Led Zeppelen and Dire Straits Japanese SHM CD's

I bought, at a considerable price in comparison to the regular version, the debut Dire Straits album on SHM-CD. I also own this recording in two other versions on CD. I think the SHM version sounds slightly better but it's impossible to say for sure. Based on that I wouldn't consider it worth the price. Others, of course, will disagree.

Unfortunately, I have to agree with Ron (Rcrerar). I bought all of the old David Bowie SHM-CDs and I don't know that they're noticably better.

I think that the Blu-Spec CDs are clearly better than the normal CDs, but can't say that for the SHM-CDs.

But, they're not really pushing them as that much better. I think that they're saying that the material is better, which makes the reading of the CD more consistent and accurate.

Chuck

matjet
i have all of the led zepp shm's. i don't have the dire straits yet, but i do also have all of the steely dan shm's.
in answer to you question about the lz shm's, yes, they are worth the price. i have a good analog front end as well as a good digital front end. i found that i preferred the shm led zep over the classic vinyl re-issue lp's. i actually sold most of my classic vinyl copies because of that.

Don ( Corby ),

I am glad to hear that since I did take another plunge yesterday and ordered Black Sabbath's "Volume 4" and Uriah Heep's "Demons and Wizards".

Chuck

I have a couple of SACD SHM discs, they sound absolutely outstanding. I believe most, if not all, SHM CD's will eventually be available in SACD SHM, which probably sound better than the CD SHM discs.So, I am hesitant to buy the SHM CD's at this time.