Any audiophile's here? hear? MFLS, SACD, DVD-Audio, DTS 5.1, SHM-CD talk

Here are my favorite cd's:

1 - MFSL

2. SACD

3. DVD-Audio

4. DTS 5.1

5. SHM-CD (if they are remasters)

Anyone else into collection recordings in these formats?

Any newer recordings released that you would recommend???? BTW: I love the MFSL of the Pink Floyd, the Beatles stuff.

The Bowie SACD's I also recommend.

Still haven't bought the Prince SHM-CD - hearing mixed reviews and seeing no remasters. I doubt.

I hope some of you are on here. Tip me to some cool cd's.

Loving the new Led Zep SHM-CD remasters also...
I can't wait to get my new place so I can get a larger sound system with a projection screen..etc.

I don't have an SACD player. Is it really that different from DVD-A?

I own the MFLS releases of Joni Mitchell's 'Blue' and a Carpenters album - can't remember which one.

I don't know what MFSL is but have been collecting SACDs and DVD-Audio for some years. It's a pity they've almost disappeared.
At first I was only interested in the 5.1 mixes but the sound improvement was so huge that for a while I couldn't stop buying everything I heard of:
The Doors, The Kinks, Björk, Depeche Mode, Donald Fagen, Seal, Genesis, Elton John, War Of The Worlds, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, the 5.1 Bowie's, even some Alan Parsons and Carpenters
I hadn't bought anything new in a few months so last week I ordered 2 5.1 Flaming Lips albums and expect to receive them tomorrow


Prince's are the only SHM-CD and I'm afraid I can't barely notice the difference with the old CD's though I haven't compared them track by track.

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I can't hear the difference in quality

I don't know anything about high end stereo equipment. I was in a Bose store in Tampa last summer and I listened to their home theater system, and didn't know what was so impressive about it. I mean, it sounded great but I wouldn't be able distinguish between it and something like Sony.


I can definitely tell the difference between after market earbuds and the ones that come with your iPods, but your dealing with lossy compressed files either way. I still don't think I could tell the difference between something on a high fi medium and an mp3 player that's 256+ kps . I think my ears are just damaged from years of clubbing and concerts.

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Since we're discussing this,
Does anybody have the Talking Heads DVD-As? I could never play the DVD-Audio layer. It blocks my system. All 8 discs
The DVD-Video layer works fine so I can still listen to my beloved 5.1 mixes.


Somebody? Anybody?

You owe me $5. I caught the big fish....again

I agree that the Prince SHMs seem to be just packaged nicer. No true audio enhancements have been done. They actually can't without Prince's and WB's say-so.

I have a Mobile Fidelity hybrid SACD of The Pixies "Surfer Rosa" that was remastered, and the sound is amazing. I'm going to pick up the SACD Doolittle and Bossanova as soon as possible. They've all been remastered from the recently re-discovered 2" masters.

PANDURITO said:

Since we're discussing this,
Does anybody have the Talking Heads DVD-As? I could never play the DVD-Audio layer. It blocks my system. All 8 discs
The DVD-Video layer works fine so I can still listen to my beloved 5.1 mixes.


Somebody? Anybody?

Imago said:

I can't hear the difference in quality

I don't know anything about high end stereo equipment. I was in a Bose store in Tampa last summer and I listened to their home theater system, and didn't know what was so impressive about it. I mean, it sounded great but I wouldn't be able distinguish between it and something like Sony.


I can definitely tell the difference between after market earbuds and the ones that come with your iPods, but your dealing with lossy compressed files either way. I still don't think I could tell the difference between something on a high fi medium and an mp3 player that's 256+ kps . I think my ears are just damaged from years of clubbing and concerts.

squirrelgrease said:

You owe me $5. I caught the big fish....again

PANDURITO said:

squirrelgrease said:

The issue you are having is quite common. The problem is a combination of the DualDisc (CD/DVD) configuration and hardware compatibility. Older players are more likely to not work with the hybrids. If you are in the market for an upgrade, bring your 'Heads DualDiscs into the store and make sure they play on whichever DVD-A machine you are interested in.

They're not Dual Discs. I have the CD + DVD version. And as I said I have quite a collection and those are the only ones I have problems with.

I have a few DualDiscs too but never had a problem with them. Only that many players don't like them

squirrelgrease said:

You owe me $5. I caught the big fish....again

squirrelgrease said:

squirrelgrease said:

PANDURITO said:

Since we're discussing this,
Does anybody have the Talking Heads DVD-As? I could never play the DVD-Audio layer. It blocks my system. All 8 discs
The DVD-Video layer works fine so I can still listen to my beloved 5.1 mixes.


Somebody? Anybody?

Wow, it's like a whole different world up in this thread...

that's amazing!

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squirrelgrease said:

purplehippieonthe1 said:

Did anybody buy the Warners R.E.M. 5.1 reissues a few years back?
If so are they worth getting?

I have all of the Björk 5.1 Dualdiscs and love them. When listening to "Headphones" from Post it's absolutely amazing. Highly recommended.

connorhawke said:

You owe me $5. I caught the big fish....again

PANDURITO said:

connorhawke said:

Did anybody buy the Warners R.E.M. 5.1 reissues a few years back?
If so are they worth getting?

Absolutely. They ARE a whole new experience. I heard sounds and instruments I didn't know there were there before
Totally recommended I don't listen to the stereo mix anymore

realm said:

squirrelgrease said:

One of blu-ray DVD has Wolfson digital audio converters.
LOVE it. I play everything I really want 2 here thru it when I'm NOT in the studio.

realm said:

purplehippieonthe1 said:

squirrelgrease said:

Imago said:

I can't hear the difference in quality

I don't know anything about high end stereo equipment. I was in a Bose store in Tampa last summer and I listened to their home theater system, and didn't know what was so impressive about it. I mean, it sounded great but I wouldn't be able distinguish between it and something like Sony.


I can definitely tell the difference between after market earbuds and the ones that come with your iPods, but your dealing with lossy compressed files either way. I still don't think I could tell the difference between something on a high fi medium and an mp3 player that's 256+ kps . I think my ears are just damaged from years of clubbing and concerts.

I've never liked Bose. The full dynamic range never seems to be where it should be. When I compare Bose to JBL and other similarly tiered speakers, I always tend to go with the JBL. Bose has a heck of a marketing blueprint in place, though.

PANDURITO said:

connorhawke said:

Did anybody buy the Warners R.E.M. 5.1 reissues a few years back?
If so are they worth getting?

Absolutely. They ARE a whole new experience. I heard sounds and instruments I didn't know there were there before
Totally recommended I don't listen to the stereo mix anymore

squirrelgrease said: