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Extreme hardglass CD

Hi, have you seen the advertisement for an extreme hardglass CD? You can be the owner of it for just $1,000. No kidding! I wonder why spending that much money into a "flawed" carrier (the "perfect sound forever" red book silver disc we all know) for perhaps 5% overall improvement in sound, while you can get a 30% improvement by doing the recording or remastering job in the right way (which is certainly not the case in many CD releases)? But I assume there will be people who will buy the disc (there are many rich audiophiles around you know). At least they will hear the famous Herbert von Karajan DGG recording of the Beethoven Ninth Symphony in glorious sound!
Btw, has any of you heard an extreme hardglass CD? If you have, please give us your impressions of the sound.

Chris
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kijanki
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Rja - couple of years ago there was, in yearly edition of Stereophile "Recommended Components", an amp that retailed for $400,000. People who can afford it probably feel, that to keep things in proportion they need $1k CD. It's crazy.
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Swampwalker, I have found one review of the Karajan Beethoven recording on an extreme hardglass CD. The reviewer thought it was worth the money.

Chris
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I wouldn't mind hearing this CD although I would never consider purchasing one. As far as why it exists, I have no idea other than because it CAN exist. Of course, that's not always a good enough reason.

I have this image in my mind of the scene from Frankenstein where the good doctor declares: "It's alive! It's alive!". But of course in my scene he's listening to this CD. "8^)

Maybe it sounds like a $35,000 CDP when played in a $99 CDP. In that case it could be a good deal if you have extremely limited musical tastes.
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rja
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BTW Chris, where was the review of which you speak?
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I see John Coltrane/Ballads is scheduled for release 6/24/09 @ 200,000Y. You do get a bonus standard CD for comparison though. 8^)
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