A24 4,306 Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Silver or gold, you need them both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Just like Inge De Bruijn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendal_Ozzel 36 Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 As a "TFN Geek", let me say that the Japanese New Jedi Order art is pretty cool. It will be nice to see this artwork without huge Japanese letters plastered all over it. HOWEVER, I don't consider this an incentive to buying these soundtracks at all. (I'm buying because of the improved sound quality.) I just consider the artwork an added bonus. Most music fans obviously don't give a crap about it, and rightfully so. This seems to just be just one little thing to push diehard SW fans into buying these soundtracks, and to that I say: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted August 22, 2004 Author Share Posted August 22, 2004 Actually, if these shitty incentives actually get more people into Star Wars music, then this will have been worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,053 Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 So does this actually mean the sound will be improved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Actually, if these shitty incentives actually get more people into Star Wars music, then this will have been worth it.True. But there's actually someone out there who's buying these just for the screensavers and other crap, that's just...sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyecks 33 Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Whats different with the "Gold" discs? Anything?The discs are... gold.As opposed to the regular discs, which are of a more silver like color.Totally wiseasses....but that's what I love bout everyone here. Not afraid to give a zing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,615 Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 As a "TFN Geek", let me say that the Japanese New Jedi Order art is pretty cool. It will be nice to see this artwork without huge Japanese letters plastered all over it. HOWEVER, I don't consider this an incentive to buying these soundtracks at all. (I'm buying because of the improved sound quality.) I just consider the artwork an added bonus. Most music fans obviously don't give a crap about it, and rightfully so. This seems to just be just one little thing to push diehard SW fans into buying these soundtracks, and to that I say: How about an incentive for the die hard music fans,like the unreleased AotC tracks.K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendal_Ozzel 36 Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 Actually, if these shitty incentives actually get more people into Star Wars music, then this will have been worth it.True. But there's actually someone out there who's buying these just for the screensavers and other crap, that's just...sad.Yeah, that's what I meant (people who already own soundtracks).How about an incentive for the die hard music fans,like the unreleased AotC tracks. If only. On another note...I wonder if these will have the same linear notes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted August 23, 2004 Author Share Posted August 23, 2004 They probably won't have any liner notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 Most likely just fold-out posters, pictures and stuff.By the way, does RCA Victor still exist? I haven't seen a soundtrack release from them in years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris ChrusherComix 46 Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 WAHOO!!! This is the best news I've seen in a while! If they are truly remastered in ANY way, then they're on my list for sure!!!! The only question is... are they the original albums? or the complete scores? Might they be even more complete than the RCA/Victors? Or less? Time will tell I suppose. UPDATE: OK, I see the track titles clear this up. They are likely taking the same (or similar) edits from the 1997 SE's. That's fine, as long as the remaster them, ESPECIALLY ROTJ, which sounded like total garbage to all but 2 or 3 of those bonus tracks. And for you multi-channel bashers, this is how I listen: I have two receivers hooked up. One, normal stereo with my best and most expensive speakers, with the other (a DD 5.1/Pro-Logic Surround setup) with subwoofer and home theatre speakers. I play the stereo loudest, and have the 5.1 setup for ambience. In fact, I have this setup in both my living room and my bedroom. I prefer it that way myself. And yes, the little Polk Audio PC speakers (that came with my PC) with a powered sub have surprisingly great sound for their size.Hmmm... looking at those track titles...Disc One 1. 