDA) CD

Like I mentioned I only have Red so far, which I really love in places, although a bit weird and drawn out in others, think I just need it to "click" which I can imagine it doing at some point as it's certainly within my taste.

[Tetlee]

Just ordered these three SACD's at a total of £19.17, nice that there are still the odd bargains to be found

Posted it at the bottom of this thread for anyone interested SACD & DVD-Audio Bargains

[Tetlee]

Listened to King Crimson: Lizard earlier and I really love it! Great listen and I love the jazz fusion, totally different album to Red. Glad I bought this one, brilliant album and nice use of surround too

On another note, I just made yet another SACD purchase(I seem to get little crazy spells on these, after not buying anything for a while). Just purchased a pre-owned Depeche Mode: Some Great Reward(for £10.95) from a site called netsoundsmusic, never seen or heard of the site before but thought I'd take a chance as that album is becoming very hard to find now.

Right, must stop now, the missus will see the credit card statement soon

[Theo Maxtible]

Here are the latest additions to my collection, just arrived over the past couple of weeks, and now included in the updated list below.

Beethoven / Symphonies 7 & 8 – Teldec DVD-A
Brahms / Haydn - Hans Vonk 1942-2004 - The Final Sessions – Pentatone SACD

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The Alan Parsons Project - “I Robot” DVD-A
The Alan Parsons Project - “The Turn of a Friendly Card” DVD-A
The Alan Parsons Project - “Eye in the Sky” DVD-A
The Beach Boys - “Pet Sounds” DVD-A
The Beatles - “Love” DVD-A
Acker Bilk - “Stranger on the Shore” SACD
Buena Vista Social Club - “Buena Vista Social Club” DVD-A
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - “Time Out” SACD
The Carpenters - “Singles 1969 – 1981” SACD
Putula Clark - “Kiss me Goodbye” SACD
Sam Cooke - “Portrait of a Legend 1951 – 1964” SACD
Elvis Costello - “North” SACD
Deep Purple - “Machine Head” DVD-A
Dire Straits - “Brothers in Arms” SACD
Derek and the Dominos - “Layla” SACD
Donovan - “Storyteller” SACD
The Doors – Perception CD/DVD-A box Set comprising:
“The Doors” - DVD-A
“Strange Days” - DVD-A
“Waiting for the Sun” - DVD-A
“The Soft Parade” - DVD-A
“Morrison Hotel” - DVD-A
“L.A. Woman” - DVD-A
Nick Drake “A Treasury” – SACD
Elton John – “Elton John” SACD
Elton John – “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” DVD-A
Elvis Presley – “30 #1 Hits” DVD-A
Emerson Lake & Palmer – “Brain Salad Surgery” DVD-A
Bryan Ferry – “Boys and Girls” SACD
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – “Autumn in New York” SACD
Kitaro – “Kojiki” SACD
Kitaro – “Best of Silk Road DVD-A
Kitaro – “Daylight, Moonlight – Live in Yakushiji” 2 x SACD
Kitaro – “Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai” SACD
Kitaro & Randy Miller - “The Soong Sisters Soundtrack” SACD
Mark Knopfler – “Shangri-La” SACD
Kraftwerk – “Minimum: Maximum Live” 2 x SACD
Ladysmith Black Mambazo - “Raise your Sprits Higher” SACD
Little Richard – “Little Richard/Here’s Little Richard” SACD
Makino Jun “Still Point” SACD
Herbie Mann “Eastern European Roots” SACD
Herbie Mann “Caminho de Casa” SACD
Marmalade – “The Very Best of The Marmalade” DVD-A
Metallica – “The Black Album” DVD-A
Mike Oldfield – “Tubular Bells 2003” DVD-A
Roy Orbison "Black and White Night" DVD-A
Pink Floyd – “The Dark Side of the Moon” SACD
Gerry Rafferty – “Can I Have my Money Back?” DVD-A
The Rolling Stones – “Singles Collection – The London Years” 3 x SACD
The Rolling Stones – “Hot Rocks 1964 – 1971” 2 x SACD
Roxy Music – “Avalon” SACD
The Searchers – “The Very Best of The Searchers” DVD-A
Sting – “Brand New Day” DVD-A
Sting – “Sacred Love” DVD-A
Tomita – “The Planets 2003” DVD-A
Tiny Island – “Tiny Island” SACD
Jeff Wayne "The War of the Worlds" 2 x SACD
Various Artists – “British are Coming” (1960s pop) DVD-A
Various Artists – “The Greatest Songs of the Fifties” (1950s pop) 2 x SACD
Various Artists – “Rock ‘n’ Roll Memories” (1950s pop) 2 x SACD
The Afro Cuban Caribbean Jazz Project “El Vuelo” DVD-A



