In Reply to: RE: Pricing and Costs of SACD and DSD / High Res downloads posted by Dave_K on May 14, 2015 at 04:32:16:
Much of their PCM 2496 material is $20 which I think is very fair. The fact that their music can be previewed is a big plus as is eclassical. I think $20 is more than fair considering much of their material is starts as DSD. The eclassical pricing is less than that for most of my buys there.
I am not much into re-buying material I already own even if it is remastered, especially when those prices are usually $30 to $40 a pop. My last buy that way was a MFSL SACD of Billy Joel that did not really sound much better than my original lp. Different and with black backgrounds, yes, but not worth the $30 to me. Live and learn.
Reviews can help, but my systems are not up to the same standards of the reviewers so we will not hear the same thing. Someone with a $1k cart, a $2K phono stage and speakers over $10k will hear more than I do.
Now that I am older I am finding more interest in classical music, smaller acoustic ensemble work with vocalists, and more jazz titles. And as I work to created more complete boxed sets of the great composers, many of those can be had on CD for nearly a $1 a disc, a great buy and still very enjoyable. That is what I use Amazon for mostly. I am also not adverse to buying used CDs on occasion.
With a little work one can find affordable high rez files that are the music you really like, and often I am finding there are many artists who are new to me that I can really enjoy, and many of those are on the BlueCoast Records roster of artists. Quiles and Cloud will be my next buy as they are and excellent duo.
Jim Tavegia
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- RE: Pricing and Costs of SACD and DSD / High Res downloads - jamestavegia@gmail.com 05:57:44 05/14/15 (9)
- RE: Pricing and Costs of SACD and DSD / High Res downloads - Sordidman 09:44:17 05/14/15 (8)
- RE: Pricing and Costs of SACD and DSD / High Res downloads - jamestavegia@gmail.com 15:53:32 05/14/15 (7)
- How can less than 10,000 SA-CDs & files be representative - Sordidman 09:46:18 05/19/15 (5)
- RE: How can less than 10,000 SA-CDs & files be representative - jamestavegia@gmail.com 13:44:34 05/19/15 (4)
- There is no demand for hi-rez - Sordidman 14:21:45 05/19/15 (3)
- RE: There is no demand for hi-rez // Not yet - Mr_Steady 19:35:09 05/19/15 (2)
- From my experience, I can't argue with anything you said - Sordidman 10:21:24 05/20/15 (1)
- RE: From my experience, I can't argue with anything you said - Mr_Steady 16:40:13 05/21/15 (0)
- RE: Pricing and Costs of SACD and DSD / High Res downloads - Dave_K 11:30:23 05/15/15 (0)