Are you going to buy the Rolling Stones SACDs?


I've preordered a few already. I suspect that the recordings, despite remastering, will be far less than what SACD is capable of reproducing. But it is exciting to see a large block of music from major artists come out in the new format, and that's why I'm buying. What do you think the major labels (especially Sony, that controls vast numbers of recordings AND manufactures SACD equipment) are waiting for? Seems logical to me that getting more software out would speed sales of the electronics and interest more of the general public in the new format. Releasing SACDs would also immediately protect the record companies from copyright infringement, at least until someone manufactures an SACD burner.
thsalmon

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The stones were never my favorite either. There are several greatest hits disks amongst those released. Since they are hybrids, and I don't own many of their albums or CDs, I decided to try a few. I do wonder how much of this is exploitation, but there is a good deal of music that had really lousy original CD mastering and might be worth trying on SACD.
The dust has settled and both SACD and DVD-A are essentially dead. The Stones SACDs do sound excellent.