20th Century Fox Fanfare 2. Main Title / Rebel Blockade Runner Medley 3. Main Title 4. Rebel Blockade Runner 5. Imperial Attack 6. The Dune Sea Of Tatooine / Jawa Sandcrawler Medley 7. The Dune Sea Of Tatooine 8. Jawa Sandcrawler 9. The Moisture Farm 10. The Hologram / Binary Sunset Medley 11. The Hologram 12. Binary Sunset 13. Landspeeder Search / Attack Of The Sand People Medley 14. Landspeeder Search 15. Attack Of The Sand People 16. Tales Of A Jedi Knight / Learn About The Force Medley 17. Tales Of A Jedi Knight 18. Learn About The Force 19. Burning Homestead 20. Cantina Band 21. Cantina Band #2 22. Binary Sunset [Alternate Medley] 23. Binary Sunset [Alternate] Disc Two 1. Princess Leia's Theme 2. The Millennium Falcon / Imperial Cruiser Pursuit Medley 3. The Millennium Falcon 4. Imperial Cruiser Pursuit 5. Destruction Of Alderaan 6. The Death Star / The Stormtroopers Medley 7. The Death Star 8. The Stormtroopers 9. Wookie Prisoner / Detention Block Ambush Medley 10. Wookie Prisoner 11. Detention Block Ambush 12. Shootout In The Cell Bay/Dianoga Medley 13. Shootout In The Cell Bay 14. Dianoga 15. The Trash Compactor 16. The Tractor Beam / Chasm Crossfire Medley 17. The Tractor Beam 18. Chasm Crossfire 19. Ben Kenobi's Death / Tie Fighter Attack Medley 20. Ben Kenobi's Death 21. Tie Fighter Attack 22. The Battle Of Yavin 23. The Throne Room/End Title Medley 24. The Throne Room 25. End Title Disc One 1. 20th Century Fox Fanfare 2. Main Title / The Ice Planet Hoth Medley 3. Main Title 4. The Ice Planet Hoth 5. The Wampa's Lair / Vision Of Obi-Wan / Snowspeeders 6. Take Flight Medley 7. The Wampa's Lair 8. Vision Of Obi-Wan 9. Snowspeeders Take Flight 10. The Imperial Probe / Aboard The Executor Medley 11. The Imperial Probe 12. Aboard The Executor 13. The Battle Of Hoth Medley 14. Ion Cannon 15. Imperial Walkers 16. Beneath The AT-AT 17. Escape In The Millennium Falcon 18. The Asteroid Field 19. Arrival On Dagobah 20. Luke's Nocturnal Visitor 21. Han Solo And The Princess 22. Jedi Master Revealed / Mynock Cave Medley 23. Jedi Master Revealed 24. Mynock Cave 25. The Training Of A Jedi Knight / The Magic Tree Medley 26. The Training Of A Jedi Knight 27. The Magic Tree Disc Two 1. The Imperial March 2. Yoda's Theme 3. Attacking A Star Destroyer 4. Yoda And The Force 5. Imperial Starfleet Deployed / City In The Clouds Medley 6. Imperial Starfleet Deployed 7. City In The Clouds 8. Lando's Palace 9. Betrayal At Bespin 10. Deal With Dark Lord 11. Carbon Freeze/Darth Vader's Trap / Departure Of Boba Fett Medley 12. Carbon Freeze 13. Darth Vader's Trap 14. Departure Of Boba Fett 15. The Clash Of Lightsabers 16. Rescue From Cloud City / Hyperspace Medley 17. Rescue From Cloud City 18. Hyperspace 19. The Rebel Fleet / End Title Medley 20. The Rebel Fleet 21. End Title Disc One 1. 20th Century Fox Fanfare 2. Main Title / Approaching The Death Star / Tatooine Rendezvous Medley 3. Main Title 4. Approaching The Death Star 5. Tatooine Rendezvous 6. The Droids Are Captured 7. Bounty For A Wookiee 8. Han Solo Returns 9. Luke Confronts Jabba / Den Of The Rancor / Sarlacc Sentence Medley 10. Luke Confronts Jabba 11. Den Of The Rancor 12. Sarlacc Sentence 13. The Pit Of Carkoon / Sail Barge Assault Medley 14. The Pit Of Carkoon 15. Sail Barge Assault 16. The Emperor Arrives/The Death Of Yoda / Obi-Wan's Revelation Medley 17. The Emperor Arrives 18. The Death Of Yoda 19. Obi-Wan's Revelation 20. Alliance Assembly 21. Shuttle Tydirium Approaches Endor 22. Speeder Bike Chase /Land Of The Ewoks Medley 23. Speeder Bike Chase 24. Land Of The Ewoks 25. The Levitation / Threepio's Bedtime Story Medley 26. The Levitation 27. Threepio's Bedtime Story 28. Jabba's Baroque Recital 29. Jedi Rocks 30. Sail Barge Assault [Alternate Version] Disc Two 1. Parade Of The Ewoks 2. Luke And Leia 3. Brother And Sister / Father And Son / The Fleet Enters Hyperspace / Heroic Ewok 4. Brother And Sister 5. Father And Son 6. The Fleet Enters Hyperspace 7. Heroic Ewok 8. Emperor's Throne Room 9. The Battle Of Endor I Medley 10. Into The Trap 11. Forest Ambush 12. Scout Walker Scramble 13. Prime Weapon Fires 14. The Lightsaber / The Ewok Battle 15. The Lightsaber 16. The Ewok Battle 17. The Battle Of Endor II Medley 18. Leia Is Wounded - The Duel Begins 19. Overtaking The Bunker 20. The Dark Side Beckons 21. The Emperor's Death 22. The Battle Of Endor III Medley 23. Superstructure Chase 24. Darth Vader's Death 25. The Main Reactor 26. Leia's News / Light Of The Force Medley 27. Leia's News 28. Light Of The Force 29. Victory Celebration / End Title Medley 30. Victory Celebration 31. End Title 32. Ewok Feast / Part Of The Tribe Medley 33. Ewok Feast 34. Part Of The Tribe 35. The Forest Battle [Concert Suite] Why are the main titles twice on every one? This HAS to be a typo, as