"Eiron" wrote in message
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Keith G wrote:

Same sort of thing in MVC (?) St Ives, Cambs - I asked the two (female)
assistants doing *not a lot* behind the counter if they had any SACDs a
year or two back and got blank looks from both of them. (No wonder SACDs
didn't take off!!)

Anyway I got one to try one (stole it from Shiny Nigel) and, having just
topped my stack off only yesterday with my Pioneer DV-575A which plays
SACDs, I popped it in (the only SACD I'm ever likely to own), found Miles
Davis' 'So What' and ended up making this comparison out of curiosity:

SACD:

http://www.moirac.adsl24.co.uk/showntell/SoWhat01.mp3

Vinyl (no declicking):

http://www.moirac.adsl24.co.uk/showntell/SoWhat02.mp3

Vinyl (declicked with Izotope, believe it or not)

http://www.moirac.adsl24.co.uk/showntell/SoWhat03.mp3

Is that the SACD with this written on the back?
" ... this reissue was remixed on an all-tube three-track machine,
an old Presto much like the one used for the original recordings."



No, it says 'for promotional use only' on the back:

http://www.moirac.adsl24.co.uk/showntell/SACD01.jpg

http://www.moirac.adsl24.co.uk/showntell/SACD02.jpg

I told you - I nicked it off Shiny Nigel who works in the one and only 'hifi
shop' here and they never even missed it!!

@:-))