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Alumni said:
Are you saying you don't like the SHM-CD? I think it sounds pretty good.
Moonmadness on SHM~SACD AFAIK has not been released. In fact, an email from CDJapan indicated that the release date has been delayed until April.
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Post by OleTroll March 9, 2014 (22 of 25)
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Thanks very much for the delay info. Gives me more time to save up. As to the SHM-CD, I felt its 'resolution' was top-notch but my system isn't really high-end and that may translate as meaning it's not forgiving of digital 'brittleness', which I REALLY noticed on _Moonmadness_. It isn't that way on all SACDs, as you might guess from my comments on _Octopus_, which I auditioned on the same setup.
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Post by Alumni March 9, 2014 (23 of 25)
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OleTroll said:
Thanks very much for the delay info. Gives me more time to save up. As to the SHM-CD, I felt its 'resolution' was top-notch but my system isn't really high-end and that may translate as meaning it's not forgiving of digital 'brittleness', which I REALLY noticed on _Moonmadness_. It isn't that way on all SACDs, as you might guess from my comments on _Octopus_, which I auditioned on the same setup.
I'm confused, are you talking about The Snow Goose SHM-SACD? Moonmadness and Rain Dances has not been released yet.
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Post by OleTroll March 9, 2014 (24 of 25)
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Alumni said:
I'm confused, are you talking about The Snow Goose SHM-SACD? Moonmadness and Rain Dances has not been released yet.
No, I AM confused... I see now how I was unintentionally unsync'd. I have the SHM-CDs of the 1st 5 CAMEL. _Moonmadness_ and _Rain Dances_ are both quite harsh to my ears... and I ADORE both of them musically. After all they're ALL from Universal so I didn't pop for the SHM-SACD of _Snow Goose_ fearing it would have a similar downside. And I don't have to tell you about pricey with these things I'm sure. But it varies from disc to disc as you know. I have the SHM-SACD of _Aja_ and it's distractingly brittle to me. Thank Divine Love that _Octopus_ is not. It's wonderful in every way I can evaluate. Thanks for clarifying me.
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Post by Alumni March 10, 2014 (25 of 25)
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OleTroll said:
No, I AM confused... I see now how I was unintentionally unsync'd. I have the SHM-CDs of the 1st 5 CAMEL. _Moonmadness_ and _Rain Dances_ are both quite harsh to my ears... and I ADORE both of them musically. After all they're ALL from Universal so I didn't pop for the SHM-SACD of _Snow Goose_ fearing it would have a similar downside. And I don't have to tell you about pricey with these things I'm sure. But it varies from disc to disc as you know. I have the SHM-SACD of _Aja_ and it's distractingly brittle to me. Thank Divine Love that _Octopus_ is not. It's wonderful in every way I can evaluate. Thanks for clarifying me.
Oh, well that makes sense. I would rate The Snow Goose as one of the best sounding SACD's in my collection, it's a real pleasure to listen to. Actually it was mastered by the same engineer who did Octopus - Manabu Matsumura.
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