Date:         Mon, 3 Jul 2006 14:24:50 +0000
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From:         Don Cox <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: Longevity
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On 03/07/06, Tom Fine wrote:

> My own opinion is that some SACD discs sound really wonderful, and
> some multi-channel mixes are worthwhile but overall it's not worth a
> lot of extra expense (particularly since it's a submerging format) and
> there wouldn't even have been a window of opportunity if there were
> better CD mastering and remastering engineers out there. And, since
> the same guys also do SACD, the same percentage of SACD releases are
> really excellent (ie small percentage).

But however good the mastering engineer, he will not be able to get the
same quality on CD as he can get on SACD.
> 
> One man's opinion, etc.




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Don Cox
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