I have read enthusiastic critics on Esoteric SACD re-masters of Decca and other great classic performances. How do you rank these re-mastering in terms of sound quality? Unfortunately these SACDs go for very high prices nowadays.
I am particularly interested in the Kuijken's Mozart Flute Quartets (Accent) that I have owned since long.
You should put it in the safe - it is very scarce now, and there is a guy in Japan asking around 2000 euros for his copy and another in eBay asking GBP 800!
Five years ago SACDs were almost being given away in sales - nowadays they are collectible and reach very high prices. At some time I have owned the full collection of the famous Mark Levinson recordings SACDs (the originals, not the Red Rose later ones) - unfortunately I offered them to the guy who got my Krell SACD3 player. Probably they would be worth now a lot more than what I could get for the player.
You should put it in the safe - it is very scarce now, and there is a guy in Japan asking around 2000 euros for his copy and another in eBay asking GBP 800!
Five years ago SACDs were almost being given away in sales - nowadays they are collectible and reach very high prices. At some time I have owned the full collection of the famous Mark Levinson recordings SACDs - unfortunately I offered them to the guy who got my Krell SACD3 player. Probably they would be worth now a lot more than what I could get for the player.
You should put it in the safe - it is very scarce now, and there is a guy in Japan asking around 2000 euros for his copy and another in eBay asking GBP 800!
Five years ago SACDs were almost being given away in sales - nowadays they are collectible and reach very high prices. At some time I have owned the full collection of the famous Mark Levinson recordings SACDs (the originals, not the Red Rose later ones) - unfortunately I offered them to the guy who got my Krell SACD3 player. Probably they would be worth now a lot more than what I could get for the player.
Thanks microstrip
I remember thinking it was expensive when I bought it but what a good buy it has turned out to be and it sounds fabulous every time I play it.
I have read enthusiastic critics on Esoteric SACD re-masters of Decca and other great classic performances. How do you rank these re-mastering in terms of sound quality? Unfortunately these SACDs go for very high prices nowadays.
I am particularly interested in the Kuijken's Mozart Flute Quartets (Accent) that I have owned since long.
I have 'helpers' to get it done for me, so I have not tried to set up my own ripping. and I've purchased a number of 1xdsd files. with the SGM and MSB Select II I think the files are every bit the equal of the discs. but at their best the discs are very fine sounding.
Agreed on both counts,....legendary performances chosen specifically by Esoteric for their recording quality to begin with taken to their ultimate playback level. The price on the new/used market when they are OOP however is crazy so get them while you can in cases where something is still available.