Bach / Brandenburg Concertos - Silverline DVD-A
Beethoven / Symphonies 7 & 8 – Teldec DVD-A
Berlioz / Requiem - Silverline DVD-A
Brahms / Symphonies No. 2 & 3 - Silverline DVD-A
Canteloube / Chants d’Auvergne - Naxos DVD-A
Charpentier / Messe de Minuit - Naxos DVD-A
Dvořak / Slavonic Dances - Philips SACD
Dvořak / Symphony No. 9 & The Water Goblin - Teldec DVD-A
Grieg / Peer Gynt Suites etc. - BIS SACD
Grieg / Piano Concerto & Symphonic Dances - Naxos DVD-A
Grofé / Grand Canyon Suite etc. - Naxos DVD-A
Händel / Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day - Arts SACD
Händel / Water Music & Music for the Royal Fireworks - Naxos DVD-A
Händel / Messiah - Silverline DVD-A
Holst / The Planets & The Mystic Trumpeter - Naxos DVD-A
Mendelssohn / Hebrides Overture & Violin Concerto - Linn SACD
Mozart / Le Nozze di Figaro - Naxos DVD-A
Mozart / Don Giovanni - Naxos DVD-A
Mozart / Flute Concertos - Naxos DVD-A
Mozart / Clarinet Concerto & Clarinet Quintet - PentaTone SACD
Mozart / Horn Concertos - PentaTone SACD
Mussorgsky – Stokowski / Pictures at an Exhibition etc. – Naxos DVD-A
Pärt / Berliner Messe - Naxos DVD-A
Prokofiev / Peter and the Wolf & Lt. Kije Suite - Silverline DVD-A
Puccini / Tosca - PentaTone 2 x SACD
Rachmaninov / All-Night Vigil - Harmonia mundi SACD
Shostakovich / Jazz Suites No.1 & No.2 etc. - Naxos DVD-A
Smetana / Ma vlast - LSO SACD
J.Strauss / Waltzes - PentaTone SACD
R.Strauss / Alpine Symphony - PentaTone SACD
Tchaikovsky / 1812 etc. - Telarc DVD-A
Tchaikovsky / The Nutcracker - Silverline DVD-A
Tchaikovsky / Romeo and Juliet etc. - Silverline DVD-A
Tchaikovsky / Swan Lake - Naxos DVD-A
Viavaldi / Dixit Dominus - Naxos DVD-A
Vivaldi / The Four Seasons - Naxos DVD-A
Wagner / The Ring - Chandos SACD
Wagner / Overtures and Preludes - Arts DVD-A
Williams / Symphony No. 6 - Silverline DVD-A
Williams / A Sea Symphony - Naxos DVD-A
Scarlatti & Beethoven / Woodwind Quintets - AIX DVD-A
Various Composers / “Budapest Live” Ivan Fischer - Philips SACD
Chinese National Symphony Orchestra / “Soliloquy on Cold Mountain Temple” - Channel of China SACD
Brahms / Haydn - Hans Vonk 1942-2004 - The Final Sessions – Pentatone SACD
Stravinsky & Ravel / Firebird Suite & Bolero - AIX DVD-A
Offenbach & Rossini-Respighi / Gaite Parisienne & La boutique fantasque - RCA SACD
Various Composers / “The Coronation of King George II” - Hyperion 2 x SACD
Liszt & Dvořak / Les Preludes & Nature’s Realm etc. - Water Lily Acoustics SACD
Various Composers / “Russian Nights” Cincinnati Pops Orchestra – Telarc SACD
Various Composers / “The Ultimate Last Night of the Proms” Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Membran SACD
Christmas Choral Spectacular / Breiner - Naxos DVD-A

