Pat Metheny Fans, Great Suggestions Please ??

First Circle on vinyl.

07-12-08: Rja

My experience with the SHM CDs so far is, if the CD sounds excellent in the first place the SHM is frosting on the cake. If the CD doesn't sound

Rja, thanks for the response although this post might be coming a little late. I've just browsed through the listings on Ebay and nearly bought an over-priced Japanese pressing of "Offramp" from an international seller at close to $60. Luckily I remembered some recommendations here on an online store CDJAPAN and managed to find my favourite "Offramp" album over there. Not only it's cheaper at $25 a piece but it is a limited SHM-CD just recently released early this month, fresh off the shelves! I will be able to compare this SHM-CD quality with the ECM version that I have later and see if the hype on the "superior" version is true.

For Pat Metheny fans that would like to try out the SHM-CD's, I would recommend going to this site as there are many SHM-CD's just recently released, some on pre-order with a release date of later this month.

I recommend 'Speaking of Now' for a contemporary PMG recording. Great combination of composition, playing and sound.

'Letter From Home' has always been one of my favorites from 1989. Amusing that it says "a digital recording" on the front cover. I think the sonics are very good.

*Nice to see this thread rollin along*

I will check out these SHM CDs, I bought Secret Story on a Nonesuch 2CD fold-out liner type case and thought it sounded pretty darn good, but if the SHMs are better yet, oh well.

Thanks for the suggestions from all.

Just an update. I've received the Offramp SHM CD(Made in Japan) and found no difference in sound quality compared to the ECM CD. Either my source is not capable of revealing the finer nuance and detail or I am not listening hard enough. Either way, I doubt there would be significant difference between the two format as the improvement in sound quality is barely noticeable.