KIND OF BLUE

I just received the K2 HD version today-on a quick listen I would say this is the best version I have heard....before that I would have went for the Japanese Mastersound version as being best despite it's age.

The K2 version seems to deliver more detail and instruments that sound more real.

Exocet954 I have to disagree the K2 HD sounds considerably better to my ears than the 50 year remaster but I am going to give it a whirl again just to see......be interested to hear what Warrenh found with his new disc.

I have to say the K2 HD is as I thought noticeably better. There is a volume difference the K2 is slightly louder than the 50th which on first serious analysis throws you when you adjust the volume for listening to the 50th but you can actually hear it in the first few bars when the bass run on So What appears the k2 version defines the notes much better...I hear detail and space around that I have never heard before.

If you really crank the 50th version you can almost hear that detail but when the rest of the ensemble come in it is really loud plus the cymbals sound more brittle and harsh.

The K2 version has a fantastic balance of detail, dynamics and smoothness that is a bit unusual in digital some SACD can do smooth but not dynamics as well.

It is a very well mastered dic but I would be interested to hear other opinions on this.

Phasecorrect have you heard the K2 version? If not that is some statement.

Also the Japanese Mastersound CD version surpasses the Legacy edition in sound as well.

Exocet954-glad you are enjoying the disc.

I have just bought the FLAC version of the Pristine Audio version-will get back with an update.

Initial thoughts are that the FLAC version of the Pristine Audio doesn't add much but there are noticeable level differences the K2 version is much louder.

Indeed my initial thoughts were that PA version was maybe more relaxed sounding.

What is interesting through headphones-Grado SR125 than the PA version has noticeably less background noise than the K2 version-as Phasecorrect points out earlier the recording is quite hot but interestingly enough you don't hear the background noise when the disc is coming through my speakers.

I'd need to hear the PA version more but it seems lacking in presence and presentation in comparison to the K2.

I think we may just have the best digital version of KOB ever.

The new HD tracks version.... this is a new version.

Superb clarity with the edge taken off of the horns, this really is special.

Its 192Khz and 24 bit but if you search the web you'll see how they redid the master tapes........that seems to be the most crucial part.

This version and the Mono version are really on a different level from previous digital incarnations

You need to listen to it then.

This is a new version and it is the best version I have heard on digital.

Have you heard it?