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#329700 - 11/26/10 08:39 PM
Re: So what are ya listening to tonight?
[Re: PopeBobThe53rd]
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Registered: 06/03/10
Posts: 92
Loc: East Haven, CT
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Just got my stereo SHM-SACD sampler from Amazon since it was $20. Can't say I notice any difference from regular SACDs, although the material on the disc is nice considering some tracks were recorded 30+ years ago.
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#329729 - 11/27/10 10:12 AM
Re: So what are ya listening to tonight?
[Re: DreamTheater]
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local
Registered: 07/05/10
Posts: 233
Loc: New Hampshire, USA
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SHM just means the physical material is higher quality (more scratch resistant, longer lasting). If it is the same recording as the regular one, it will sound exactly the same. Some SHM pressings are done with different (re-)masterings, in which case they may sound different. CDJapan has plenty of SHM CDs and SACDs (and "Blu Spec" - also just different physical material?) for inflated prices. It is very hard to tell from the site whether they recordings themselves are remastered. I ordered a Hawkwind 3-CD set from them and it turned out to be an excellent sounding re-master, but I also got a Dire Straits SHM-CD and it sounds the same as my el-cheapo copy.
Edited by Henry66 (11/27/10 10:14 AM)
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#329730 - 11/27/10 10:17 AM
Re: So what are ya listening to tonight?
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local
Registered: 07/05/10
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Loc: New Hampshire, USA
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Staying on subject: I am listening to Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's new album, History of Modern. Great stuff if you were/are and OMD fan. It finishes with two awesome tracks.
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#329788 - 11/28/10 08:35 AM
Re: So what are ya listening to tonight?
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Registered: 12/22/09
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#329790 - 11/28/10 09:39 AM
Re: So what are ya listening to tonight?
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Registered: 12/22/09
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Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 blu-ray...
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#329873 - 11/29/10 01:51 PM
Re: So what are ya listening to tonight?
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Registered: 03/23/10
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Loc: Brockton Heights, MA
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If Tim Hardin were an acoustic folk singing group right now (and not dead, would help), he'd be Iron and Wine.
They're on subpop. New EP dropped this week. Great "folk" band. Always well recorded.
And, after 20 years, The Posies finally got it right---ALL of it. The new "Blood/Candy" displays the same great music, lyrics and vocals. Now, however, they finally got rid of that "grungy thing" that always made their instrumental accompaniment tracks sound like glass-encrusted mudcakes hitting a wall.
They shouldn't have come from Seattle. It was the wrong place in the 90's for a pop band, no matter how good they were!
Edited by BobKay (11/29/10 01:52 PM)
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