Blu-Spec CDs

Jax2,
I posted that only because this thread seemed to be going in another direction from the original post.
So far, seems I'm the only one who's posted that actually owns one of these. I'm anxiously awaiting delivery of a Blu-spec version of "Kind of Blue" (no pun intended) 8^). It's somewhere between Tokyo and Minneapolis.

Just received and listened to my first Blu-Spec CD today, Carole King/Tapestry. Sounded excellent!
I'm expecting more this week and if they arrive I'll try to post a report.
One of the Blu-Specs I'm expecting is Santana/Abraxas. I'll be comparing it to the recent Mofi gold release which IMO is superb.

Blu-spec CDs are 44.1/16 CDs recently released by Sony in a limited number of titles. As far as I know they are not hi-res.

Jax2,
Any mention of a price on the Berkeley Audio Design Alpha DAC?
I'll check out the article.

Listened to the Blu-spec "Abraxas" last night. Sounds excellent although I'm not sure I prefer it over the recently released Mofi version. Although I could be happy with either one, if I had to pick one, I'd probably go with the Mofi by a very slight margin.

Still have Dylan "Highway 61 Revisited", Miles Davis "Kind of Blue" and "'Round About Midnight" to check out.

I noticed "Blood On the Tracks" is already sold out and it hasn't even been released yet (1/21/09). Abraxas and Tapestry released 12/24/08 are already OOP. Crazy! They sound good but not THAT good!