Post by emaidel December 22, 2010 (1 of 11)
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What gives? I bought this disc three years ago! And, it's quite good too.
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Post by DSD December 22, 2010 (2 of 11)
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New SHM-SACD version.
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Post by YvesC December 22, 2010 (3 of 11)
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But this time STEREO ONLY !
Very ridiculous to ask such a premium price, because of the alleged better quality of the SHM-SACD, when the original SACD was multichannel as well (for a regular price!)
BTW, did anyone ever make a blind test comparison between the SHM and regular (SA)CD version of a same recording?
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Post by seth December 22, 2010 (4 of 11)
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YvesC said:
But this time STEREO ONLY !
Very ridiculous to ask such a premium price, because of the alleged better quality of the SHM-SACD, when the original SACD was multichannel as well (for a regular price!)
BTW, did anyone ever make a blind test comparison between the SHM and regular (SA)CD version of a same recording?
But it costs a lot more, so it has to be better.
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YvesC said:
But this time STEREO ONLY !
Very ridiculous to ask such a premium price, because of the alleged better quality of the SHM-SACD, when the original SACD was multichannel as well (for a regular price!)
Surely the removal of the multichannel track can only serve to remove any compromising influence it might have on the stereo track! :-}
Kal
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Post by DSD December 22, 2010 (6 of 11)
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YvesC said:
... did anyone ever make a blind test comparison between the SHM and regular (SA)CD version of a same recording?
If interested you can do that yourself and at the reasonable price of ¥1,500. The SHM-SACD 2 disc sampler has a single-layer SHM-SACD and a traditional hybrid SACD with the exact same selections on each disc. The only difference being the disc construction.
Benefits of SHM-SACD:
1. Single-layer which according to Mark Levinson's tests offer superior sound quality.
2. SHM superior material construction for more accurate laser reading.
3. Green label helps audio quality by lightening the burden on the servo mechanism for the player’s tracking head and to introduce fewer errors for the player’s error correction to handle.
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Post by DSD December 22, 2010 (7 of 11)
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Kal I am sure it is because multichannel is not popular in Japan where these SACDs are made.
However it is not necessary to use DST lossless compression on Stereo only programs. Exton claims that SACDs sound better when DST is not applied, their HQ SACDs do not use it.
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DSD said:
Benefits of SHM-SACD:
1. Single-layer which according to Mark Levinson's tests offer superior sound quality.
2. SHM superior material construction for more accurate laser reading.
3. Green label helps audio quality by lightening the burden on the servo mechanism for the player’s tracking head and to introduce fewer errors for the player’s error correction to handle.
All of these points might/would hold true for an analogue system; SACD is digital and I think that none of these have the slightest basis in science for a digital system. I look forward to being proved wrong! :)
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Post by DSD December 22, 2010 (9 of 11)
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Polly Nomial all three items apply to digital not analog systems. Only digital discs have multiple layers, SHM is only designed for optical discs and green labels are chosen as they are most effective in absorbing stray laser light. No analog format I know of uses a laser beam. No all of these apply ONLY to digital formats.
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No real interest here.
Kal
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