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Are you going to buy the Rolling Stones SACDs?

I've preordered a few already. I suspect that the recordings, despite remastering, will be far less than what SACD is capable of reproducing. But it is exciting to see a large block of music from major artists come out in the new format, and that's why I'm buying. What do you think the major labels (especially Sony, that controls vast numbers of recordings AND manufactures SACD equipment) are waiting for? Seems logical to me that getting more software out would speed sales of the electronics and interest more of the general public in the new format. Releasing SACDs would also immediately protect the record companies from copyright infringement, at least until someone manufactures an SACD burner.
thsalmon
thsalmon OP
348 posts
 
The stones were never my favorite either. There are several greatest hits disks amongst those released. Since they are hybrids, and I don't own many of their albums or CDs, I decided to try a few. I do wonder how much of this is exploitation, but there is a good deal of music that had really lousy original CD mastering and might be worth trying on SACD.
alcides
44 posts
 
Making SACD's is not as trivial as it sounds. There still is a limited amount of pro gear out there that works in DSD, and the bulk of it works with a maximum of 8 channels. DSD digital editors are also a rare breed. Not to mention that there is only one Hybrid manufacturing plant in the world (at this point, a new 2nd plant in Hollywood is scheduled to begin manufacturing in mid to late September). That's a hellova bottleneck.
tbadder
103 posts
 
The Early Stones stuff was recorded so poorly (one lp was actually recorded at the wrong speed!). I'm jumping on the ten earliest (excluding live or hits packages--ugh). SACD beats the hell outta 24/192(I've got both), but 24/192 is still so superior to Redbook. So my strategy is to buy what I haven't got already rematsered on SACD when made available. And since the Stones haven't remastered anything on ABKCO this will be fantastic. By the way, my local record store is selling SACD for 14.99!
gthrush1
241 posts
 
A ticket to just one Stones show costs more than an entire season of tickets to the local symphony! Hell, no, I'm not going to contribute one more thin dime to those geriatric wastoids. Besides, I've already got all the records...
bomarc
501 posts
 
Hybrid SACDs won't protect the record companies (and artists!) from pirating, unless the CD layer is copy-protected.

What will get the public buying is not reissues, but new material. When the next Britney Spears album comes out ONLY on hybrid SACD, then the medium will take off. But I don't expect that to happen for a long while, if ever.
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