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1: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Are most all SACD's mastered in PCM? (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2021-09-11, 11:58:02 (60.227.74.48)
Chris wrote: "So I ask you, what is your actual evidence that the SACD market is so successful and the download market is dying?" I never said the SACD market is 'so successful'. I said that we should .......
2: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Are most all SACD's mastered in PCM? (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2021-09-11, 11:20:48 (60.227.74.48)
Chris wrote: " I then searched for MCh downloads at the same site: 206 download albums found." "Other sources of hi-rez downloads include eClassical, NativeDSD Music, HD Tracks, ProStudio Masters - he .......
3: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Are most all SACD's mastered in PCM? (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2021-08-08, 09:39:46 (101.179.196.20)
With reference to PAR's posting, the basis for your logical connections appear spurious to me. PAR states: "where even smaller classical music companies who once issued SACDs regularly ( such as Chand .......
4: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Are most all SACD's mastered in PCM? (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2021-08-06, 19:21:55 (101.179.196.20)
PAR made a number of contentions which appear internally inconsistent: 1. The first assertion: Ultimately you will be unable to find out the true provenance of many ( most?) recordings issued on SACD .......
5: Hi-Rez Highway, Berlin Philharmonic releases new 9 SACD set of Bruckner Symphonies (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2021-07-16, 10:07:40 (101.179.196.20)
Just noticed that the Berlin Philharmonic has released a new 9 hybrid SACD box set of the 9 Bruckner symphonies ... featuring conductors such as Seiji Ozawa, Paavo Järvi, Herbert Blomstedt, Bernard Ha .......
6: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: New McIntosh SACD Player MCD85 just out... (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2021-06-14, 09:42:36 (101.179.196.20)
I think its pretty damn cool too - not quite my aesthetic - but it has its own distinct styling, and unlike anything else on the market. kudos to them .......
7: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: SACD Game Changer? (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2021-06-14, 09:40:05 (101.179.196.20)
I tried ripping my SACD collection -- but ... much like the way that the download market has gone belly-up --- and the whole market for downloads has basically died because they are too cumbersome to .......
8: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: delete them (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2020-02-04, 09:26:43 (58.173.117.77)
> delete them Sounds harsh. It would be nice to find a charity for them. .......
9: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Ethernet vs WiFi/Bluetooth (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2020-01-06, 07:19:14 (58.173.117.77)
Leaving aside the obvious quality issues from not using ethernet ... there is also now a significant scientific literature on the health risks of using wi-fi and bluetooth at home - in particular, the .......
10: Hi-Rez Highway, Giving up on downloads (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2019-11-23, 07:38:24 (58.173.117.77)
I have found managing download files too much trouble. Many have incomplete meta data, or don't sort properly (a problem particularly for classical music, and especially with multiple works on one dis .......
11: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: "Too bad you can't easily rip the hi rez." (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2019-10-26, 08:46:47 (58.173.117.77)
Downloads and ripping have gone so out of fashion - mostly killed off by streaming for the instanoodle generation - keeping those download files organised was obviously too difficult, too much storage .......
12: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Happy Birthday, SACD! You're 20 years old! (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2019-06-10, 09:08:04 (58.173.117.77)
Yes - hiredfox - SACD is the preferred format for new Berlin Philharmonic releases - and I just ordered my copy of their new Tchaikovsky Symph 6 with Petrenko - and delighted to hear your ravishing co .......
13: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Happy Birthday, SACD! You're 20 years old! (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2019-06-10, 09:04:42 (58.173.117.77)
Happy Birdy indeed SACD! My favourite format. Fitting too that Mark Levinson has just released its new SACD player (Model 5101), Technics have just announced their new SL-G700 SACD player, the new DC .......
14: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Giving up on SACD (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2019-03-17, 09:36:25 (58.173.117.77)
Do you have list of your SACDs for sale? I'd be interested in buying them. Thanks. .......
