tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89377645260117049972024-02-08T03:04:29.546+01:00Pure Super AudioUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937764526011704997.post-39022493953129148382014-01-23T22:28:00.000+01:002014-02-06T15:52:10.064+01:00DSD128 under scope<div style="text-align: justify;">
The following oscilloscope measurements have recently been posted on the Computer Audiophile forum by Jussi Laako (Signalyst). I am reposting them here for those who might have missed them. Two DSD DACs were tested: TEAC UD-501, and Sabre DAC with analog and software scope. As you can see from the first two graphs, the TEAC has very faithfully reproduced a 1kHz square wave and 20kHz sine, which is both testament to its fast rise time and high accuracy in the upper frequencies. The Sabre DAC measurements show the rise time on a more precise time scale, and compare DSD128 performance with Quad PCM. </div>
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1kHz square wave at DSD128<br />
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20kHz sine wave at DSD128<br />
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1kHz square wave at DSD128 (rise time):<br />
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1kHz square wave at 176.4kHz PCM (rise time):<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937764526011704997.post-15486785733648778362013-12-22T18:45:00.002+01:002014-04-18T12:06:08.045+02:00SACD players with 5.6MHz (DSD128) USB DACs<div style="text-align: justify;">
The list of SACD players with DSD-capable USB DACs isn't yet as impressive as that of stand-alone DSD converters (you can check it out <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AgVhKcl_3lHfdFVyenBBNjNpQ2lieG81WGpqQTNfVUE#gid=0" target="_blank">here</a>), but the number of such devices is growing, and I thought it would be useful to have them all listed in one place.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937764526011704997.post-3618112947182804932013-04-07T15:32:00.000+02:002013-04-07T17:22:53.950+02:00Audiophile label Opus3 starts offering 5.6448MHz DSD downloads<br />
From the DSDfile website:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"We have done extensive testing and the DSD format is as close to the master tape as you can possibly come! In the testing environment the people that were present were audiophiles, the producer as well as the artist who recorded it. All came to the same conclusion that the master tape sound was only truly captured by DSD. And if quality counts DSD will be the format of the future for exact rendition of the sound of the Master Tape. As well as the recording format of the future!</span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Titles that have the headline “Direct from Master Tape to DSD” is music we know never seen more bits than ONE. That means: been recorded analogue and transferred to DSD, by us. And if you don’t want a tape deck in your system DSD will get you the closest. And that’s what we offer: The closest thing to the Master Tape!"</span></blockquote>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937764526011704997.post-2451652457685940682013-03-31T17:40:00.001+02:002013-03-31T19:09:48.191+02:00New SA-SD card player promises DSD file playback without compromise <br />
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DSD-capable USB DACs are taking the computer audio world by the storm, but ironically the highest quality DSD file playback may not involve a computer at all, as first audiophile companies, like the Japanese LOGIFULL bet on SD memory cards. The ultra-compact data carrier offers up to 2 TB of storage (SDXC), and is absolutely quiet. The appeal of the SD card playback seems undeniable, and it doesn't stop there. Other, no less important advantages of the computer-free audio playback are:<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937764526011704997.post-48161319460706579312012-11-22T19:07:00.001+01:002012-11-28T23:58:01.989+01:00ORG Music to release its first SACDs. Will other vinyl-issuing labels follow suit?<div style="text-align: justify;">
The LP reissuing label ORG Music, with Nirvana, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers LPs under its belt plans to extend its reach by going both LP & SACD for its next reissue project. The first three titles to be released in <a href="http://www.orgmusic.com/uncategorized/more-jazz-reissues-from-org-music/" target="_blank">the new reissue program</a>, that will encompass music from the Atlantic, RCA, Columbia, and CTI catalogs, are John Coltrane - My Favorite Things, Sonny Rollins - The Bridge and Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come.</div>
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The move to branch out into the SACD field seems most reasonable for a company active in the vinyl reissuing business, as the two formats benefit the most from all-analog mastering. Bruce Brown, from Puget Sound Studios, recently <a href="http://www.audiostream.com/content/qa-bruce-brown-puget-sound-studios">commented</a>, "We master from tape and also archive to the digital domain. To fully capture the nuances of tape, I feel the only way to do that is into either DSD64fs via a Grimm AD1 or to DSD128fs. That is the closest I’ve heard digital to master tape. That is how good tape can be. It trumps everything else."</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937764526011704997.post-58969527019685707552012-10-20T23:39:00.000+02:002012-11-30T12:45:01.509+01:00KORG to release an ultra-high resolution 5.6MHz DSD DAC with affordable price tag<br />
