All Activity

Yes, I have an original LP from 1972 as well that I bought back in the day, and also a Japanese SHM-SACD.

thanks; Da Bastids had it & I ordered!

sold

I bought a used Marantz SACD player last year. IMHO, SACDs generally sound great to me. But so do regular CDs, vinyl, etc. I don't do side by side comparisons - it is a hassle and there are too many variables to control. And in the end, I really do not need to know. The downside is the SACDs are expensive. I previously had an older Yamaha SACD player that crapped out - and bought the Marantz to play the SACDs I had accumulated over the years. I am 64 and all the above sounds massively better than equipment from 40-50 years ago, so perhaps a low bar. Agree with the Oppo sentiment. You can find them used, but without a company behind them, I would personally not go that route.

The Complete Vee Jay Paul Chambers-Wynton Kelly Sessions 1959-61 This is the 6 CD set in three fatboy jewel cases. The CDs, jewel cases, and liner notes are all Mint-. This set does not include the 12" outer box or book. $90 shipped U.S.

April 20 Ran Blake - 1935

Yank Lawson And His Yankee Clippers Featuring Chico Hamilton – Olé Dixie I never really understood the original cover in this case.

I get what you're saying here... there are not a lot of SACD players these days for under $2K. Denon makes a couple of players at that price point, but the options for SACD playback are very limited. As I said earlier, the worst thing that happened was Oppo Digital exiting this business.

Disc 3 - Ballades & Scherzi

Well, listen and you'll hear (as with the mystery sax on the Stitt). Still an outstanding set!

There are a number of RSD shops that are offering it for sale on their websites now (they can't sell them online until the day after RSD): https://rsdmrkt.com/item/696a4ac0aa6e4202f1ced95d

Listening to the Basie material from the new Big Band V-Disc set. Some very fine music there!

Watched "The Christophers." McKellan does fine work, but I really liked Michaela Coel, whom I had never seen before.

I play mine on a Sony UBP model and that works for my budget. Those are less than $1k as well.

Best "current" film I've seen in a long long time. Agreed on all counts.

Is it worth spending 2000 to get SACD playback? Does SACD have any fans here?

I'm excited to pick up some of these titles on CD Online Day (sic) in a week or so. Starting with the Henderson, Lateef, and Terry Callier.

I'd be willing to bet that the Marantz and NAD models linked up thread work well and produce great sound. Both are under $1000.

Great movie. Jeffrey Wright is one of the best actors around.

I can't explain it, but I'm a total sucker for city skyline album covers, especially when it comes to jazz records. 32 Jazz almost never has good cover art but they punched above their weight class on that one.

The Cecil isn't there yet, nor the rest of their 2026 batch of releases that I can tell, but most Elemental albums eventually show up on bandcamp.

32 Jazz CD reissue Original cover: