Thanks all. I agree that many of the smaller lable stuff (Opus, Chesky, etc.) are quite good. Please fell free to add to the lsit as you hear new releases.
I am however very disappointed in what Sony has done with some of their re-releases of the classic rock I grew up with. For exapmple, I expected better sound from Boston and other releases which I bought. And I remember the Moblie Fidelity cassettes of Carole King sounded better than the SACD -- too bad MF is gone! In retrospect, I quess there's only so much you can squeeze out of those 70's recordings -- it just seems odd that Sony would go this route after investing so much in the making of such damm good hardware.
I am however very disappointed in what Sony has done with some of their re-releases of the classic rock I grew up with. For exapmple, I expected better sound from Boston and other releases which I bought. And I remember the Moblie Fidelity cassettes of Carole King sounded better than the SACD -- too bad MF is gone! In retrospect, I quess there's only so much you can squeeze out of those 70's recordings -- it just seems odd that Sony would go this route after investing so much in the making of such damm good hardware.