Apart from its cool design and naturally the DSD capability, what draws attention to KORG's DS-DAC-10 is the price tag. Paying $650 for a DSD DAC with a headphone amp could be a bargain of the century, as up until now, you had to splash out more than twice than that on any other competing DSD DAC on the market. But is the new KORG DSD DAC really a free lunch?<br />
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If you look at the available input interfaces on the back of DS-DAC-10 you will quickly notice that the device is limited to only one USB port. If you were planning to use the KORG DAC to improve the sound quality of your non-computer sources like CD, DVD, Blu-ray players or Audio and/or Video streamers by connecting those devices to the KORG, you won't be able to pull it off. The KORG is simply lacking the optical and coaxial inputs. The DS-DAC-10 also gets rid of the power connection, taking power directly from the USB bus. Interestingly enough this solution may actually not be a bad thing, as according to KORG it eliminates the noise artifacts coming from the power cable. On to the software side of things.<br />
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All Mac users won't be happy to hear that the KORG's greatest feature, its native 2.8MHz/5.6MHz DSD capability, is available to Windows PC users only (ASIO driver required). It's certainly a deal breaker for Mac users interested in ultra-high resolution DSD audio. Why the native DSD playback could not be implemented by KORG in the Mac environment is not clear at the moment.<br />
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KORG has just <a href="http://www.phileweb.com/news/d-av/201211/30/32089.html" target="_blank">announced</a> it has started work on a DSD audio driver for Mac OS. Planned for 2013, the new audio driver will enable pure 1 bit/2.8MHz~5.6MHz playback on Mac computers.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937764526011704997.post-48452597026311512012012-03-04T13:28:00.003+01:002012-11-28T23:58:31.462+01:00Merging's HORUS rumored to do 256fs DSD!<div>
If confirmed, soon there will be no excuse for any recording studio not to make its studio masters in DSD. The new Merging Technologies AD/DA converter HORUS, a person with knowledge about the device says, will sample analog signals at more than 11 million times per second. This translates to a sample being taken every 88.577 nanoseconds - currently the highest audio density available. HORUS should reach first recording studios later this month...<br />
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Audiophiles have always been obsessed by the sampling speeds, and for good reason. Sampling at higher rates improves digital converters' temporal resolution and impulse response, leading to more organic and lifelike sound. It's what made the SACD so compelling a proposition in the first place. Although today the evidence mounts against using higher frequencies in traditional (PCM) DACs - read Benchmark's Vice President opinion on the 96kHz vs 192kHz issue <a href="http://www.soundstagehifi.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=126:96khz-vs-192khz&catid=57:reader-feedback&Itemid=24">here</a> - DSD DACs streamlined architecture opens new possibilities for audio engineers.</div>
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Built by Japanese researchers at the Waseda University Acoustic Laboratory (1bit Audio Consortium) DSD USB DAC supports sampling rates from 2.8224MHz all the way up to 24.576MHz (512fs). The USB D/A converter takes the idea of a future proof device to another level, and could become a blueprint for Japanese companies which are members of 1bit Audio Consortium (TEAC, KORG, Yamaha, Pioneer and others), and which are yet to introduce their DSD-enabled computer audio products...</div>
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<span style="font-size: 110%;">Playback Designs has been at the forefront of the super computer audio movement for some time now, manufacturing first DSD-capable USB DACs and making DSD streaming possible on both Mac (Pure Music) and Windows (Emotion) platforms. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 110%;">The introduction of the USB-X is another noteworthy development by the manufacturer. The small eXteneder box (included with the purchase of Playback Designs SACD player) enables 64x and 128x DSD files streaming on the MPS-5 SACD player, sparing its users the expense of investing in a new DSD USB DAC. A very smart solution, you must admit, considering that the MPD-5 DSD DAC offered by the company "is identical in every way to the MPS-5 SACD / CD Player except it does not have a transport mechanism"</span><br />
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</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937764526011704997.post-79104410803630074672012-01-08T14:13:00.002+01:002012-01-08T14:17:37.498+01:00Grimm Audio A/DSD transfer suggestions<span style="font-size: 110%;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Now that the Nat King Cole SACD series - the very first Analogue Productions SACD project done entirely with the Grimm Audio Converter - turned out to be a success for the company, and boy what a success it's been (as it turns out, some of the Nat Cole titles are already awaiting repressing), many audiophiles are wondering what other artists and albums could benefit from the Grimm Audio treatment. Here are a couple of our suggestions for the folks at AP/AcousTech:</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeiDug-mfnsj5ltYlrkX5mahzmuWktNQQzJjaMkF1B-DiA9QBaUUvtYIzaxz_AKNxXP14hm5_-Im6uxxixzBaMukhBfZUB8bu6u8YNF8Sj-PHY_Dfx8XPHh7VGEvbd5dqNoOmq_mU6Ga0/s1600/sadwings.