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 Post subject: [2015-12-11] Audio Fidelity 2015 hybrid SACD audiophile remasters
PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 6:06 am 
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The full selection of Audio Fidelity releases for 2015:

     

     

    

    

    

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Rescheduled from the end of 2014, these will instead be Audio Fidelity's first two releases of 2015:

Blood, Sweat And Tears - Blood, Sweat And Tears

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The Guess Who - The Best Of

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 Post subject: [2015-12-11] Audio Fidelity 2015 hybrid SACD audiophile remasters
PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 11:04 am 
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They just announced "The Best of Bread" in SACD/Quad for Feb. I'm in for that!

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 Post subject: [2015-12-11] Audio Fidelity 2015 hybrid SACD audiophile remasters
PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 8:47 pm 
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They also announced Grover Washington, Jr. - Winelight with a 5.1 mix by Elliot Scheiner.


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PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 8:58 pm 
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Love me some Yacht Rock as Bread are one of the Kings of the genre......and in quad surround, wow! :yay:

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 Post subject: [2015-12-11] Audio Fidelity 2015 hybrid SACD audiophile remasters
PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 9:38 pm 
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Can anyone recommend an amplifier/receiver that can actually play these SACDs in Quad/5.1 ?

My system will only play the CD portion.

I have a Sony SACD player & Pioneer DVD-A/BluRay/SACD player through a Harmon Kardon 5.1 amp


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PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 10:26 pm 
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Most of the receivers with a 5.1 d/a built in are not going to sound good. I'd recommend buying an Oppo player & using the 5.1 Analog outs into your Harmon Kardon.

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 Post subject: [2015-12-11] Audio Fidelity 2015 hybrid SACD audiophile remasters
PostPosted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 1:16 am 
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One other comment I forgot about: The entire SACD system is built to prevent sending the digital content through ANY output. IT CAN'T BE DONE. The ONLY exception is a particular model of PS3, which is how the SACD bootlegs are made.

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 1:51 am 
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Ahh this is the bloody problem! Thanks Geff


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PostPosted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 12:28 pm 
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Geff R. wrote:
Most of the receivers with a 5.1 d/a built in are not going to sound good. I'd recommend buying an Oppo player & using the 5.1 Analog outs into your Harmon Kardon.

Check your players output settings. Depending on how old your units are, you should be able to pass either decoded (LPCM) or und-decoded (Bitsteam) data via HDMI, Optical (Toslink) or Firewire (IEEE1394) to your receiver. The oldest SACD players only had 5.1 Analog outputs, in which case you will need to connect the player with 6 RCA (Unbalanced) cables to the Analod inputs on your HK receiver. If you do that, remember to adjust your Bass managment settings on the players menu.


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The two latest announced titles are now up for pre-order at Amazon, both due February 17th:

Bread - The Best Of

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Grover Washington, Jr. - Winelight

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Thanks Linda! Bread pre-ordered!

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Rick A wrote:
Thanks Linda! Bread pre-ordered!


Why, when you can get it at the grocery store?

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Mark MN wrote:
Rick A wrote:
Thanks Linda! Bread pre-ordered!


Why, when you can get it at the grocery store?

:lol:


Well, glad I was able to pre-order. Cause I have no Bread for Bread. :wink:

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 11, 2015 6:45 pm 
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Rick A wrote:
Mark MN wrote:
Rick A wrote:
Thanks Linda! Bread pre-ordered!


Why, when you can get it at the grocery store?

:lol:


Well, glad I was able to pre-order. Cause I have no Bread for Bread. :wink:

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 3:38 pm 
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Bump: Added cover images for the Bread and Grover Washington, Jr. discs a few posts up. Bread is still on for February 17th, but Washington has now been pushed back a week to the 24th.

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 Post subject: [2015-12-11] Audio Fidelity 2015 hybrid SACD audiophile remasters
PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2015 1:21 am 
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Mr Fuse wrote:
Geff R. wrote:
Most of the receivers with a 5.1 d/a built in are not going to sound good. I'd recommend buying an Oppo player & using the 5.1 Analog outs into your Harmon Kardon.

Check your players output settings. Depending on how old your units are, you should be able to pass either decoded (LPCM) or und-decoded (Bitsteam) data via HDMI, Optical (Toslink) or Firewire (IEEE1394) to your receiver. The oldest SACD players only had 5.1 Analog outputs, in which case you will need to connect the player with 6 RCA (Unbalanced) cables to the Analod inputs on your HK receiver. If you do that, remember to adjust your Bass managment settings on the players menu.


I have tried everything on both player &AMP settings, no good.
I'll get an Oppo one day. Thanks


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Linda wrote:
The two latest announced titles are now up for pre-order at Amazon, both due February 17th:

Bread - The Best Of

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http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00S2SYRHO/?tag=imwan-20



Grover Washington, Jr. - Winelight

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http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00S2SYPPS/?tag=imwan-20

The release date for Grover Washington, Jr. has been pushed back again, this time to March 10th. Bread will still be ready on February 17th.

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Would have been nice if they had expanded the Bread a bit also; Warner did a 2 cd set after this one, & there's room for at least another 10 tracks on this set while still keeping it to 1 disc.

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2015 4:19 pm 
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Geff R. wrote:
Would have been nice if they had expanded the Bread a bit also; Warner did a 2 cd set after this one, & there's room for at least another 10 tracks on this set while still keeping it to 1 disc.

This best-of is the only Bread album which was released in quad and could be put out "as is". Additional tracks would require creating new multichannel mixes from scratch. I imagine that AF might want to do a second volume if this one sells well (and it already is, according to Amazon), so we can hope.

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