Bob Squires Jr
1K Club - QQ Shooting Star
I'm still buying them, depending on which ones...
I've got 3 titles at present. Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life. ( impressed with the " detail " ) Hotter Than July & Queen - The Works. I'm impressed with all 3. ( the difficulty is, constantly thinking what they'd sound like in multichannel ! )
ALL the Stevie Wonder SHM-SACD's sound awesome and are an improvement over vinyl and cd version IMHO. However, as one said above, the possibilities for multichannel work on these albums would be exquisite. They are fine versions though. Aja I absolutely hated. I think the 180gr vinyl sounds so much better. They seem to be a sort of hit or miss affair. I couldn't stand the sound of the Velvet Underground, Aja, or Paranoid. However, the Stevie Wonder stuff is a revelation. The Stones have had some nice reissues with Exile and Tattoo You, though the latter is not much of an improvement over the CD for whatever reason.
Thanks for the reminder. I just ordered The Works from wherehouse.com with their $10 off deal. Cheap.I've got 3 titles at present. Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life. ( impressed with the " detail " ) Hotter Than July & Queen - The Works. I'm impressed with all 3. ( the difficulty is, constantly thinking what they'd sound like in multichannel ! )
Were you able to A/B the Stevie Wonders to CD's or LP's? I own Innervisions, which was an improvement over the Mofi Gold CD.
Aja, Who's Next, Blind Faith and Cream's Wheels of Fire were all disappointing and worse that the CD's I own. Admittedly, I'm comparing Who's Next to an English LP and German CD, which sound light years better than any other pressing. The other SHM-SACD's I own are improvements over the CD's.
Caveat Emptor!
Stevie Wonder in particular is well suited for SACD treatment I would think. Great bass and synth hooks, piano, and stellar vocals all are things SACD seems to get right.
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