Other Not-Quite-Hi-Res Albums

Jean Michel Jarre “Aero” DD & DTS DVD-V
Alan Parsons “On Air” DTS CD
Kitaro "Peace on Earth" DD DVD-V
The Police “Every Breath You Take” DTS CD
Various Composers / Dream Suites I DD & DTS - Silverline DVD-V
Various Composers / Dream Suites II DD & DTS - Silverline DVD-V
Various Composers / Dream Suites III DD & DTS - Silverline DVD-V
Various Composers / Night in Berlin DD & DTS - Silverline DVD-V
Various Composers / Night in Paris DD & DTS - Silverline DVD-V
Various Composers / Night in Rome DD & DTS - Silverline DVD-V
Various Composers / Night in Vienna DD & DTS - Silverline DVD-V

[Tetlee]

That's one hell of a collection you're building up there Steve, envious of quite a few that you have

I see you have a couple of Elton John albums, I would highly recommend Honky Chateau which you can still get for a fiver on amazon, it really is a beautiful and warm sounding SACD.

Have never been a fan of Elton but I also bought Captain Fantastic shortly after Honky and enjoy that also, not quite as much. But then a few months ago I purchased Madman Across The Water and that really is a fantastic album, more progressive rock than any of his other stuff I've heard, and the title track is just immense, best Elton song I've heard by a country mile!

Anyway, I finally caved in this morning and ordered my most expensive purchase so far Groove Armada: Goodbye Country Hello Nightclub. It's one I've wanted for ages and there's an ebay seller from the Netherlands that sells it on there occasionally for £35.95, painful to pay but worried that he either runs out or increases his price as it certainly has become rare these days and never seen anyone else sell it even on ebay, hopefully will be worth it

So my current list:


DVD-Audio:

* Talking Heads: Brick(inc. Talking Heads: 77, More Songs About Buildings And Food, Fear Of Music, Remain In Light, Speaking In Tongues, Little Creatures, True Stories, and Naked)
* Beck: Sea Change
* Todd Rundgren: Liars
* Amon Tobin: Chaos Theory soundtrack
* King Crimson: Red
* King Crimson: Lizard
* Bjork: Medula
* Gerry Rafferty: Can I have my money back?
* Chigago: V
* Yes: Fragile
* Bryan Ferry: Frantic
* David Gray: New Day at Midnight



SACD:

* Genesis: 1970-75 Box(inc. Trespass, Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, Selling England By The Pound, The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway)
* Genesis: 1983-98 Box(inc. Genesis, Invisible Touch, We Can't Dance, Calling All Stations)
* Pink Floyd: DSOTM
* Roger Waters: The Wall live in Berlin
* RPWL: World Through My Eyes
* Brian Ferry: Boys and Girls
* Jeff Wayne: War of the Worlds
* Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells
* Peter Gabriel: Up
* Peter Gabriel: So
* Billy Joel: The Stranger
* Nick Drake: A Treasury
* Elton John: Honky Chateau
* Elton John: Captain Fantastic
* Elton John: Madman Across The Water
* Toto: Toto IV
* Propaganda: A Secret Wish
* Michael Jackson: Thriller
* Spandau Ballet: True
* Perfect Houseplants: New Folk Songs
* Diana Krall: The Girl in the other Room
* Diana Krall: When I Look Into Your Eyes +
* Moloko: Statues
* Goldfrapp: Supernature
* Kinobe: Versebridgechorus
* Bob Dylan: Love & Theft
* Depeche Mode: A Broken Frame +
* Depeche Mode: Playing the Angel
* Depeche Mode: Music for the Masses
* Depeche Mode: Ultra
* Depeche Mode: Exciter
* Peder Af Ugglas
* The Police: Outlandos d'Amour
* The Police: Synchronicity
* The Police: Every Breath You Take
* Eric Clapton: Slowhand
* Dire Straits: Brothers in Arms
* Norah Jones: Come Away With Me +
* Groove Armada: Goodbye Country Hello Nightclub +


