Post by xavster April 1, 2010 (1 of 24)
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Hello all
I'm going to Hong Kong on Sunday. I've never been before, but just wondering if anybody has any recommendations for good music shops where I might be able to pick up some SACDs? Also going to Singapore next week. Anything there?
Thanks in advance!
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xavster said:
Hello all
I'm going to Hong Kong on Sunday. I've never been before, but just wondering if anybody has any recommendations for good music shops where I might be able to pick up some SACDs? Also going to Singapore next week. Anything there?
Thanks in advance!
I'll be in Beijing and Shanghai in 3 weeks. Anything there?
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Post by yakman April 1, 2010 (3 of 24)
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Post by soundboy April 1, 2010 (4 of 24)
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Win Win Shop....highly recommended.
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When I lived in Singapore five yeas ago, my favourite record shops besides HMV were Gramophone (mind the spelling with one m), with branches at the Capitol Centre (near the Stamford hotel) and in the Specialists' Shopping Centre on Orchard Road, near HMV. The latter has been torn down in 2008 but I noticed they've opened more branches. See http://www.gramophone.com.sg/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=34&Itemid=32
Another chain that had a decent selection of SACDs was That CD Shop. Their most central location was their outlet on Scotts Road, very near to the junction with Orchard Road, on the side of the Shaw centre. I'm not sure if that branch is still there but others around the city are.
I've been to Hong Kong only once but I expect you'd be most likely to succeed in the Mong Kok area -- the electronics shopping district (pictured above); the Akahibara of Hong Kong, if you like.
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Post by yakman April 2, 2010 (6 of 24)
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I'm currently living in Singapore.
Gramophone has lesser and lesser classical collection over the years. I can't even remember when was the last time I purchased a classical record there.
That CD shop was never on my list. The classical collection is miserable. CD/SACD price much higher than HMV, Gramophone.
For classical, if you can only afford to visit one shop in Singapore, that should be HMV@313. Otherwise you can go to Gramophone@the Cathay or capitol
Hi, Taylor. You're from Philips? Pity, no more SACD player, recording from Philips label...
I owned two Philips CD players, sold both to fund current SACD player..
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yakman said:
Gramophone has lesser and lesser classical collection over the years. I can't even remember when was the last time I purchased a classical record there.
That CD shop was never on my list. The classical collection is miserable. CD/SACD price much higher than HMV, Gramophone.
For classical, if you can only afford to visit one shop in Singapore, that should be HMV@313.
I wasn't much into classical then and it's still a minority in my music collection, through growing.
> You're from Philips?
I was then but alas no more.
> Pity, no more SACD player, recording from Philips label...
> I owned two Philips CD players, sold both to fund current SACD player..
For years I used SACD1000 as my SACD player but it's badly in need of replacement. Pity, it had a great sound.
Note that the Philips label since many many years is not owned by Philips Electronics -- it was sold along with the rest of PolyGram to what is now Univeral Music.
Well ok, except that Philips Electronics has issued a handful of SACDs by itself, as test/demo discs and for bundling with the early SACD players but you'll find both labels listed here separately under /labels/P
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Post by Hercules April 2, 2010 (8 of 24)
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Welcome to Hong Kong, you just have to shop around Mongkok and Central, you can source 95% of SACD able to get in Hong Kong.
HMV, Hong Kong Records and CD Warehouse are largest Music Chain Store in Hong Kong, nothing really special, but CD Warehouse in Mongkok, Langham Place worth a visit.
Beat Records/Win Win Shop: Mainly selling Audiophile SACD, at Beat Records, you can get some SACD as low as HKD $20 (USD 2.5) for one SACD in their clearance counter.
Shun Cheong and Sunrise are agents of audiophile (MFSL, Analogue Productions, Pentatone, Exton, Chandos..etc..) and small records labels, worth to visit, especially Shun Cheong , , Beat Records and Win Win are quite close together within 5 mins of walk. Both of them not open in Sunday and Holidays, while next Mon and Tue also Public Holidays in Hong Kong.
Clazz also have some rare and interesting collection of recording, friendly shop owner and good recommendation.
If you go to Sino Centre, at basement and 10/F of the building, you can find 2nd hand CD store.
For Central, Disc Plus carries largest in-print SACD collection in Hong Kong I believed, reasonable priced but not lowest, knowledgeable store owner. Percival and ProSound worth to visit (Percival close on Sunday)
MongKok
Win Win Shop
G/F, 49 Tung Choi Street, Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tel:2782 2819
49 Tung Choi St, Mong Kok
http://www.review33.com/storedir/store.php?store_id=20090609001232
The Beat Records
G/F, 53 Tung Choi Street, Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tel : (852) 2780 0956
Business Hour:1:00pm - 11:00pm
http://www.review33.com/storedir/store.php?store_id=20090609001746
Shun Cheong Record Co., Ltd:
Address:Room 801, Bank Centre, 636 Nathan Road, Mongkok Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tel : (852) 2332 6397
Fax : (852) 2388 4070
Email : order@shuncheongrec.com
WebSite : http://www.shuncheongrec.com
Business Hour:Mon to Sat: 11:30 - 19:30
Sun & Public Holidays: Closed
http://www.review33.com/storedir/store.php?store_id=20090621234748
CD Warehouse - Langham Place
Address:Shop 1, Level 12, Langham Place, Mongkok, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tel : (852) 3428 8800
WebSite : http://www.cdwarehouse.com.hk
http://www.review33.com/storedir/store.php?store_id=20100309000215
Clazz Music:
Store Information
Address:1501, 15/F., Chung Kiu Commercial Bldg., 47-51 Shan Tung St., Mongkok, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tel : (852) 2388 4402 Fax : (852) 2388 4403
Email : info@clazzmusic.com
WebSite : http://www.clazzmusic.com
http://www.review33.com/storedir/store.php?store_id=20090627234510
Sunrise Music Showroom
Store Information
Address:Unit 704-5, 102 Austin Road, Tsim Sha Tsui (Jordan MTR Exit D), Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tel : (852) 2620 5130
Fax : (852) 2620 5733
Email : sunrise@sunrisemusic.com.hk
WebSite : http://www.sunrisemusic.com.hk
Business Hour:Mon-Sat 10:00am - 7:00pm (Close on Public Holidays)
http://www.review33.com/storedir/store.php?store_id=20100113023935
Central:
Percival Records Company
Address:G/F, 35 Wing Kut Street, Central, Hong Kong
Tel : (852) 2541 0855
http://www.review33.com/storedir/store.php?store_id=20090609000835
Pro Sound Limited
Address:5/F, Yuen Kee Building, 3 Queen Victoria Street, Central, Hong Kong
Tel : (852) 2122 9369
Fax : (852) 2122 9652
Email : info@prosoundhk.com
WebSite : http://www.prosoundhk.com
http://www.review33.com/storedir/store.php?store_id=20090609002429
Disc Plus (Recommended)
Shop 2021, Podium Level Two, One International Finance Centre, 1 Harbour View Street, Central, Hong Kong.
Telephone
(852) 2506 9168
Opening hours
10:00-21:30 Mon 11:00-22:00 Tue-Sat, 11:00-21:30 Sun & public holidays
http://www.discplus.com.hk/en/
More Shops:
http://www.review33.com/storedir/store_list.php?lang=eng&type=av&subtype=software
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Post by yakman April 2, 2010 (9 of 24)
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Thanks! Great post!
I need to keep this list for my next HK trip.
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Post by xavster April 2, 2010 (10 of 24)
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Thank you all for the fantastic suggestions!
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