From: Cgray2@kc.pb.rr.com   
      
   On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 22:03:12 GMT, George Of The Jungle   
    wrote:   
      
   > On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 19:34:56 GMT, "Pug Fugley"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Just wondering if anyone new if and when the new AKUS album will be   
   >> released   
   >> on SACD? If it's coming soon, I'll wait. If not, I'll pick up the   
   >> standard   
   >> crappy sounding CD :)   
   >>   
   Enlighten me: What's SACD?   
      
   >   
   > It seems that downloading songs and MP3 players are really going in   
   > the opposite direction: quantity not quality. Demand is not towards   
   > the high end systems... at least not yet.... when good home theater   
   > systems become truely affordable, audio and visual, as well as car   
   > sound systems (where I do most of my listening) will be out of the   
   > reach for too many.   
   >   
   Most people do most of their listening in cars or other relatively noisy   
   environments.  I like my MP3 player, and I choose to fill it with the   
   lower bit-rate songs, as I like having lots of tunes in them.  I listen   
   most often in the truck.  Get a 450HP Cummins roaring along at 1700 RPM, a   
   reefer running at high-speed behind it, tire noise from all ten tractor   
   wheels of a Freightliner Century class (even if it is a comparatively   
   quiet ride), and the difference between a 32K or 12 (or higher) MP3 just   
   disappears.  You can still choose to make your own MP3s at high rates.   
   Kazaa and the other filesharing services I think have done a lot for   
   reducing quality, but some people would rather have bandwidth savings.   
      
   > My hearing is not where it used to be. Yes, SACD has brought me to   
   > hear things I never heard before... If I were a professional musician,   
   > I wouldn't be without it. A GREAT deal can be said for "remixing" and   
   > cleaning up old stereo (and mono) recordings, which can bring them   
   > into newer focus, rather than focusing only on new releases. I've   
   > heard both good and bad results of messing with old recordings.   
   >   
   I was at a bar the other week and they'd played something from one of Led   
   Zep's early (very early) stadium shows, and the sound quality blew me   
   right away.  Their *Studio albums* never sounded that good.   
   >   
   > As far as Alison's new CD... I have listened to it twice... in the   
   > car... and I like it! At least one review that I read was not as kind   
   > to it as I felt it deserved. I have not yet listened to it in my home   
   > system, with much better speakers, etc. Yes, it will sound "better"...   
   > but a LOT has to be said about the "performance" of the artusts as   
   > well as the technical aspects of the recording.   
   >   
   > Anyway, I love my SACD! But not having a recording in that format is   
   > not going to keep me from enjoying my music.   
      
      
      
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