Tilbake til Aja SHM-SACD. Har ikke lest noe album på SHM-SACD som i den grad har delt folk i to helt ulike grupper. Dette er uhyre interessant, Imo.
Hvorfor hører vi så ulikt?
Sa-cd. net. Skroll deg ned til @fausto.K 4 februar 2015. Her går han i dypdykk og sammenligner Aja spor for spor med Cisco Lp pressing. Og en japan CD fra 2001. Konklusjonen er at vinylen vinner, men ikke med stor margin.
Se spesielt den siste setninga han skriver på spor nr 2; det om 3-D i lydbildet. Dette er helt motsatt av hva du erfarer. Dette er ikke for å trykke deg ned på noen måte, men det er så interessant hvorfor lydfreaker av og til hører så diamentralt motsatt.
Grunnen til at jeg linket til denne, er at han kjenner albumet ut og inn, oppgir hva utstyr han spiller på, samt har flere referanser på analogt og digitalt.
High Resolution Audio
www.sa-cd.net
Det vel avhengig av hva man sammenligner med. Som sagt Cisco er nærmere SACD utgaven men låter bedre ja.
Ellers er det svært mange som er misfornøyd med disse SACDene. Noen utvalg ved googlesøk:
"Dropped $60 USD on the Universal Japan SHM SACD (
see here).
I'm disappointed in the sound and I was wondering if others who own this SACD have the same opinion, or if maybe my expectations are too high.
I find it flat, cold and just not warm and engaging in any way. I guess the detail is OK, but I just find something is missing (mid/low freq) from the overall sound of the disc."
" Anyway, I don't know what it is about this particular Aja SACD. It's really weird. Maybe not all of my SACDs are off the chart good, but they are at least very good. This Aja SACD is the weird exception - I'd almost call it bad. And frankly, it is one the SACDs I really REALLY want to sound great. ""
"2 years ago I tried the SHM SACD, made no impression whatsoever. After it, and other CD versions, I settled on the UK MCLD 19145, which is said to have our host's remastering.Not long after, I got the Cisco vinyl, mastered by Kevin Gray.Sold ALL other versions, only these 2 remain."
" The way I understand it, this SACD used an inferior master, and comparing it to other masterings I have, it sounds noisy and the EQ is different in a negative way, I did the comparison awhile ago, I can't remember specifically what I didn't like, but it definitely paled in comparison to other masterings I have."
" I gave up on the SHM-SACD after AJA and Synchronicity, quite happy with my ABC vinyl press "
"The Aja SHM-SACD is one of the first SHM-SACDs I bought awhile back. To say I was disappointed would be an understatement. I did extensive comparisons of the SHM-SACD to the 1999 remastered CD. I actually preferred the CD and sold the SHM-SACD without hesitation. I also had the MFSL Gold CD and sold that pretty quickly as well."
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Aja - don't get the fuss, my vinyl and
$5 80's CD kills this crappy sounding $60 disc.
Gaucho - bad "
" My $50 "Aja" SHM-SACD is
easily the worst sounding SACD I own. Nothing comes close. It's also the most expensive single disc I own. My most disappointing music purchase in recent memory. "
"I have both the Steve Hoffman mastered CD and the SHM-SACD for Aja, and the Hoffman matering smokes the SHM-SACD. "
"I recently got the SHM SACD and after a listen or two, quickly went back to the UK Nimbus Hoffman version as my go to copy.
It just doesn't have anything special that makes me wanna listen to it with any regularity. As I listened, and listened critically, I found myself trying to pinpoint exactly what was amiss as I have heard this album THOUSANDS of times. To me it was easily the most different (unnatural) and worst version I have heard. It's not just a different presentation issue as I can even appreciate the MFSL on certain days for what it is, but this version is just very unnatural sounding to me. Aja has always had a very relaxing quality to me, this version literally made me restless."
"I also find the rebook CD to sound better than the SHM-SACD. "
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It saddens me that perhaps one of the finest recordings ever was so sloppily mastered to DSD. The disc was ridiculously expensive - I can live with that. This album and original mastering - FANTASTIC! This SACD reissue - RUBBISH! I'm calling my senator. |
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