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In Reply to: RE: Ripping SACDs worth it? posted by ted_b on April 30, 2015 at 09:10:47
Thanks for the great info Ted.
I have read up on the PS3 process. Your comments about the mastering process helps a lot. I will have to try a better quality download source.
If SACD rips sound as good as the 2.8Mhz files I am listening to now, then I would be very happy.
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Big speakers and little amps blew my mind!
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I have ripped close to 200 SACDs via the PS3 method. Unfortunately, like everything else in this hobby, some were outstanding and some were so-so. Even within the same label, I have almost all of the RCA Living Stereo SACD catalog and as I mentioned, some are excellent and some not so much.
I also discovered that some of the newer SHM stuff was a little disappointing - and they aren't cheap!
If you have the SACDs and are adventurous I would recommend trying it. Just the keepers alone, not having to purchase them as DSD downloads at $20+ each, has more than paid for the PS3.
Thanks Jabs. I hear ya.
I've read that the SHM stuff is hit or miss. Too bad.
No I don't have any SACDs. I keep repeating to myself that the Yes box set would make it all worthwhile, but then I read user reviews that say it's very dynamically compressed. I guess we in the US don't have a monopoly on that. I might do it anyway.
I think I will give the Yes albums remixed by Steven Wilson on DVD a try. Of course I'll be downloading the Neil Young albums off PONO in 24/192, and I know those albums like the back of my hand. I should get started tonight.
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Big speakers and little amps blew my mind!
It'll be good to great.. That dude was born 40 years too late, he woulda killed back in the late 60s/early 70s...
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I may never find out. I just noticed that on these reissues he is mixing the 5.1 not the 96/24 two channel. Those are just straight transfers from the original tapes. I guess that's good and bad. I don't know what kind of results one could get by down mixing the 5.1 into 2.
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Big speakers and little amps blew my mind!
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