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeiDug-mfnsj5ltYlrkX5mahzmuWktNQQzJjaMkF1B-DiA9QBaUUvtYIzaxz_AKNxXP14hm5_-Im6uxxixzBaMukhBfZUB8bu6u8YNF8Sj-PHY_Dfx8XPHh7VGEvbd5dqNoOmq_mU6Ga0/s1600/sadwings.jpeg" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_29HqpBS_vk-XrnUXIqKEGwqfiUlfdImyp1ccKkxnUUgbMbVxzEQbYF3fgOyU3opSubyE4Ykg181gvpvb8yRHC8Sfbz038tu76UwGPwnZ_GbMXzxJtuQa_QEcSfSsrl-_SJu9ExawUM/s1600/crimson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_29HqpBS_vk-XrnUXIqKEGwqfiUlfdImyp1ccKkxnUUgbMbVxzEQbYF3fgOyU3opSubyE4Ykg181gvpvb8yRHC8Sfbz038tu76UwGPwnZ_GbMXzxJtuQa_QEcSfSsrl-_SJu9ExawUM/s1600/crimson.jpg" /> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 110%;">Although the concept of 1-bit DSD amplifier may seem completely new, a bulk of time-consuming and costly R&D work was already done by SHARP company, almost a decade ago. The engineering concept of a DSD amplifier was successfully implemented in an actual commercial product. Introduced in the early 2000s, the world's first 2.8MHz DSD amplifier SM-SX100 ($16000) amazed with its sound quality and stellar tonal neutrality.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 110%;"><br />
</span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 110%;"><i>„A number of people listened to this amplifier, including myself, my wife, Jason Serinus, and some professional speaker manufacturers. The opinion was universal. The SX100 is an awesome-sounding product. It does not have a "solid-state" sound or a "tube" sound. It is the most neutral sound I have yet heard from an audio product.”</i></span></div></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 110%;"><a href="http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_9_1/sharp-sm-sx100-digital-amp-1-2002.html">http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_9_1/sharp-sm-sx100-digital-amp-1-2002.html</a></span></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 110%;">Following the well-received SM-SX100 SHARP released two more models in the line, SM-SX200 and SM-SX300 (pictured below), working at 5.6MHz and 11.2MHz respectively .</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 110%;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 110%;">The three SHARP units had only one problem (aside from the very steep 'high-end' price tag), they were ahead of their times. The lack of an open standard at that time for sending DSD over digital interfaces forced SHARP engineers to create their own interface, shutting the doors to wider popularization of those amplifiers (they could only be connected to one SACD player model from SHARP). Today, with the advent of DSD over USB streaming and computer apps (like Pure Music) allowing for streaming DSD from a computer to external devices the problem is no more. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 110%;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 110%;">DSD DAC/Power Amplifier with asynchronous USB interface provides numerous advantages such as:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 110%;">highest resolution audio files playback support, DSD amplifier can handle DSD files up to 6.1MHz DSD (~140 times the sampling speed of CD). </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 110%;">elimination of lossy conversions between PCM and delta sigma present in traditional computer audio setups (either PCM-only USB DACs connected to digital amplifiers or PCM DAC/Integrated Amplifiers such as Bel Canto C5i, or ORB Jade Quartet).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 110%;">no need for purchasing separate USB DACs, USB/SPDIF converters, clocks, docking stations usually cramming up the space in computer audio setups. </span></li>
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</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937764526011704997.post-24030130189457621952011-07-02T21:47:00.001+02:002011-07-02T21:48:06.059+02:00Channel D and Playback Designs unveil Super Computer Audio at the Axpona audio show in NYC<span style="font-size: 110%;"></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 110%;">DSD downloads have just become less virtual, as the two audiophile companies teamed up and introduced world's first consumer audio products enabling DSD files streaming. The latest released version (v1.8) of Channel D's Pure Music software ($129) allows Mac users stream DSD studio master files to Playback Designs MPD-3 D/A converter over USB. The software player/DSD DAC combo is surely a more consumer friendly option than playing DSD files on Korg DSD recorders (lacking USB streaming capability), but also much more expensive. Capable of handling DSD files (up to 6.1MHz) Playback Designs MPD-3 USB DAC is priced at $6500.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 110%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidRXrEioSfFUtd6_j9eQLsTrXpepeMwq6lVNSIe7s-AYldSgOixqffAmWBxQk0xhu5hnpD3fVlxo2tWkVAWiijkLi5HxEbsxtZYXQei1-SYg04_jAORbFfK2-nXVKhnXqrMruGUGbpu2c/s1600/Channel+D+DSD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidRXrEioSfFUtd6_j9eQLsTrXpepeMwq6lVNSIe7s-AYldSgOixqffAmWBxQk0xhu5hnpD3fVlxo2tWkVAWiijkLi5HxEbsxtZYXQei1-SYg04_jAORbFfK2-nXVKhnXqrMruGUGbpu2c/s400/Channel+D+DSD.