(+ = ordered but not yet received)

[norliss]

I don't have a massive amount of SACD/DVD-A, but here goes:

SACD
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Super Furry Animals - Lovekraft
The Who - Tommy
Isaac Hayes - The Isaac Hayes Movement

DVD-A
King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson - Lizard
Beck - Guerro*

I'm planning to buy the other (and forthcoming) King Crimson releases (admittedly an acquired taste!) as they're good packages. In truth I'd probably have more but for the stupid prices so many titles seem to fetch

I have to say, both formats have their pros and cons. I like the fact that you can just chuck an SACD in the player and play it (as per a CD) without needing menus. Then again, DVD-A can at least be ripped for hard-drive media streaming purposes.

*not a bone-fide DVD-A as such, but an extra disc that came with the "deluxe" version of the regular album.

[McFaber]

Great lists guys.

My not so big list:


DTS96/24 & DVD-A;

Alan Parsons-On Air
The Beach Boys-Pet Sounds
The Beatles-Love Album
The Eagles-Hotel California
The Doors-Perception boxset of..
The Doors
Morrison Hotel
L.A. Woman
Soft Parade
Strange Days
Waiting For The Sun
Elvis-30 No1s
Fleetwood Mac-Rumours
Fleetwood Mac(Peter Green)-Live at the BBC
Frank Zappa-Quaudiophiliac
Mike Oldfield-Tubular Bells 2003
Talking Heads-More Songs About Buildings And Food
&
Lossy High-Res;
Jean Michel Jarre-Aero
Jean Michel Jarre-Oxygene


SA-CD;

Boston-Boston
The Carpenters-Singles 1969-81
Chesky-The World's Greatest Audiophile Recordings
Derek and the Dominos-Layla
Dire Straits-Brothers In Arms
Donovan-Storyteller
Elton John-Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
Elton John-Elton John
Elton John-Honky Chateau
Elton John-Goodbye Yellow Brick Road(Deluxe Ultimate)
Elton John-Madman Across The Water
Elton John-Peachtree Road
Elton John-Tumbleweed Connection
Eric Clapton-461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton-Slowhand
Peter Green(Various)-Man Of The World-Reflections
Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Rage Hard-The Sonic Collection
Genesis-Genesis
Genesis-Invisible Touch
Genesis-We Can't Dance
George Harrison-Live In Japan
Groove Armada-Vertigo
Jeff Beck-Blow By Blow
Joe Satriani-Strange Beautiful Music
John Williams-Recuerdos De La Alhambra
Johnny Cash-Silver
Kraftwerk-Minimum Maximum
Mark Knopfler-Shangri La
Marvin Gaye-The Marvin Gaye Collection
Michael Jackson-Thriller
Pink Floyd-The Dark Side Of The Moon
Roxy Music-Avalon
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra-Cinema Classics
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra-Elgar
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra-Great Western Themes
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra-The Ultimate Last Night At The Proms
Roger Waters-In the Flesh Live
Roger Waters-The Wall Live In Berlin
Santana-Abraxas
Santana-Caravanerai
Simple Minds-The Best Of Simple Minds
Steely Dan-Gaucho
The Who-Tommy(Deluxe)

& more on the way..

[Tetlee]

Originally Posted by Tetlee

Anyway, I finally caved in this morning and ordered my most expensive purchase so far Groove Armada: Goodbye Country Hello Nightclub. It's one I've wanted for ages and there's an ebay seller from the Netherlands that sells it on there occasionally for £35.95, painful to pay but worried that he either runs out or increases his price as it certainly has become rare these days and never seen anyone else sell it even on ebay, hopefully will be worth it

Glad I took the plunge, just noticed he's put another on ebay and has now increased the price to £40.95, I read that one well

@McFaber, that looks like quite a big list to me, again some great discs in there What's Tumbleweed Connection like? I've considered that a few times, is it similar to any of the EJ albums in my collection?

@Norlis, What is the Beck: Guerro DVD-A like(particularly the multi-channel)? I've looked at that a few times, seems the only place you can get it is importing from the US. I have Sea Change on DVD-A and it's fantastic, wondering if Guerro is just as good, if so a must buy! Also is it definately a DVD-Audio, or a DTS/ Dolby disc?