previously mentioned. And disappointing that the Jerry hey garbage is still on thee and Lapti Nek isn't. Or the couple of extra unreleased snippets in ROTJ? Or the two versions of the Yub-Nub (yes, I like th SE ending better, but any collection without them is still lacking).Oh well, as long as they correct the sound quality problems on the ROTJ set, I'll be most pleased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,082 Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 Actually, it could be they just copied the track titles from the RCA sets and don't have any info on the tracks for the new releases yet...Marian - :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 Too many questions. Not enough answers. My brain hurts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,306 Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 LOL , and to think that he ended up making nice journey travels around the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendal_Ozzel 36 Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 Yeah, and what's with all the "medley" business every few tracks? This list is definately messed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmBee 0 Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 Yet again...GL--> <--Star Wars Cash CowWill the cruelity ever end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,053 Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 Hmmm, either someone made an error with the tracks or perhaps some of the double cues are the versions that appeared on the original LP releases.Nah, we couldn't get that lucky with Sony and Lucas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diskobolus 3 Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 Is there going to be a limited edition set like last time, or is it all the same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted August 23, 2004 Author Share Posted August 23, 2004 Hmmm, either someone made an error with the tracks or perhaps some of the double cues are the versions that appeared on the original LP releases.I doubt that. There's not enough room on one CD for the SE tracks and the LP tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 According to the Starwars.com article, they go on pre-order at the SW Shop starting tomorrow (8/24). Maybe we'll get some concrete info from there. Or more questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisAfonso 186 Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 Those "medley" tracks and the same contents split up below are just some error on that site. The same happened with Debney's "Passion" tracklist, they corrected it later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelot 508 Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 Why do you guys hate the fact that Williams would rescore certain scenes? I mean it looks like it might not happen, who knows, but are you really cherishing the fact that those areas in ANH will be tracked with older existing material and chopped up? Would you not rather Williams as the composer and the one who SHOULD make the decisions on his music, rescore those areas for Lucas? And don't give me this stupid ass answer of "I prefer it not to be touched" because IT IS GOING TO BE TOUCHED, so given that fact, you still prefer it to be tracked? Weird people! As a composer I would hate that. I would want to rescore it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris ChrusherComix 46 Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 1. I agree. New scenes should be rescored. Look at AOTC and TPM. Those movies should be rescored after Lucas mauled them post-scoring. At least the scenes that were never scored or had music tracked over them... the worst being the entire ending of AOTC. Old scenes however, don't need recoring. If it ain't broke....2. LP tracks: The LP tracks had different names. I doubt they will be those. I'd love to get the original LPs remastered with their soundmixes. They had the best mixes, IMO. Just clean it up for a CD and let's have 'em!3. They possibly did steal the track titles off the SE sets. But why would Sony just steal the work from another company? Does that happen? You see artists change companies all the time, but would they just take the SE's and re-issue them? Or since Lucas owns the edits/mixes, it's his doing? Or are these new remixes that they found while they made the DVD 5.1 soundmixes?4. Having the scores re-issued and constantly IN-PRINT is perfectly fine so that people can constantly have access to them. BUT... 5. ...if they have any ethics at all... ROTJ will NEED to sound better. If it does, I'll be happy. But if it's the same damn horrid mix with tape hiss and no highs, I'll be pissed at the total ripoff-age. The Ploydor CD (reprint of