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 110%;">There’s no word if Pure Music app will work with the upcoming 192-DSD DAC from MYTEK USA ($1500)</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937764526011704997.post-86992093716967228972010-11-08T19:57:00.009+01:002012-03-26T22:32:24.916+02:00Korg prepares a revolutionary Digital Audio Workstation, boasts pure DSD capability<span style="font-size: 110%;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 110%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSpcLzXiYmqPJXrP_WBT25Ptz5QDPRUPiAe_cmi6D8fXTq2nGraC0zXNH29aTduYOF2DsnG6S9rhfS4gki1MZIoWrPe1cmQILjMNFuecKovKKByiLTB0Zhk_3bBTL0FkKjsYgNxYlR7ls/s1600/1bit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSpcLzXiYmqPJXrP_WBT25Ptz5QDPRUPiAe_cmi6D8fXTq2nGraC0zXNH29aTduYOF2DsnG6S9rhfS4gki1MZIoWrPe1cmQILjMNFuecKovKKByiLTB0Zhk_3bBTL0FkKjsYgNxYlR7ls/s1600/1bit.jpg" /></a>An interesting bit of news from the 129th AES Convention that took place in San Francisco, USA on November 4-7th. Korg, earlier awarded by the 1bit Audio Consortium for its MR-2000s 5.6MHz DSD recorder, has just demoed its latest product, Clarity. The prototype Digital Audio Workstation from Korg takes the concept of 128 x DSD audio a one step further. By allowing not only DSD recording but also editing and mixing, DSD pure, at 2.8MHz and 5.6MHz sampling rates, Clarity DAW is able to maintain all the natural characteristics of the original analog signal captured during the recording session up to the final DSD master. Read more...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 110%;"><a href="http://www.recordingmag.com/news/display/501.html">http://www.recordingmag.com/news/display/501.html</a></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937764526011704997.post-72093566539114885252010-10-17T17:38:00.019+02:002010-11-24T21:21:39.923+01:00Lyric Nmode presents a new line of 1bit amplifiers at Tokyo Hi-End Show 2010<span style="font-size: 110%;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The company lead by a former SHARP engineer (involved in the development of SHARP's SM-SX100/200/300 1bit integrated amps) unveiled its new line of digital amplifiers at the Hi-end Show in Tokyo last week. Both units, Nmode X-PM2F (¥140000) and X-PM10 (¥330000), take advantage of 1-bit technology and extremely high sampling speed (24,5MHz!) promising to deliver sound of unprecedented resolution and transparency. Now, if that's not a technology capable of extracting every single detail from SACD, I don't know what is.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Her new SACD, Bach Violin Concertos, ships this Monday (October 4th)!</div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937764526011704997.post-31136974182253644922010-09-23T19:41:00.008+02:002010-11-24T22:07:39.801+01:00Customers don't want regular CDs anymore, says owner of Music Direct<span style="font-size: 110%;"><blockquote><i>"You can't collect a download. There's no physical attachment to a download; the sense of ownership is less clear. Vinyl has the large cover, the whole ritual of playing LPs, the warm sound, and they've all contributed to the resurgence and interest in vinyl from younger consumers. Surprisingly, our digital sales [SACDs] are doing just as well as our vinyl sales right now. Music Direct can hardly sell regular CDs at all—the customers just don't want regular CDs anymore."</i><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: small;"> - Jim Davis (owner of Music Direct), Stereophile, October 2010 issue </span></div></blockquote></span><span style="font-size: 110%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><blockquote><i>Mobile Fidelity proudly announces five Stevie Ray Vaughan SACDs in honor of the guitarist’s legacy! Twenty years ago today, the world lost a musical great. Upon hearing about Vaughan’s death in a tragic helicopter crash that immediately followed a triumphant performance with Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, and Robert Cray, our collective hearts still sink, knowing that a legend was taken before his time. Vaughan played each note as if it might be his last, infusing his original mix of Texas roadhouse blues, hot-wired rock, and fluid jazz with a soulful passion that permanently left its mark on everyone who heard his huge tones and lived-in drawl. The instantly recognizable guitarist might be gone in person, but he remains with us in spirit on records that remain as vibrant, visceral, and engaging as the day they were originally released. Mastered from the original master tapes and possessing a sound that takes the listener into the recording studio, Mobile Fidelity's hybrid SACDs are a tribute to one of the most beloved players to ever pick up the guitar and ignite our imaginations. </i></blockquote></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood (Release date: </span><span class="rDate" style="font-size: small;">October 2010</span><span style="font-size: small;">) <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyredNwoDdiOjM_k9ZwP59uZXnN9Jw1bFfiltwbHXW-6477n6Od_hxYVyCge3dHjE8tq_NNPxyBtQaK7pGtqUKiYzcoVhLtsHTq11D8aj8K-MNgWUOQwCaXCyCrFzKEXARDMdS-vKRC-U/s1600/texas-flood.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Stevie Ray Vaughan - Couldn't Stand The Weather (Release date: </span><span class="rDate" style="font-size: small;">TBD</span><span style="font-size: small;">) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheGAcIFeXkUUc_BDoaqApEogSIj1-Z-_fkoRcwNjBkSR942N-HnMOi1UlZs2szONgjQfuqQui1ycJPp8ho5kC52ar4yEZxlXZzqHuu6DsTGaiX7KpKjQApHRNpX1hLtCd2BxX7oe9fyWs/s1600/couldnt-stand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheGAcIFeXkUUc_BDoaqApEogSIj1-Z-_fkoRcwNjBkSR942N-HnMOi1UlZs2szONgjQfuqQui1ycJPp8ho5kC52ar4yEZxlXZzqHuu6DsTGaiX7KpKjQApHRNpX1hLtCd2BxX7oe9fyWs/s320/couldnt-stand.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Step (Release date: TBD) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitSza9qBLZ4YQFbE_mAACXjWnpDfb4r36VypXt0p6S4nGv5YtyAtID9UQ_io3qpvekaMTigvyVekwcuedXfPTspCfNKMGpXeX0ltBIPrgejWt5LiU65fkY9H_BwS4i2QEFBfk_zTC6gEk/s1600/in-step.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitSza9qBLZ4YQFbE_mAACXjWnpDfb4r36VypXt0p6S4nGv5YtyAtID9UQ_io3qpvekaMTigvyVekwcuedXfPTspCfNKMGpXeX0ltBIPrgejWt5LiU65fkY9H_BwS4i2QEFBfk_zTC6gEk/s320/in-step.