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Mkuller wrote:


XRCD is awesome, I have a rythm and blues XRCD by the Mighty Sam Mclain.
It's clarity and imaging give me chills. It's like I'm right there in
the studio. The treble is strong and smooth, a rare combination in the
CDs I've come across. But XRCD is also a dead format walking: it's based
on standard CD, like HDCD. Hopefully JVC will take their wonderful
mastering process to make DVD-As and SACDs.

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I am so glad that you mentioned Mighty Same McClain. What is the name of
that XRCD? I want to pick it up. One of my top two or three favorite SACDs
and certainly my favorite vocal of any genre or format is Mighty Sam
McClain's "Soul Survivor" from the Audioquest label. This compilation of
some of Mighty Sam McClain's best, are as quoted from the insert "are pure
analog recordings.

Of course, I am not giving all or even most of the credit to SACD. These
recordings are superb, the musicianship is simply world class, and all
tracks according to the information on the insert "were recorded @30
ips direct to two track tape". But analog recording such as this and
original DSD recordings have really allowed SACD to shine in a way
that I have never heard on CD. Among the 200+ SACDs that I own
transfers of original PCM recordings simply don't work as well,
for whatever reasons.

Robert C. Lang

langvid wrote:
Codifus wrote in message
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Mkuller wrote:



XRCD is awesome, I have a rythm and blues XRCD by the Mighty Sam Mclain.
It's clarity and imaging give me chills. It's like I'm right there in
the studio. The treble is strong and smooth, a rare combination in the
CDs I've come across. But XRCD is also a dead format walking: it's based
on standard CD, like HDCD. Hopefully JVC will take their wonderful
mastering process to make DVD-As and SACDs.

CD





I am so glad that you mentioned Mighty Same McClain. What is the name of
that XRCD? I want to pick it up. One of my top two or three favorite SACDs
and certainly my favorite vocal of any genre or format is Mighty Sam
McClain's "Soul Survivor" from the Audioquest label. This compilation of
some of Mighty Sam McClain's best, are as quoted from the insert "are pure
analog recordings.

Of course, I am not giving all or even most of the credit to SACD. These
recordings are superb, the musicianship is simply world class, and all
tracks according to the information on the insert "were recorded @30
ips direct to two track tape". But analog recording such as this and
original DSD recordings have really allowed SACD to shine in a way
that I have never heard on CD. Among the 200+ SACDs that I own
transfers of original PCM recordings simply don't work as well,
for whatever reasons.

Robert C. Lang

That's interesting that you mention Audioquest. The fine print of this
XRCD says that it is 1993 Audioquest music licensed to JVC for XRCD.
Here's a review of the XRCD I have, Give it Up to Love;

http://www.soundstage.com/music/reviews/rev171.htm

Let us know how XRCD compares to SACD.

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