15: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Hear that............ (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2018-12-27, 08:26:15 (58.173.117.77)
Interestingly, I noticed tonight that over at MDT (a leading UK classical music specialist), on their pre-order chart of all new classical CDs for sale, the top 3 sellers (for pre-orders) are all SACD .......
16: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: So Primephonic no longer does downloads (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2018-11-25, 08:47:06 (58.173.117.77)
Age of the download is coming to a dead end. Music world has shifted to streaming (for instantaneous consumption) and physical (for collecting). Fortunately, in your case, there is a great selection o .......
17: Hi-Rez Highway, Berlin Philharmonic sets up own label selling SACDs (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2018-09-14, 12:41:18 (58.173.117.77)
Just noticed that the Berlin Philharmonic has started up their own music label ... looks beautifully produced and packaged ... and they are offering their recordings in a number of formats including h .......
18: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: The Silly IMO Price of Downloaded Music (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2017-10-04, 09:49:01 (101.164.166.114)
Three points: 1. I strongly prefer to have the physical SACD to a download. I don't pay money for downloads, and consider that the age of downloads is already over, surpassed by live streaming for tho .......
19: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Oppo 205 - Any one purchased this player? (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2017-05-15, 10:00:23 (101.164.166.114)
Odd - I don't know them at all ... but everyone I talk who has used them raves about them. Who you going to believe, or disbelieve, as the case may be? .......
20: Hi-Rez Highway, Rostropovich / Richter Beethoven Cello Sonatas - new SACD release from Universal (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2017-05-13, 12:16:24 (101.164.166.114)
I see that Rostropovich / Richter's recording of the Beethoven cello sonatas has been released on SACD, by Universal Japan. It is an analog recording, converted to SHM-SACD, which are usually of a ver .......
21: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Marantz SA10 Reviews (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2017-04-27, 09:09:09 (101.164.166.114)
I doubt if many will buy a Ferrari - after all, most of them only have 2 doors. True - and yet completely meaningless. Actually, one area I agree with the otherwise stuck record of Disbeliever's mono .......
22: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: new High-Rez Labels i.e.Sound Liaison (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2017-04-25, 00:38:35 (101.164.166.114)
The age of downloads is already on its way out ... 5 years of decline ... see this thread: https://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/vt.mpl?f=hirez&m=289249 Market is shifting into physical (for collectors) and .......
23: Hi-Rez Highway, Are Audiophiles here disappointed with multichannel? (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2017-04-10, 10:41:16 (101.164.166.114)
Am I right that most audiophiles have given up on multichannel, and moving back to stereo? Or never ventured away from stereo? As example, the new high end Marantz SA-10 SACD player, where Marantz su .......
24: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Recommended CD Ripping software (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2017-04-05, 11:31:15 (101.164.166.114)
I would strongly avoid running wifi for large data transfers: all you are doing is needlessly exposing your body and brain to radiation. And while it is true that this obeys the inverse square rule (s .......
25: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Marantz SA-10si Reviewed (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2017-04-03, 21:44:30 (101.164.166.114)
Disbeliever, you must find it very limiting only listening to multichannel recordings. I mean, if there are, --- and let us be kind, say 300 such recordings --- and a person generously likes say 20% o .......
26: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Digital download revenues on the way out (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2017-04-03, 21:35:17 (101.164.166.114)
HDTracks is unfortunately replete with content that is not hi-res, or didn't start off as hi-res to start off with, or got placed onto a SACD disc because it was multichannel or some other reason (but .......
27: Hi-Rez Highway, Digital download revenues on the way out (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2017-04-02, 03:49:20 (101.164.166.114)
Just looking at the latest stats from the RIAA that have come out for US sales: http://www.riaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/RIAA-2016-Year-End-News-Notes.pdf "In 2016, revenues from sales of dig .......
28: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: My first "Faure" back into 16 bit...it's literally been a Decade (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2017-03-18, 08:47:33 (101.164.166.114)
I must second Kal Robinson's excellent recommendation of the Fauré Piano Trio (Hyperion SACD) with the Florestan Trio. If memory serves, it is a pure DSD recording, and one of the earliest too (1999)! .......