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Stevie Ray Vaughan - The Sky Is Crying (Release date: TBD)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvj5cthDTCP4yukEtADfscUBD0yVI-F_S7IoUilxw56GP-KamPKJ-h6B5qoOnGxv6wYmXvNjKeNViFwOCmPzMXZ9nP01U9YzayhDVcvp0riaanlwNJN05qeAobEC2f5d9t6VbDHtkZPvw/s1600/sky-crying.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvj5cthDTCP4yukEtADfscUBD0yVI-F_S7IoUilxw56GP-KamPKJ-h6B5qoOnGxv6wYmXvNjKeNViFwOCmPzMXZ9nP01U9YzayhDVcvp0riaanlwNJN05qeAobEC2f5d9t6VbDHtkZPvw/s320/sky-crying.jpg" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937764526011704997.post-5233313182637798972010-08-15T08:42:00.022+02:002010-11-24T21:59:44.193+01:00Mytek Digital USA to unlock DSD files playback capability via stand-alone USB/FireWire DAC -- a game changer?<span style="font-size: 110%;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Despite growing attention at audio shows and hype in specialist magazines, the increasing buzz around the subject of computer audio has not in fact translated to making the idea of hi-rez files playback take off in a real way, with many customers <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCBe7-6rw4M">satisfied with their hi-end Bose</a> iPod docking stations. Although a few small firms have taken a more serious approach (Linn, Naim et al), aiming to convert the mp3 crowd and bury the legacy 16/44 RBCD format by offering 24/96 PCM files support, they couldn't provide the organic sound we got used to listening to native DSD recordings (available on SACDs).<br />
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In comes MYTEK DIGITAL, the US leading manufacturer of digital audio converters, with its new DAC. Aside from basic capabilities of handling hi-rez PCM files (up to 24/192), it will be a first device letting you play native DSD files directly from your hard drive, "with absolute state of the art accuracy and transparency". Mytek has not yet revealed if the device will support both DSD 2.8MHz and 5.6MHz files (although already available <a href="http://www.mytekdigital.com/dsd/index.htm">Mytek A/D converters</a> offer support for both sampling speeds). <br />
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Planned release date: 4Q 2010, price $1500. Now, if only labels like Sony could open their vaults and start selling DSD records through digital distribution...<br />
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Specifications:<ul><li><span style="font-size: small;">New 1/2 rack wide series</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">audiophile quality conversion, 120dB, 192 kHz, DSD</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">USB2.0 and Firewire interfaces</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Standard AES, SPDIF, SDIF, WCK, optical ins/outs</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Audiophile quality headphone amplifier</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Precision analog stepper attenuator</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA outputs</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Built in optional upsampling to 192k w/ jitter reduction</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">ultra stable clock reference source with wordclock out</span></li>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 110%;">With Love is the Thing and The Very Thought of You 45RPM's now shipping, we are less than a month from the release of the (very) special edition SACD versions, containing mono, stereo, and three-track programs (mastered to DSD via the next generation DSD converter - Grimm AD1).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 110%;">In anticipation for the biggest reissue project of the year, visit our launch center for the latest updates, reviews, and more...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 110%;"><span style="font-size: 110%;"><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Update 4</span>: Love Is The Thing SACD now shipping!</b><span style="font-size: 110%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
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"Just recieved my copy of the new SACD. This is one incredible sounding disc... It blows my mind that it took 53 years -- Nat Cole was only alive for 44 years! -- to give this classic album its due. On one Super Audio disc, you have the classic mono version, a stereo mix and a multi-channel mix ... I don't see how the SACD release of this album could ever be equaled, let alone bettered."<br />
- Clark Kauffman, Steve Hoffman Music Forums<br />
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"Oh, Man.<br />
The SACD is wonderful; it is hard to say which (MC/Stereo/Mono) layer I like best. Incredibly beautiful.<br />
I got the Ray Charles "Genius Sings The Blues" SACD a couple of weeks ago. As good as it is -- and it is great, IMO -- the SQ on "Love Is The Thing" leaves it in the dust. Ray's recording sounds old; Nat's sounds new. Nice Work. Just Beautiful."<br />
- jmrife, Steve Hoffman Music Forums<br />
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"I have literally listened to this SACD a dozen times in the last couple of days; it is phenomenal. Thank you to everybody involved."<br />
- therockman, Steve Hoffman Music Forums<br />
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"Just got mine... I'm on the third track. Sound quality is spectacular, with a real you are right next to Nat and the musicians feel. I think it may be even better than Very Thought."<br />
- benjaminhuf, Steve Hoffman Music Forums<br />
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"After listening to the SACD multi channel mixes of "Love Is the Thing", I have to hope that Nat is up in heaven smiling, because I believe that I may have died and gone to heaven and I'm smiling, listening to what seems as if Nat is, "in the room", with me. The stereo and mono mixes are also great sounding. This is exactly what EVERY reissue, from here on out, should strive for, in excellence."<br />
- Chris C, Steve Hoffman Music Forums<br />
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"got the SACD today, holy cow!!!"<br />
- DJ WILBUR, Steve Hoffman Music Forums<br />
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"I Love that the close mic'd mono mix is included on the disc!! A whole different perspective..... Very, very cool..... That cello is awesome."<br />
- wes, Steve Hoffman Music Forums<br />
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"I got my copy of "Love Is The Thing" today (SACD) and it is fantastic. I can't believe how good it sounds, NKC sounds like he is right in the room. Amazing. Somebody at Analogue Productions should send complimentary copies of these Nat King Cole releases to Nancy Sinatra and the Sinatra Estate to demonstrate to them how great Frank could sound if they let Steve and Kevin master his music."<br />
- jpm-boston, Steve Hoffman Music Forums<br />
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</span></span></div><span style="font-size: 110%;"><b><span style="color: red;">Update 3:</span> The Very Thought Of You SACD out now!</b><span style="font-size: 110%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
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"Oh Yeah -- it's here and so good. It doesn't disappoint."<br />
- Dale, Steve Hoffman Music Forums<br />
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"It's the only version I have of this classic, but I am very pleased with the sound of the stereo and mono SACD tracks."<br />
- KeithH, Steve Hoffman Music Forums<br />
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"Just did an A/B comparison of one song with the 1987 Capitol version of the album, which is actually pretty good, with the new SACD.The SACD stereo seems to me more immediate and richer in sound. Clear winner."<br />
- benjaminhuf, Steve Hoffman Music Forums<br />
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"SACD (3-channel Multi) Nat is so in the room, that he scared me at first. Very interesting to hear these songs in 3-channel and if you don't have a set-up for this, you need to get one soon."<br />
- Chris C, Steve Hoffman Music Forums<br />
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"The orchestra, rhythm section, massed strings, and harp, sits in a semi-circle behind the singer, and EVERY nuance and coloration of his velvet voice is captured and presented with a depth, intimacy, nuance, and subtlety I have NEVER experienced while listening to previous issues of this disc. The Gordon Jenkins arrangements, with all their lushness, chromatic complexities, and melodic contrapuntal invention, are reproduced, nay, ETCHED, like a luminous cloud behind the singer. Also, the DSD resolution allows subtle colors of the instrumental sound to emerge that were buried in previous incarnations of these recordings."<br />
- gonzostick, SA-CD.net<br />
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</span><b><span style="color: red;">Update 2:</span> Nat King Cole SACDs pushed back... (see updated schedule below)<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Update 1: </span>Steve Hoffman talks After Midnight mastering</b> <span style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold;"><br />
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<i>Our new AFTER MIDNIGHT is of course mono only but we struck our disks and DSD master from the session tapes, some untouched for 53 years. You will be surprised at the amazing sound quality... </i><a href="http://stevehoffman.tv/forums/showpost.php?p=5488930&postcount=720">read more</a><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 110%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nat "King" Cole - The Very Thought of You [Out Now]</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">Nat "King" Cole - Love Is The Thing [</span><span style="font-size: small;">Out Now</span><span style="font-size: small;">]</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Nat "King" Cole - The Nat King Cole Story [Out Now]</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Nat "King" Cole - After Midnight [Out Now]</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Nat "King" Cole - Where Did Everyone Go? [Out Now</span><span style="font-size: small;">]</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Nat "King" Cole - St. Louis Blues [Out Now]</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Nat "King" Cole - Just One of Those Things [Out Now</span><span style="font-size: small;">]</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 110%;">Nat King Cole: 'The Pianist' (NPR's Jazz Profiles podcast, hosted by Jazz singer Nancy Wilson):</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 110%;"><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18715138">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18715138</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 110%;">Nat King Cole: 'The Singer' (NPR's Jazz Profiles podcast, hosted by Jazz singer Nancy Wilson):</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 110%;"><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18913382">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18913382</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 