Post by SnaggS May 9, 2012 (41 of 57)
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rammiepie said:
SnaggS........are you sure you're not from the Deep Southern portion of the US?
Stange Fruit, indeed!
Deleted. Apologies for bringing up politics.
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Post by DSD May 9, 2012 (42 of 57)
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As someone who lived in Alabama for a spell, and managed to hear several performances with the excellent Alabama Symphony - and even a recital by Hilary Hahn - all without leaving the state, I'd suggest that the arts and their public funding there are not entirely to be mocked.
Don't believe me? How about Alex Rosss: http://www.therestisnoise.com/2008/05/upward-glissand.html
As for Melba, I am sad that the producers of my go-to recording for Winterreise are in danger. But those are truly some abysmal figures from them.
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Johnno said:
Sadly, I suppose one of the first might be to drop SACD, which he flirted with briefly!!
Of course Naxos SACDs didn't sell, they were double inventory and twice as much. About as boneheaded a move as it gets.
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Post by Johnno May 9, 2012 (45 of 57)
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TerraEpon said:
Of course Naxos SACDs didn't sell, they were double inventory and twice as much. About as boneheaded a move as it gets.
Hyperion adopted the same policy and I suspect Heymann's reason for double inventory was much the same; the concern that the additional cost of producing a hybrid SACD for everyone would put the customer off buying the company's product when he/she had no interest whatsoever in SACD. The person I wrote to at Hyperion about that very matter years ago was adamant the company was not about to change its policy.
Of course we all know that other circumstances dictated that the company discontinue its involvement in SACD. I certainly treasure the Hyperion SACDs I have.
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Naxos selling SACD is like K-Mart selling Hermes. Of course it was going to fail.
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SnaggS said:
Let me give you a taste of what the Greens leaders speech was at their recent party conference.
It starts with;
"Fellow Earthians," and ends with
" “through global democracy we shall save the Earth, let us create a global democracy and parliament under the grand idea of one planet, one person, one vote, one value.”"
What's wrong with "Fellow Earthians"? .... it's cute.
As for one person, one vote ... If you believe in democracy, then that is the natural and inevitable outcome of it: a world govt with one person, one vote.
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Post by DSD May 9, 2012 (48 of 57)
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TerraEpon said:
...they were double inventory...
Most SACDs are at least double-inventory, some rock and jazz recordings have three or four CD versions in addition to an SACD and/or DVD-Audio version. Only companies such as BIS, Channel Classics, PentaTone, and others which are willing either absorb the extra cost or pass it along to all buyers offer single-inventory.
Sadly CD-only versions will continue to exist until CD is dead, so double or more inventory is a fact of life especially with non-classical music.
What I don't understand is why double-inventory SACDs have a CD-layer, since a CD version is also available. If the SACD was single-layer both the SACD and CD could be priced the same, rather than the SACD/CD hybrid costing $3 to $10 more, thus growing SACDs popularity.
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Post by Claude May 10, 2012 (49 of 57)
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DSD said:
What I don't understand is why double-inventory SACDs have a CD-layer, since a CD version is also available. If the SACD was single-layer both the SACD and CD could be priced the same, rather than the SACD/CD hybrid costing $3 to $10 more, thus growing SACDs popularity.
The CD layer as a simple and inexpensive addition, which makes the SACD compatible with CD players and allows to rip the CD layer to put the music on a portable player. In terms of consumer needs, there is no reason not to put a CD layer on a SACD, even when a CD exists.
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It's a bit like a Lamborghini ... if you want it without the CD, you have to pay extra.
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