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In Reply to: RE: Are Japanese SHM SACD's anything? posted by mbnx01 on February 20, 2015 at 14:32:33
I doubt that the price is justified by the expense of manufacture. They are intended for a selective audience for whom cost is not a relevant factor, whether or not the sound justifies it.
Would you rather have 3 or 4 regular SACD's or as many as 10 CD's, or one SHM? Not a tough call for me and my limited budget, and I LOVE good sound.
There might be a couple that are not available in any other hi-rez medium and so worth collecting for superior sonics or rarity. The only one I own is The Who's "Tommy." It is worth the extra cost to me because A: my name is Tommy; and B: I've been obsessed with this piece of music since its initial release on double LP; and C: it was remastered for the SHM SACD and sounds far better than the crappy SACD domestic release of a few years back. The SHM SACD sounds just like what I remember the original LP sounding like, only much better, and my hearing is pretty bad now compared to then (although my stereo is FARRRR superior), primarily from industrial exposure, age, and listening to "Tommy" (and many others) too loud through headphones.
Peace,
Tom E
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They are much less expensive if you order them straight from Japan via CDJapan.
See link.
Buy direct. I took this advice before christmas and bought 3 Bill Evan disc (Live at Montreaux gets the most play so far) 1 Miles (forget the title) and two Fair Conventions one of which is Unhalfbricking and it's spectacular (both sound and content).
They shipped the 6 SACDs to me from Japan to SF in 3 days for $17.00. I'm a happy camper. Each disc was ~$21.00. Great experience. Putting together another order soon.
Agreed-
one cannot go wrong w/ any Bill Evans.
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