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With some of the difficulties that folks like Duilawyer seem to have sourcing SACD's, it might be useful to have a thread again on sourcing of SACD's. I have never NOT been able to obtain an SACD that I have wanted, although sometimes the pricing and postage are issues. I also tend to try to buy things near the initial release dates to avoid the disappointment of discontinuation. Here are the sources I have used (by the way, I am located in California, and have had 0 issues obtaining SACD's from Japan, Germany and the UK):Amazon.com - in my view, not the best place to source SACD's - long waits for items that others have in stock. I do like to support sa-cd.net, so I often place other orders on Amazaon (books, for example) by starting at the sa-cd.net web site - Stephen receives his cut regardless of what you buy, as long as you start there.
Arkivmusic.com - they have many classical SACD's, as well as a lot of otherwise hard to find classical RBCD's. Service is great, a classy operation.
Amazon.co.uk - my source for Japanese SACD's. Sometimes it is hard to be sure what you are doing - I recommend starting at sa-cd.net and clicking through. There is some English on the site.
jpc - ditto - there is some English on this site as well, but it is easier to click through at sa-cd.net. All genres, and some items not available in the US.
CD Universe - often I have sourced items that are supposed to be OOP here. All genres.
yourmusic.com - 6.99 per SACD, and they have about 50+ titles of all genres. A subscription site, but you can buy additional titles at any time. Service is a little more haphazard -my copy of the LSO Haitink Beethoven 2 and 6 arrived with a bad crack in the jewel case - it took a while, but they finally got it right.
mdt.co.uk - easy to use site, great service, regular special offers. Classics only.
amusicdirect.com - easy to use, regular 10% off on all specials, really nice people, and good service. All genres
acousticsounds.com - I used to use them instead of amusicdirect, but found the service better at amusicdirect. I did buy some speaker cables from them, and they were extremely helpful.
deepdiscounted.com - I have placed a couple of orders here (Kinks and Moody Blues). OK when you know exactly what you want, and don't mind a wait.
e-bay - I bought one used SACD on e-bay. I used to buy many open reel tapes there, with mostly good results, but there are tons of isses dealing with e-bay and frankly, I prefer to buy new items.
I think that about does it. I'm sure that others have their favorites - I know that many like hmv.co.jp for the Japanese material, there are loads of fans of Elusive Disc, etc. It would be interesting hearing from others about their favorite sites and their experiences. Also, note that I buy nothing from bricks and morter retailers (and I have 400+ SACD's). But the important thing is that we cannot depend on a single retailer to cover the gamut.
Follow Ups:
in addition to what has been mentioned - www.cdpacific.combetter pricing and 100% service.
i ordered once from honk kong's hi-fi-cd and it worked fine.
Amazon Marketplace is very good!
By far most of my SACD purchases have been from CD Universe. It has nothing to do with price but all to do with service and convenience.
They seem to have an extensive inventory and when I make an order all my information is already there (such as shipping address and what not) which speeds things up, and I generally get my order filled in a couple of days. On one or two occasions I received a defective disc (or a disc that would not play properly on my machine) the exchange process in fairly harmless.Otherwise, I get a lot of SACDs directly from the label directly. For example I have purchased probably a dozen or so in the past few weeks directly from Telarc/Heads Up. Likewise, SACDs from labels like Linn, or JAV Recordings I get directly from the label.
If I happen to be at Fry's, usually for computer/video related stuff, I always look through the SACD bins. It's not unusual that I will find a SACD or two that I had no idea existed. Otherwise, that is the only brick and mortar retailer from where I purchase SACDs.
While buying at amazon.com , amazon.fr , cduniverse.com and other stores you can support Audio Asylum too by starting your purchase by clicking on the links available at http://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/d.pl?audio/support.html
(this page is available by clicking the link "This venture is user supported" on the front page).
Some others:
Sendmemovies.com
Good collection, good price & good service. Received in Singapore my purchase in just one week using their standard global priority envelope!cpacific.com
Does not have SA-CDs organised. So you need to know the disc you want to buy in advance. But good prices.I have used both.
Pretty Good. Went out and purchased Holst Planets on chesky.
Good list....For those who are looking for the SACDs released in Hong Kong or the more obscure SACD titles that aren't necessarily available anywhere else, I'd recommend hifi-cd.com out of Hong Kong. Excellent customer service and a pretty good selection. Even let me exchange a SACD once I opened it and discovered the disc came loose during transit and was scratched.
Good run-down Tom. I have had more success with ebay, but the only thing I would add iswww.crotchet.co.uk and that is for classical
www.hmv.co.jp and that is for everything out of Japan
www.amazon.co.jp for everything out of Japan
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