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is it me or sacd.

or is it my marantz sa-14. got dylan's "bringing it all back home" on sacd for christmas. asked for it specially due to rave reviews. couldn't believe the sound or more precisely the lack of - no bass, no foundation it seems to me. on vinyl bought 30 years ago/played on everything from a dual 1009 tt with idler wheel w/dual cartridge (old fart, i know) to present vpi mk2 /sme 5/van den hul ddt (not state of the art i know) - amongst the vinyl rush, rumble, wow & cartridge chatter bob has a throat, lungs, a body, not just adenoids - and the sssibilance is gone. harmonica sings, not screams, spits & sizzles. guitars are not just wires vibrating in emptiness but strings stretched taut over resonant wood boxes. sound emanates from a room, not a void. had same reaction to rolling stones reissues on sacd. ditto for sam cooke at the copa ("most realisric recording of a human voice ever" sez hp in the absolute(?) sound). might be me. my system. or sacd. or is it just the laphroig? (rant's end)
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tfkaudio
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I have "Nashville Skyline" by Bob on SACD and I'm blown away by it. (But, hey, I thought "Bringing It" sounded great, too.)
I really like the sound of "Planet Waves", too.
Happy Listening.
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panorama
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I have all Dylan's available SACD's and I think most sound very good indeed. I like what I am hearing. Much better than the RB's.
tonyp54
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One thing interesting about this thread is that no one mentions the equipment they are using to compare the various formats. From what I have heard of sacds (I have not yet heard dvd-a), they require a very good player to really shine. I've heard cds on top notch players sound better than sacds on players in the $1000 range. I wonder if that accounts for some of the varied opinions.
rwwear
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This is a great place for SACD and DVDA reviews.
http://www.highfidelityreview.com/index.asp
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cpdunn99
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I've not dropped the $$ yet for a SACD player, but have bought some of the hybrid Dylan reissues. They are a mixed bag, with respect to the remastered CD layer, so it doesn't surprise me that the same is true for SACD layer.

So far, the best Dylan reissues, in my opinion, are "Blood on the Tracks" and "Oh Mercy." BIABH is OK, and I agree completely with Nrchy about it being a bit of a mixed bag. L-0 is great, and it's no wonder that this is one of the tracks that Sony featured in their Dylan reissue sampler.

I bought "Slow Train" and "Freewheelin '" last night, but haven't listened to them yet.
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