110%;">Nat King Cole: An Incandescent Voice (NPR's 50 Great Voices podcast):</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 110%;"><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126110985">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126110985</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 110%;">Michael Fremer's Essay on the Nat King Cole Mastering Efforts</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 110%;"><a href="http://store.acousticsounds.com/PDF/NKC_Liner-Fremer.pdf">http://store.acousticsounds.com/PDF/NKC_Liner-Fremer.pdf</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 110%;">Steve Hoffman on the new release of the Nat King Cole SACD/45 RPM LP series (Positive Feedback podcast)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 110%;"><a href="http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue46/hoffman_podcast.htm">http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue46/hoffman_podcast.htm</a></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 110%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtliaXIbI4pAa3Cs8v7ykB072UwYNynR-0CR-QeDjaaTIiMgxDPHOvNTst_rDoEyMdh0_yo6-f3uBHC64RURxi3t0dGqrOQW_Wb6KJa2GXEFih0LGhQMDk4ghZBZZfG7uwUp4vzDQ1puY/s1600/sh.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471892578053131698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtliaXIbI4pAa3Cs8v7ykB072UwYNynR-0CR-QeDjaaTIiMgxDPHOvNTst_rDoEyMdh0_yo6-f3uBHC64RURxi3t0dGqrOQW_Wb6KJa2GXEFih0LGhQMDk4ghZBZZfG7uwUp4vzDQ1puY/s400/sh.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 270px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 360px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 110%;"><span style="font-size: 78%;">Achieving a balance between voice and music on the famous "Love Is The Thing" album. </span></span><span style="font-size: 110%;"><span style="font-size: 78%;">Kevin Gray running the tape machine.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 110%;">More pics from Nat King Cole SACD mastering sessions...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 110%;"><a href="http://www.stevehoffman.info/pic-mastering-2.html">http://www.stevehoffman.info/pic-mastering-2.html</a> <span style="font-size: 110%;"><br />
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</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937764526011704997.post-27615735916121164002010-05-09T11:47:00.019+02:002010-11-24T22:06:34.417+01:00Verve goes SACD - AP reveals its next reissue series, uses Grimm AD1?<span style="font-size: 110%;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Just announced, the selection of the best 25 Verve records, all mastered from the original analog tapes by Kevin Gray at AcousTech, will be available on SACD and 45 RPM Vinyl. Add that number up to the <a href="http://puresuperaudio.blogspot.com/2009/11/jazz-on-sacd-it-doesnt-get-any-better.html">top 50 from Blue Note and 25 from Impulse</a> and you got yourself a not too shabby SACD collection of Jazz classics.<br />
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Mr. Gray said in a recent <a href="http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=51719972&blogId=493231862">interview</a>:<i> I didn't like the sound of a lot of the convertors that people were using, but I've heard a couple of new ones that I really, really like, and that's what were using on the projects that's were doing. One is made by a company called Grimm Audio in Holland. And I think that's changing the whole complexion of the thing. </i><br />
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Planned release date: early 2011.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhevO2-if3XaAH5s2BHWPhyJsi1VOF3uBe-C8VqcD3zbfuxqbtcxuT7PhhLPy3qRtym8xLHGZ8vUc6eA0O_XddMhMUroE8MDdwLzMHE-_HoEo5z_z_Y8L9mMUlzv8p04sWtmE6pRUzOYMQ/s1600/verve.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469208357066495762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhevO2-if3XaAH5s2BHWPhyJsi1VOF3uBe-C8VqcD3zbfuxqbtcxuT7PhhLPy3qRtym8xLHGZ8vUc6eA0O_XddMhMUroE8MDdwLzMHE-_HoEo5z_z_Y8L9mMUlzv8p04sWtmE6pRUzOYMQ/s320/verve.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 200px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;" /></a><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-size: small;">Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Ella Fitzgerald - Like Someone In Love </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Ella Fitzgerald - Ella And Louis Again </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Ella Fitzgerald - Let No Man Write My Epitaph </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Ella Fitzgerald - Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Coleman Hawkins - Coleman Hawkins and Confreres </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Sonny Stitt - Blows The Blues </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Ben Webster Quintet - Soulville </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges - Back to Back </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Coleman Hawkins - Encounters Ben Webster </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges - Side By Side </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Ben Webster - Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Johnny Hodges - Blues A Plenty </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Johnny Hodges - Johnny Hodges With Billy Strayhorn </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Shelly Manne/Bill Evans - Empathy </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto - Getz and Gilberto </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Wynton Kelly Trio - Smokin' At The