29: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Jazz SACDs (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2017-03-14, 10:17:52 (101.164.166.114)
sa-cd.net was very good, but the owner turned it into hraudio.net which is a flop, and I don't go there anymore. Neither it seems do many other names I recognise here. I should also caution: every SA .......
30: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Just received notice that Classics Online will discontinue 2/1/17 (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2017-03-14, 10:10:05 (101.164.166.114)
Must agree with PAR First, niche streaming sites (other than Pandora or Apple Music) seem to be dying at a prolific rate. ClassicsOnline is already dead. Another classical one was in admin (but quite .......
31: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: SA10 OWNER (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2017-03-14, 09:49:04 (101.164.166.114)
Thanks for the mini review rique. I am less interested in using such a machine for playing Downloads. Downloads are on the way out, being replaced by streaming. And streaming is not a hi-res format, s .......
32: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Marantz SA-10si Reviewed (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2017-03-14, 09:40:20 (101.164.166.114)
Disbeliever wrote: "Being a SACD fan , Marantz SA-10si is STEREO only , I shall not be wasting my time & money." Your comment, Disbeliever, makes no sense to me at all. Most SACDs produced and sold ex .......
33: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Ode to Pentatone! (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2016-05-12, 12:09:07 (101.164.163.154)
> With their strong schedule of new releases and quad re-releases, Pentatone has embraced multi-channel SACD and run with the format! I cannot thank them enough! Too true. I buy their recordings for t .......
34: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Channel Classics getting out of SACD mostly (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2016-05-10, 11:17:46 (101.164.163.154)
I suspect that what Channel really want to do is to price differentiate: i.e. be able to charge 2 or 3 times the price for a DSD recording than for the CD version. They can't do that with a hybrid SA .......
35: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Channel Classics getting out of SACD mostly (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2016-05-10, 11:02:48 (101.164.163.154)
PAR wrote: "The dominant (only?) chip used for decoding SACD and which was included in most OEM SACD mechanisms was made by Sony who ceased to produce it years ago." My goodness - you have no idea. S .......
36: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: A few thoughts about SACD, and DSD... (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2013-04-12, 08:35:26 (60.225.129.234)
It's not a very nice write-up. It's confused and misleading. It's also full of factual rubbish. 1. The 'author' calls SACD a commercial failure, and then refers further down the page to the 'thousands .......
37: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: And if the computer dies, then what? (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2013-03-06, 09:37:08 (60.225.129.234)
Ummm - if they stop producing SACD discs and go download only, they may well go broke within a couple of years. I'm not sure what use their backup download plan would be then??? .......
38: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: SACD format "dead and buried'? (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2012-08-26, 09:09:11 (144.132.182.80)
I think Pohlman is just ignorant and out of date. a) DOWNLOADS are already on the way out. In their place, the market ... esp the mass pop market ... is moving to streaming services like rdio, spotif .......
39: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: The California Audio Show ……Increased doubts of the superiority of SACD over CD. (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2010-08-07, 01:16:34 (58.173.10.128)
Robert Lang wrote: > Another full range SACD I had on hand, Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony – Kitajenko, > sounded considerably less than full range Soooooooo .... what is the recording resolution of th .......
40: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Increased doubts of the superiority of SACD over CD. (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2010-08-03, 01:14:56 (58.173.10.128)
Wow - there's no way I'd plonk down $9k for a CD player today when you can buy a decent SACD player for under $1k. Given a hi-rez recording (and most studio masters are hi-rez 24bit/96kHz or better t .......
41: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: SACD's eleven years on. (0.00)
Posted by Felixer on 2010-08-02, 14:18:59 (58.173.10.128)
Well, with SACD ... you clearly get MORE options than CD ... not less ... because SACD encompasses CD. So you get to play the entire CD catalogue + all the hi-rez discs out there too (about 6500 + abo .......
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