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I'm pleased that I own it - no regrets whatsoever - but probably the dullest-sounding SACD I own is "Layla" by Derek and the Dominos. It's not that it's particularly bad, just that it doesn't really stand out.
I've never owned this album on a different format, so I'm unable to make any sort of comparison. Perhaps the SACD version would be the best anyway? I've got it, like the music on it, and listen to it every so often.
I suppose following the above SACD would be my Nick Drake "A Treasury" and Little Richard "Here's Little Richard" albums. I'm struggling to appreciate the Nick Drake album on any level. It's a shame really, as I'm "trying my best" to like it, but never seem to be able to find the right mood for what is quite melancholy music. With the Little Richard album, I make allowances for the vintage of the recordings - but I still think I've never heard the music better on a different format.
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Post by seth April 26, 2012 (34 of 57)
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Windsurfer said:
+1 !
I know I listened to that thing once! Not so sure I ever will again though. There are too many wonderful recordings to spend my time listening to. Some are of the Mahler #5, in fact.
I actually sold it for a profit on the Amazon marketplace -- there are plenty of people out there who want it.
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Post by jazz1 April 27, 2012 (35 of 57)
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I do not have any bad SACD's just a few disapointing ones and one of them is the Channel Classics "Joseph Legend" altough rated 5 * on this board does nothing for me.
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jazz1 said:
I do not have any bad SACD's just a few disapointing ones and one of them is the Channel Classics "Joseph Legend" altough rated 5 * on this board does nothing for me.
jazz, are you sure this is a channel classics release. Several searches on this site failed to turn it up and I've never heard of it.
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Post by wehecht April 27, 2012 (38 of 57)
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seth said:
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 - Temirkanov - I know some people love it, but I think it's a case of the emperor having no clothes because everyone wants to love the minimal mic'ing technique.
How true. All of the St. Petersburg Water Lillies are huge disappointments, and probably would top my short list of the worst, and yes, I did want to like them because of the "purist" approach, which just goes to show that no single technique, or mic, or converter, or whatever, guarantees a good result.
As I've read through the thread I note that posters have singled out a number of discs that I think are perfectly acceptable, and others that I think are actually quite good (the Mozart multi-piano concertos for example). Everyone of us hears something different when we play a given recording. Our playback gear is different and our listening environments are nothing like each other. Some of us listen in stereo, others in mc, some on headphones and others on speakers, and even if we could equalize all of these factors we wouldn't agree on what sounds good. Some of us like a conductor's perspective and others would prefer to hear the piece as if we were seated in the first balcony. The conversation could go on and on and never reach consensus.
I guess what I'm saying is that a thread like this is sort of like an eclair or cream puff: very tasty and alot of fun, but not to be taken seriously because there's no real nutritional value.
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Post by pgmdir April 27, 2012 (39 of 57)
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Windsurfer said:
Richard Strauss: Josephs Legende - Fischer
Josephs Legende
I've got it.... I found the sound to be fine, but I discovered that outside of Death and Transfiguration and Don Juan, I don't need Strauss all that much.
My most irritaing SACD sound-wise is the Nott M2, which seems to be mostly liked around the Forum. Mahler: Symphony No. 2 - Nott. It's like fingernails on a blackboard to me. The performance is fine, but...
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Post by Hitters April 27, 2012 (40 of 57)
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Definitely one of them is Miles Davis' Kind of Blue
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
Where is the bass?
Another one sure is Weather Report Heavy Weather
Weather Report: Heavy Weather
Sounds like an old recording on a cassette!
Unsurprisingly, both are from a batch of SACDs released by Sony in 1997. They should have remastered the original tapes, not leave them just like they found them.
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