Listening to Now In SACD Stereo (or Mono)

[Clement]

and it's contagious . . .

 

[Clement]

MANN! This is one helluva good spin

She certainly didn't "fuck it up"; I don't need "my money back"!

 

[J. PUPSTER]

Bluesy Burrell - SACD
https://www.discogs.com/Kenny-Burrell-With-Coleman-Hawkins-Bluesy-Burrell/release/13999200
OK, after waiting years for this one to get released, I'm enjoying it, but I've a couple of gripes about it.
This was mastered by Kevin Gray for Analogue Productions.
Some of the songs are much louder overall than others. Also, it sounds like it should be a Coleman Hawkins album rather than Kenny's; because Kenny's guitar and the rest of the band is way too far back in the mix, with Hawkins' sax blasting in comparison. Now I realize that a sax in a real life situation is generally much louder than that early guitar sound (even if amplified), but this is almost jarring in some songs. It does not sound right to me!

Edit*- To be fair, this could be respecting the era and genre from which it came; as I'm sure Mr. GRAY is much more knowledgeable about that sort of thing than I.

 

[4-earredwonder]

George Thorogood & the Destroyers: Move It On Over [Rounder Records/Stereo SACD remastered]

 

[The Rang]

Arnett Cobb - Party Time

Of the 100 or so AP SACDs I have, this has to be the brightest, his saxes have too much bite

 

[bmoura]

Mellow and Latin Jazz from guitarist Jaime Valle in his Stereo SACD Round Midnight on Top Music.

Top Music 1013SACD

 

[The Rang]

Ella Fitzgerald- The Cole Porter Songbook

 

[J. PUPSTER]

Arnett Cobb - Party Time

Of the 100 or so AP SACDs I have, this has to be the brightest, his saxes have too much bite

Do you have "Bluesy Burrell", I'd like another opinion?

 

[Clement]

SMOKIN'!

It's stereo, but somehow, the used Oppo DV-980H I picked up is sending it to my AVR as 5.1--sounds GREAT!

 

[J. PUPSTER]

SMOKIN'!

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It's stereo, but somehow, the used Oppo DV-980H I picked up is sending it to my AVR as 5.1--sounds GREAT!

I'm confused on this one, sure it's not the AVR doing the up-mixing?

 

[Clement]

I'm confused on this one, sure it's not the AVR doing the up-mixing?

I'm confused, too! But that's my M.O. When I play it through my Sony UHP X800, the AVR plays it as 2.0. Maybe there's a setting on the Oppo to play 2.0 discs at 5.1 that the previous owner turned on. Whoa, Norah Jones is singing "Wild Horses" now! Whew!

 

[filper]

Ella Fitzgerald- The Cole Porter Songbook

Great pick ! I love that one.

 

[fredblue]

Sometimes I forget how good a stereo mix can sound

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2-channel Glory!

that disc is fantastic through the Surround Master in Involve mode!!!

edit: was referring to Stevie Wonder's "Songs In The Key Of Life" SHM-SACD!

 

[The Rang]

Do you have "Bluesy Burrell", I'd like another opinion?

No, haven’t got the Burrell yet.
Still trying to catch up on the Impulse SACDs
I like the Cobb despite the slight brightness

 

[4-earredwonder]

A Loverly Jazz outing with master guitarist Joe Beck on Venus Records [Single~Layered Stereo SACD]

 

[Clement]

Time to "Move Over"

Pearl!

 

[Clement]

"Jah Jah Voice Is Calling"

Mastered by Steve Hoffman . . . isn't there a site . . . ?

 

[Clement]

Well, it IS after midnight here in the Central Time Zone

I'll be "Hangin' Around" "When It Comes" . . . unless
IT is F R A N K E N S T E I N !

 

[Clement]

Well, it's morning somewhere!

in Japan, roosters say k o k e k o k k o

 

[4-earredwonder]

An Exceptional Musical Journey [Virgin Records/Hong Kong Stereo SACD/Pressed in Japan]