KIND OF BLUE

I ordered the K2 HD Kind of Blue as it was once advertised as a HDCD recording from Music Direct. It is not a HDCD recording and I was refunded. I did compare it to the Columbia Legacy Edition for 13.99 from Amazon which is the 50 year remaster with additional live version cd. I could not justify keeping the K2 version at $40.dollars. The Columbia Legacy sounded just as good to me...

Exocet954 I have to disagree the K2 HD sounds considerably better to my ears than the 50 year remaster but I am going to give it a whirl again just to see......be interested to hear what Warrenh found with his new disc.

I have to say the K2 HD is as I thought noticeably better. There is a volume difference the K2 is slightly louder than the 50th which on first serious analysis throws you when you adjust the volume for listening to the 50th but you can actually hear it in the first few bars when the bass run on So What appears the k2 version defines the notes much better...I hear detail and space around that I have never heard before.

If you really crank the 50th version you can almost hear that detail but when the rest of the ensemble come in it is really loud plus the cymbals sound more brittle and harsh.

The K2 version has a fantastic balance of detail, dynamics and smoothness that is a bit unusual in digital some SACD can do smooth but not dynamics as well.

It is a very well mastered dic but I would be interested to hear other opinions on this.

I'm pretty content with the Legacy edition as well...also have an original lp pressing that I burned...both are about as good as it will get...the master tapes were a bit hot...and they are getting old

Phasecorrect have you heard the K2 version? If not that is some statement.

Also the Japanese Mastersound CD version surpasses the Legacy edition in sound as well.