Got one today. Out the door for $105.00. It is very nice and very,very silly. I still feel stupid for buying it. Main reason was to see if they did anything to the Parsons mix. Will hopefully get to listen to it tomorrow. Currently I'm just trying to justify this purchase of an album I have bought no less than 7 times. From MoFi to Shine On, I bought'em all. A set of marbles? A scarf you will never use? Coasters you won't open? Really??
Nice thread and info, glad some of you guys got this already. But can anybody answer the following yet:
1. How does the quad mix quality compare to the bootleg that's out there?
2. In how far does the 448 kbps DD mix sound bad? I mean, apart from it being DD. Is it muddy? Overly compressed? ...
3. Anybody A-B'd the 2003 SACD and 2011 BluRay yet?
In short... Should I really pay 100 dollars to get material I already have? Thanks guys!
So far, the SACD 5.1 is my favorite combining great fidelity with a great mix. I do still prefer the Parsons mix, though. I'll post my Immersion comments when I get it.
Linda
In the High-Fidelity, First-Class Travelling Section...Keep Your Hands Off My Stack!
As a side-note, you own so many different copies of Dark Side, that you really need to buy a Sony PCM adapter and find the MoFi Dark Side PCM VHS or Beta tape version.
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Most people don't know those PCM versions exist. As a MoFi dealer at that point, they DO exist. There was a MoFi PCM of Fagen's Nightfly, too. It predated the US CD release by only a few months. These are GREAT fidelity, but I didn't think all that was worth the expense or bother. Disclord, I think you're crazier than I am, which didn't think possible!
Looney Linda
My system can play them all, except the one I wanted to hear: 4.0 at 640kbps - I think it is the fault of the Denon Link I use.
In the early 90's there was a company called Isosonics that was going to produce a 16-bit/48kHz sampling PCM adapter for VHS or Beta units and that would work reliably in the slowest modes. It was in response to the whole SCMS requirement that was holding DAT recorders back from the market - it was a group of students from MIT that was heading up the project and Philips was helping out and was going to supply their 4x oversampling 16-bit "Royal Crown" DA converter to the group. The signal was to be DAT standard in all respects and even have a 4 channel mode at 32kHz sampling, although not for 'quad' recording but to double the playing/recording time by having an extra pair of stereo channels. Nothing ever came of any of it because Sony soon introduced 'real' DAT recorders at prices that were surprisingly low... I bought my Sony DTC-700 DAT recorder within the first month of its release for only $500 - and could buy the 120 Minute DAT tapes for less than $7 each. MiniDisc didn't reach those prices until a year or so after its release. I just wish pre-recorded DAT tapes had been released - except for the demo tapes (I have one from Sony that pretty much matches the first Sony/CBS CD sampler) or special items such as Steal-Dis-DAT, nothing was ever done with pre-recorded DAT. I've always wondered what the situation was in Japan? Did they get any substantial pre-recorded DAT releases?
OQG, will the 640kbps DVD be "in spec" on my Sony BDP-350 Blu-Ray, along with the Blu-Ray itself?
In '73, I heard US "SQ decoded" DSOTM Q8, w/black lights & KILLER QUAD in a guy's bedroom... can't remember what I was doing in there...
IMHO, I once preferred Q8's, standardized & truly discrete. More titles other Q formats combined! Didn't buy US Q8 of DSOTM. SQ LP is better fidelity. If I knew UK Q8 was discrete, I'd own it, too. Acquired all equivalent SQ's of Q8 titles I own.
Quad was dead in late '70's. Owning esoteric hifi raised my consciousness. I shifted priorities from discrete mixes to dynamic range, s/n ratio, frequency response, imaging and tonal accuracy. 5.1 Advanced Res delivers it all! In a tradeoff world, I prefer SQ to Q8. CD-4 & Q4 beat the rest and proved Quad could have it all!
I PREFER the Parsons mix, but prefer listening to Guthrie mix, because it's 5.1 SACD. I'm ALONE in liking 5.1 SACD ABORTION of Bartok's Concerto by Boulez! I prefer the Quad mix! I own SQ, Q8 & 5.1. I gulp when writing controversial comments. Go ahead and bust my chops.
Most of all, I want two things from Immersion:
1-Parsons mix in ALL it's glory, finally! BLU-RAY!!!!!!!!
2-Unreleased & live stuff.
The rest I already have and/or could live without.
I'LL INSPECT CD's FOR SCRATCHES BEFORE LEAVING THE CHECKOUT! Try doing that online!
EMI eventually got it right, albeit at $100+. Now, about perfecting the packaging...
Linda
Softer Side of the Moon
To the folks who have already landed a copy, what sound format did they use on the blu-ray? PCM? DTS MA? Dolby True HD?
Also, is everything 24/96? Does that include the live concert PCM tracks?
(Side note: Bummer that The Wherehouse ended up having such a killer price, while Amazon just sits at $109.99. I generally hate The Wherehouse, so I'm really hesitant to order from them. My friends and I have even taken to changing the first vowel to something more... entertaining.)
I'm heading to Best Buy tomorrow to get mine. As much as I dislike the big box store, being able to select the "best looking box" without rattles is enough for me to justify paying the $109 over the lesser mail order prices.
...Bummer that The Wherehouse ended up having such a killer price, while Amazon just sits at $109.99. I generally hate The Wherehouse, so I'm really hesitant to order from them....
I'm heading to Best Buy tomorrow to get mine. As much as I dislike the big box store, being able to select the "best looking box" without rattles is enough for me to justify paying the $109 over the lesser mail order prices.
As for those MFSL VHS tapes, I remember seeing them. In fact, I recall a Sansui $1000 box that you could attach to your VCR to play them back. Can't remember the model number and I only recall seeing it in a catalog, but it sure looked bad ass. Of course, I lusted for one, but back then I could barely afford a Hi-Fi VHS machine! Ah, those were the days!
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