HDCDs wheres a good place that lists titles?

[Huskerduck]

Its been months that Ive wanted to hear an HDCD but the stores all say " you have to look at the back of the disk to tell"
Well Im just wondering if theres a site somewhere to get an idea of titles before spending a month browsing through all the titles at Best Buy




Mark


Ducks Meager Theater

[SiliGoose]

http://www.hdcd.com/

I must say, however, that HDCD's aren't anything special to my ears. Some have better production qualities than we're used to with typical CD. If I play the HDCD version of a recording and the regular CD version and I cannot tell the difference.

I'm waiting for SACD or DVD-A to catch on.




-Sili

[ThomasW]

I don't think they're any competiton for SACD, but I don't have a player that has the Pacific Microsonics' HDCD chip.

That being said most of the HDCD discs sound better to my ears. Now some are remastered, as this of course makes a difference in itself.

JonMarsh brought some of the JVC discs last time he visited. They were were quite impressive using a 777ES as the playback deck.




theAudioWorx
Klone-Audio

[migliore]

Whether you can actually hear the extra 4-bits of resolution is one thing, but the extra care when recording/mixing/mastering HDCD albums is worth it.

Natelie Merchant's Ophelia or
Lisa Loeb's Firecracker

Are two good examples.

Rob




Reviews and System

[John Holmes]

Well, I don't know as to the why's but, when I play a HDCD I hear a difference from standard cd's. And no matter which device (of the three I own) I use to play them on, I get this result. None of them decode HDCD and only one is a dedicated cd player.

I like the results I hear from an HDCD over most standard cds with few exceptions.




"I came here, to chew bubble gum and kickass. And I'm all out of bubble gum!!!" My DVD's

[Lexman]

I agree with Rob in that the attention to detail an HDCD recording should undergo is a positive, whether the HD format renders extra from a technical perspective.

But, SACD should be another league.

Lex





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[Buzz Goddard]

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[John Holmes]

Buzz,
Nice site. Thanks for the link




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