ben_campbell
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| Sugden Integrated IA-4 versus Ayre AX-7 I'd love the AX-5 but the price is out of my range and I do like the sound of my AX-7-I basically have an Ayre CX-7 that I no longer use and I have seen a Sugden at a decent price so I thought a system overhaul might be in order-I can get the Sugd... | |
| KIND OF BLUE I just received the K2 HD version today-on a quick listen I would say this is the best version I have heard....before that I would have went for the Japanese Mastersound version as being best despite it's age.The K2 version seems to deliver more d... | |
| Steve Wilson`s new one I am really starting to enjoy this record....:-) | |
| SACD remasters- any better than CD version? Well the Aja disc arrived and yes on first listens-no comparisons with other versions...it is very very impressive.It has more dynamics than SACD normally has but it also retains the smooth aspect and the detail is fantastic. Vocals in particular ... | |
| Steve Wilson`s new one I have heard it a few more times and it has a few nice moments/good songs.I still hear some of the same issues and I am a wee bit baffled as to why there are moments in it that just sound like total "lifts" from other songs...FOABP I still think i... | |
| SACD remasters- any better than CD version? The 2L records test bench is quite a nice set of music from the few I've downloaded but if I were being critical they are typically audiophille in source material....don't get me wrong this is not muzak but I would like to hear something more chal... | |
| SACD remasters- any better than CD version? I wish I did....I have just bought the most expensive single CD of my life and it won't be here till Tuesday.It got stopped at customs and I have been walloped with a £22 customs charge on top of a very expensive original purchase.It'll probably a... | |
| Steve Wilson`s new one I got it last week.....a wee bit of a struggle I thought...I find his work a tad too derivative and lacking weight. The slower tracks have a nice ambience not unlike Hackett era Genesis but lyrically a tad ordinary.....the opening track tries too ... | |
| SACD remasters- any better than CD version? My Oppo is set up correctly I only use XLR and stereo. HD-Tracks is not available outside of the USA.A point not picked up on during the debate is my opinion that HDCD discs are probably the best sounding and most consistent format I have heard. | |
| SACD remasters- any better than CD version? I have just spent a fortune on the Aja version mentioned above....will update when it arrives | |
| SACD remasters- any better than CD version? Jafant-one of my big regrets was selling off a number of SACD single layer discs however I do recall at the time several of those were contentious.....I used at that time a Sony DVD player and the Ayre killed it.But as I recall KOB and IASW by Mil... | |
| SACD remasters- any better than CD version? Just for clarity in terms of redbook the Oppo is better than the Ayre CX-7 in my opinion-I still have both-My CX-7 though has not had any of the upgrades it is the plain vanilla version and now near ten years old. I deeply love the Ayre equipment ... | |
| How did "Oh Mercy" end up sounding so great? It's a great recording, great atmosphere but most of you have forgotten the most important thing......the songs.Dylan was in great writing form then after a lean period.Consider three of the songs left off....Dignity, Series Of Dreams and Born In ... | |
| Just listened to The Blue Nile Disc: 21. Seven A.M.2. Christmas3. Let's Go Out Tonight4. Saturday Night5. Headlights On the Parade6. The Wires Are Down - 'b' side to 'The Downtown Lights' singleThe additional tracks on both discs are not particularly essential overall I would a... | |
| Just listened to The Blue Nile Both their debut album and Hats have just been released in remastered CD versions with additional tracks.They sound a lot better than the original CD's.The Paul Buchanan album is from this year-a pretty good record. |