Half Note </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Ben Webster - The Soul Of Ben Webster </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Illinois Jacquet - Swing's The Thing </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Billie Holiday - Body And Soul </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Billie Holiday - Songs For Distinguished Lovers </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Billie Holiday - All Or Nothing At All </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Oscar Peterson Trio - West Side Story </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Oscar Peterson Trio - We Get Requests </span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 110%;"></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937764526011704997.post-24319227275905433162010-05-08T18:48:00.026+02:002010-11-24T22:03:11.785+01:00Channel Classics celebrates Pergolesi's 300th birthday. New SACD gets Grimm treatment.<span style="font-size: 110%;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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Scheduled for release next week, the SACD will feature one of the most famous piece of Baroque music, Stabat Mater, written shortly before composer's death, and three other works of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. World renowned performers, Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano) and Robin Blaze (countertenor) share their thoughts on the Italian composer's masterwork during the recording session in South London...<br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAO0FsU4ABE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAO0FsU4ABE</a></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937764526011704997.post-30439009178606099142010-05-01T14:03:00.014+02:002010-11-24T22:03:37.743+01:00Universal Japan announces SHM-SACD, first batch of 20 titles to be released in June.<span style="font-size: 110%;"><div style="text-align: justify;">There has been a lot of talk and speculation in the week since the announcement at a press conference held in Tokyo, April 21. What we know so far is that the "hybrid" of two technologies (Super High Material CD & Super Audio CD) will not be a hybrid disc (so it goes without saying SACD capable player will come in handy), only stereo program will be included (no multichannel, sorry), the recent highly publicized Universal Music Group price drop in the U.S. will not extend to UM Japan SHM-SACD pricing (¥4500/$48). The initial set of 20 SHM-SACDs will be out on June 30. Next batches should be expected every two months, according to the press release.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold;">SHM-SACDs - first batch (30 June 2010)</span></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">Steely Dan - Aja</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">The Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">The Who - Who's Next</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground and Nico</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">The Allman Brothers Band - Live At Fillmore East</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Derek & The Dominoes - Layla</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Marvin Gaye - What's Going On</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">The Police - Synchronicity</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto - Getz / Gilberto </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">John Coltrane - John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">John Coltrane - A Love Supreme</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Ella And Louis </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan W/ Clifford Brown</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem - Herbert von Karajan</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Saint-Saens: Symphony No.3 "Organ" / Danse Macabre, etc. - Daniel Barenboim</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Bartok: Concerto For Orchestra / Dance Suite, etc. - Sir Georg Solti</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Liszt: Sonata In B Minor - Claudio Arrau</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">J.S.Bach: Orchestral Suites No.1 & No.2 - Karl Richter </span></li>
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</span></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937764526011704997.post-65331154649386076282010-03-29T20:55:00.023+02:002010-11-24T22:04:00.251+01:00Stereo Sound issues Pure DSD SACDs<span style="font-size: 110%;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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It is only right that native DSD records should be recognized by the audiophile magazines in the mecca of high-end audio. Japanese Stereo Sound has just released two compilations aiming to demonstrate the benefits of pure DSD recording method. Both discs - Classical and Jazz & Vocal, in what seems to be the beginning of a series, are great chance to find out why pure DSD has recently sparked new life into the struggling SACD format.<br />
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Will European and US publishers follow suit remains to be seen but amidst all the politics and payola, the sooner they realize the technology can no longer be ignored, the better for their tarnished credibility and great sound enthusiasts on both continents. Hopefully, growing awareness and numbers of DSD <strike>fanatics</strike> purists will put pressure on record labels as well to update their recording equipment and make a switch to pure DSD ASAP.</div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com