[Ronm1]

Originally Posted by Tetlee

@Norlis, What is the Beck: Guerro DVD-A like(particularly the multi-channel)? I've looked at that a few times, seems the only place you can get it is importing from the US. I have Sea Change on DVD-A and it's fantastic, wondering if Guerro is just as good, if so a must buy! Also is it definately a DVD-Audio, or a DTS/ Dolby disc?

Since he hasn't reponded,
Pretty well done like Sea Change though more hip hoppy.
dd5.1/2.0 mlp 48k/24 stereo and surround no dts

[norliss]

Originally Posted by Tetlee

@Norlis, What is the Beck: Guerro DVD-A like(particularly the multi-channel)? I've looked at that a few times, seems the only place you can get it is importing from the US. I have Sea Change on DVD-A and it's fantastic, wondering if Guerro is just as good, if so a must buy! Also is it definately a DVD-Audio, or a DTS/ Dolby disc?

Sorry for the delay in response and I see I've been beaten to it!

As said, the disc definitely contains DVD-A content and not DTS (does contain DD for non DVD-A players though).

The album itself is a good 'un - as indeed all Beck albums are IMHO - though whether it's worth seeking this edition out specifically for the DVD-A content I suppose depends on how much it costs these days! The surround mix is pretty nice although the 2.0 MLP is only 48khz not 96khz as you might have expected.

[Tetlee]

Thanks guys, put in a "best offer" ebay from a US seller, they accepted so it cost me around £11 with delivery. I do like Beck(used to have most of his albums, but no idea what I did with them when we moved overseas) so this should be good

[Tetlee]

Was in my local independant this morning looking through the £2.50 bargain box, and saw Sting: Sacred Love in there. As much as I've always really liked The Police I've never liked Sting solo, but £2.50 for a multi-channel SACD I had to buy it.

I'd read some pretty stinking reviews for this album, especially with regards to the sonics. Been listening to it just now and it's actually a fairly pleasant surprise, not mad on any of the songs, they fall into the middle of the road category I would say. As for the sonics, the opener sounds as though I forgot to turn the sub on as it's very bright, but the rest of the tracks I think sound pretty good, deep and with a nice warmth to the sound(very strange why the first track sounds so bright & tinny by comparison), much better than many of the reviewers make out IMO.

Certainly will never be one of my favourite in my collection, but as a bargain purchase I'm pretty pleased with it

[FeisalK]

I have this SACD - also from the bargain bin so I didn't complain too much

it's funny how the 23 reviews on Amazon are almost evenly spread out between 2 and 5 stars - not entirely sure all of them were about the content of this particular album - which is OK in and of itself, perhaps deficient when held up against past works - or of Sting as a whole.

But it's a rare contemporary surround SACD...

[Tetlee]

After keeping check for months, and recently forgetting to bid on one on ebay that ended auction at just £11.50 I finally purchased Depeche Mode: Violator.

Someone listed with BIN on ebay for £30 which was a great price, snapped it up straight away as it came just after the news I have a new job(start next week), my celebration pressie

Really looking forward to receiving that one!

[FeisalK]

congrats on the new job, and best of luck

[Theo Maxtible]

Originally Posted by McFaber

Great lists guys.

My not so big list:


DTS96/24 & DVD-A;

Alan Parsons-On Air
The Beach Boys-Pet Sounds
The Beatles-Love Album
The Eagles-Hotel California
The Doors-Perception boxset of..
The Doors
Morrison Hotel
L.A. Woman
Soft Parade
Strange Days
Waiting For The Sun
Elvis-30 No1s
Fleetwood Mac-Rumours
Fleetwood Mac(Peter Green)-Live at the BBC
Frank Zappa-Quaudiophiliac
Mike Oldfield-Tubular Bells 2003
Talking Heads-More Songs About Buildings And Food
&
Lossy High-Res;
Jean Michel Jarre-Aero
Jean Michel Jarre-Oxygene


SA-CD;

