neil wilkes
2K Club - QQ Super Nova
http://recforums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/t/2831/1325/?SQ=1fce933a8da1d04789d94a82db4bfd94
Any comments on this from our members?
Any comments on this from our members?
The subject of the early Hybrid SACDs made by Crest National developing cracks has been discussed several times earlier and was the subject of several articles on High Fidelity Review.neil wilkes said:http://recforums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/t/2831/1325/?SQ=1fce933a8da1d04789d94a82db4bfd94
Any comments on this from our members?
JonUrban said:OK, let's not start another round of format bashing. SACDs and DVD-As both have some problems, so let's not get crazy. As Brian has stated, this is old news on older pressed discs, and it also has been discussed here:
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/showthread.php?t=449&highlight=crest
Actually, they share the biggest problem as far as I am concerned.....
WHERE ARE THE NEW RELEASES?? (excepting UMG, of course!)
The Quadfather said:I suspect the only thing that doesn't meet the specs on dualdisc besides the thickness and maybe weight, is the fact that royalties were not paid.
The Quadfather
there are two different pressings of DSOTM available. The first ones released in the US were pressed at Crest National in the USA. At the time, it was a new assembly line and they were experimenting with a new type of plastic. Unfortunately, they didn't do it right and the discs tended to develop small cracks on the inside circle or spindle hub. The next batch of discs were pressed at a Japan facility using a more traditional method for making hybrid discs and those seem to be fine. I have both pressings and basically they look identical and the catalog # is identical except the US pressings (which are the bad ones) are denoted by US on the spine. The Japanese pressings don't denote US on the spine and will say something to the effect of "Paper printed in USA... Disc pressed in Japan" in the fine print on the back cover. (FYI - The SACD pressings of 3 Doors Down had the same problems, but I don't believe a second pressing was ever made.)
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