2011 QQ eBay Shocker Log

[mch007]

Roxy Music - Avalon Like New $119.68

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Roxy-Music-...?pt=UK_CDsDVDs_CDs_CDs_GL&hash=item256943077d

 

[carrolls]

Groove Armada Lovebox $246 (Not Sealed)
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Groove-Armad...?pt=UK_CDsDVDs_CDs_CDs_GL&hash=item256943870e

 

[mch007]

Meat Loaf - Bat out of Hell SACD - Like New $181.57

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Meat-Loaf-B...?pt=UK_CDsDVDs_CDs_CDs_GL&hash=item2569434031

Beck - Sea Change SACD - Like New - $137.36

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Beck-Sea-Ch...?pt=UK_CDsDVDs_CDs_CDs_GL&hash=item256943b6b3

Grankie Goes to Hollywood - Rage Hard - Very Good - $100.58

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Frankie-Goe...?pt=UK_CDsDVDs_CDs_CDs_GL&hash=item256943ae91

 

[carrolls]

Meat Loaf - Bat out of Hell SACD - Like New $181.57

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Meat-Loaf-B...?pt=UK_CDsDVDs_CDs_CDs_GL&hash=item2569434031

This is a strange one. You can still get it on Amazon for less than $100.

 

[mch007]

This is a strange one. You can still get it on Amazon for less than $100.

Magic of listing at $0.99 may be...

 

[Neb-Maat-Re]

Scorpions Moment of Glory SACD is already affordable for everyone.

Are you expecting any flak from that announcement?

 

[carrolls]

I went through all of that last year. The only DTS versions of Moment Of Glory on "those sites" are just m/c rips from the live DVD.
The quality is ok, but even the redbook version of the studio recording of MOG is superior in sound quality to these DVD rips.
If somebody actually knows of a site that has a DTS m/c STUDIO version of the album, you know what to do.
Just so you know, DTS discards 4/5ths of the original data, so the quality is going to be very poor, especially on a high end system. Also the conversion to PCM will degrade the data too. And of course you lose the advantage of DSD as well.

 

[Disclord]

I went through all of that last year. The only DTS versions of Moment Of Glory on "those sites" are just m/c rips from the live DVD.
The quality is ok, but even the redbook version of the studio recording of MOG is superior in sound quality to these DVD rips.
If somebody actually knows of a site that has a DTS m/c STUDIO version of the album, you know what to do.
Just so you know, DTS discards 4/5ths of the original data, so the quality is going to be very poor, especially on a high end system. Also the conversion to PCM will degrade the data too. And of course you lose the advantage of DSD as well.

This is not saying DTS is perfect, but, generally speaking about 75% of the content of an audio recording is redundant and can be eliminated with no loss at all - by that I mean it can be easily replaced by tokens and other lossless methods that reduce the bitrate but lose not one single bit of audio quality, plus, our hearing is nowhere near as accurate as we think it is (kind of like our memory). We can actually only hear probably 10% of all the 'sound' in an orchestral recording due to masking, etc... We can't even localize high frequency sounds, which is why I've never understood people's hatred of Dolby Digital's channel coupling.

What advantage of DSD would a person lose by using DTS - or any other system, not just lossy coder? I ask because I am unaware of any advantage DSD has over 20-bit 48k sampled Linear PCM.

 

[Green]

Sita "Happy" sacd like new 122.50 Euros $164.53 USD

 

[filper]

I've heard a dts rip from the SA-CD. It sounds great.

 

[carrolls]

Groove Armada Love Box £10.00 Sweet:banana:
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Groove-Armad...?pt=UK_CDsDVDs_CDs_CDs_GL&hash=item45ff26796d

 

[OppoFood]

Groove Armada Love Box £10.00 Sweet:banana:
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Groove-Armad...?pt=UK_CDsDVDs_CDs_CDs_GL&hash=item45ff26796d

Ah but have you actually got it in your hand?

 

[carrolls]

Ah but have you actually got it in your hand?

I wrote a little program to notify me by SMS whenever the Estocks "newly listed" SACD page has been updated.

 

[OppoFood]

I wrote a little program to notify me by SMS whenever the Estocks "newly listed" SACD page has been updated.

Damm that was the thought I had but did not know how!

How long from listing to you purchasing?

You do realise you have destroyed me, I had just about weened myself off of repeatidly checking Estocks only for this to happen. I was convinced real people never actually got to grab the disks then you got Muse now Lovebox.:howl

I just hope you DON'T get the "falied QC" email.

 

[carrolls]

Damm that was the thought I had but did not know how!

How long from listing to you purchasing?

You do realise you have destroyed me, I had just about weened myself off of repeatidly checking Estocks only for this to happen. I was convinced real people never actually got to grab the disks then you got Muse now Lovebox.:howl

I just hope you DON'T get the "falied QC" email.

You are still in with a chance, because I might not be near a PC when they update their SACD list.

 

[Green]

KRAFTWERK Minimum Maximum SACD German GSA Version SEALED Super Audio CD DSD 102.00 British pounds. 159.33 US Dollars.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/200684470941?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

 

[The Rang]

My first contribution to the $100+ club.

Matt Bianco - Matt's Mood $110.00 sealed

http://www.ebay.com/itm/180768343240?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

 

[Green]

My first contribution to the $100+ club.

Matt Bianco - Matt's Mood $110.00 sealed

http://www.ebay.com/itm/180768343240?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

That will be one of the mot expensive in the long run. Because the first one is always the hardest. Now it will just get easier. Eventually you will buy discs for 75 dollars and think "Well I didnt spend so much this time."

 

[The Rang]

That will be one of the mot expensive in the long run. Because the first one is always the hardest. Now it will just get easier. Eventually you will buy discs for 75 dollars and think "Well I didnt spend so much this time."

LOL, so true.

I've been thinking, I hope this doesn't open the floodgates now that I've broken the ice. My wallet can't take it.
Luckily this disc was at the top of my wish list so I'm unlikely to pay as much for anything else.

 

[carrolls]

There seems to be some severe fluctuations in the prices gained for Sarah Brightman SACDs recently.

Here is Eden for $577
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sarah-Brigh...180768211939?pt=Music_CDs&hash=item2a16a003e3

Here is Time To Say Goodbye for $224 (A Similar condition copy went for $550 two weeks ago)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sarah-Brigh...55?pt=Music_Other_Formats&hash=item4160382047

And Here is La Luna for $169
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sarah-Brigh...63?pt=Music_Other_Formats&hash=item4160380493