Boston-Boston
The Carpenters-Singles 1969-81
Chesky-The World's Greatest Audiophile Recordings
Derek and the Dominos-Layla
Dire Straits-Brothers In Arms
Donovan-Storyteller
Elton John-Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
Elton John-Elton John
Elton John-Honky Chateau
Elton John-Goodbye Yellow Brick Road(Deluxe Ultimate)
Elton John-Madman Across The Water
Elton John-Peachtree Road
Elton John-Tumbleweed Connection
Eric Clapton-461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton-Slowhand
Peter Green(Various)-Man Of The World-Reflections
Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Rage Hard-The Sonic Collection
Genesis-Genesis
Genesis-Invisible Touch
Genesis-We Can't Dance
George Harrison-Live In Japan
Groove Armada-Vertigo
Jeff Beck-Blow By Blow
Joe Satriani-Strange Beautiful Music
John Williams-Recuerdos De La Alhambra
Johnny Cash-Silver
Kraftwerk-Minimum Maximum
Mark Knopfler-Shangri La
Marvin Gaye-The Marvin Gaye Collection
Michael Jackson-Thriller
Pink Floyd-The Dark Side Of The Moon
Roxy Music-Avalon
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra-Cinema Classics
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra-Elgar
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra-Great Western Themes
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra-The Ultimate Last Night At The Proms
Roger Waters-In the Flesh Live
Roger Waters-The Wall Live In Berlin
Santana-Abraxas
Santana-Caravanerai
Simple Minds-The Best Of Simple Minds
Steely Dan-Gaucho
The Who-Tommy(Deluxe)

& more on the way..

Hello McFaber,

Thanks for giving us your list. What´s the Jean Michel Jarre "Oxygene" album like? I have the "Aero" album, which is the disc guilty of getting me into hi-res - and all the associated expense! Is the "Oxygene" album ´rather like "Aero", in that it´s a DVD-V with DTS and DD audio options - and packed in a Super Jewel Box? If you´re able to provide a url link, that´d be great.

[Theo Maxtible]

Originally Posted by Ronm1

Yes these are the same disks. The HDAD tag has always confused me on these releases. While the info states 192/24, mlp is never mentioned and most of the time it is. I have never equated 192/24 to being mlp specific.


I haven't listened to these for awhile, when i get a chance I'll listen and post.

Hello Ronm1,

Very pleased to see you´re still adding to this thread. Have you had a chance yet to listen to your "Eye in the Sky" DVD-A again yet? I´d be really interested to know whether you hear the same "faults" on a few of the tracks.

[Ronm1]

Originally Posted by Steve Whitton

Hello Ronm1,

Very pleased to see you´re still adding to this thread. Have you had a chance yet to listen to your "Eye in the Sky" DVD-A again yet? I´d be really interested to know whether you hear the same "faults" on a few of the tracks.

One of my son'd currently has them, amongst others. when I get them back, will do!!!

[Keiron]

Originally Posted by norliss

I have to say, both formats have their pros and cons. I like the fact that you can just chuck an SACD in the player and play it (as per a CD) without needing menus. Then again, DVD-A can at least be ripped for hard-drive media streaming purposes..

One of the reasons my SACD and DVDA discs are gathering dust is I simply can't be bothered to get up and put them in the tray when all my other studd is ripped to my PC and so easy.

I'm intrigued to learn DVDA can now be ripped...that wasn't the case in the early days. Anyone care to explain how?

[Mr_Orange]

Originally Posted by Keiron

One of the reasons my SACD and DVDA discs are gathering dust is I simply can't be bothered to get up and put them in the tray when all my other studd is ripped to my PC and so easy.

I'm intrigued to learn DVDA can now be ripped...that wasn't the case in the early days. Anyone care to explain how?

Getting the raw MLP off the disc if very easy these days - DVD Audio Extractor will do the job. What you do with it after that is rather harder.

There are other tools that will rip the MLP into its constituent 6 channels. You can then re-encode that as DTS 24/96, say and play it back on a Squeezebox that has its digital out connected to a suitable decoder.

The software needed for stage one is, at best, in a grey area as I understand it, but can be "sourced" and a DTS encoder will set you back about £1,500.