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SHM Universal Japan SACDs

I have noticed the emerging catalogue of remastered SACD recordings from Universal of Japan on the Esoteric Discs web site. These discuss are quite expensive and I was wondering if any Forum member could advise me on how these discs compare with some of the other remastered recordings available from Esoteric, JVC XRCD, Analogue Productions, Mobile Fidelity etc. I mainly prefer classical and jazz recordings. Any recommendations or advice is gratefully received.
hbsmith
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jfrech
1,816 posts
 
I bought one to try. Bill evans alone. Wow.
fripp1
54 posts
 
I was going to check them out but the bank would not give me another mortgage. All kidding aside, I did buy a couple dozen of the red book SHMs and there's no doubt they are better than the standard red book issues (of the same title and mastering, obviously). I'd love to hear the SHM-SACDs, if I could only play SACD these days...
lenny_zwik
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I've purchased Beggar's Banquet, Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Aja, Relaxin, Smokin, and several others and I echo Jfrech's response WOW! Yes they're expensive, probably more than they need to be, but you can't argue with the sound quality.

Hi Jfrech.
achilles
135 posts
 
I just ordered Yellow Brick Road and Who's Next. Will let everyone know if they're worthwhile.
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