the LP) sounds better than that! An old cassette sounds better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris ChrusherComix 46 Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 LOL , and to think that he ended up making nice journey travels around the world.Huh? Who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 LOL , and to think that he ended up making nice journey travels around the world.Huh? Who?He's referring to my pic of a Gumby from Monty Python up there. It's Michael Palin, who's recently gone on to host a, er..., host of travel shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris ChrusherComix 46 Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 AH! You guys lost me there for a second. :oops: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelot 508 Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 I agree that if it aint broke don't fix it, but to Lucas it is broke, so as both of us are saying, it SHOULD BE UP TO WILLIAMS TO "FIX"...... Not hacked up to bits with things not making sense because of inapropriate themes going in places where they just don't belong, and music not making sense in harmony or rhythm or anything...... I do think that after all is said and done, there should be a scoring session where Williams can review all these battle sequences in the last couple of films, and the new edits that Lucas wants or already hacked up and let him score them as they should be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris ChrusherComix 46 Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 Of course. And, not only chunks of the prequels, but as I remember, even the SE's had micro-edits throughout them (in addition to the newer scenes). Williams should rescore them, but when would he have the time? It would be great if he did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 Hehe, looks like Lucas has joined the Peter Jackson money-hunt.Looking at the track titles I think I'd prefer it. The tracks seem divided more which is only a good thing to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisAfonso 186 Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 no, thy're not. it's just ajumbled up track list where every part of a "medley" track is listed seperately a second time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelot 508 Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 Well, I would assume it will be sometime after the last film is released and all. That's what they said they were going to do in regards to ANH. So I would say, do it all then. Hopefully........ I don't know if they will even do ANH now that they are releasing it early, they might just leave it all as edits..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 There were also edits in the original versions. Why bother rescoring? Leave these films alone already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted August 24, 2004 Author Share Posted August 24, 2004 Well, it's now 2:00 PM Eastern Time, August 24th, and the soundtracks aren't available at StarWarsShop.com. Maybe they'll update tonight... :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Ware 523 Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 http://shop.starwars.com/Product/ProductDe...x?ProductID=444They are now. 8O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,790 Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 No track titles 8O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 Who cares about tracklists when you can have things like exclusive 3D lenticular cover art, all new movie poster fold-outs, CD extra screen savers and an exclusive CD slipcase? Is this really about the music or all the extra crazy crap they can throw into it? Did you really expect some form of competency out of Lucasfilm and Sony for this? Even Sony's own press release says "Lucasfilms" at least once. I wouldn't trust anything either of them has to say.And I really can't see this album offering anything beyond the SE albums. All that's really left are the source cues from Jedi and maybe some alternates and I strongly doubt any of that stuff would be included.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris ChrusherComix 46 Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 Yes, Neil... but we can be hopeful. Granted Sony and Lucasfilm can't be entirely trusted, but we can hope.Also, we all agree that there can be improvements on the sound quality on the RCA/Victor sets, ESPECIALLY Jedi. Many people love the sound on the Star Wars and Empire 2 LPs, and the Return of the Jedi on the 4CD boxed set better. They could remaster them better, eve if they are the same tracks. Of course, this wold involve finding better source material for Jedi. This coldbe possible, since they made new 5.1 sound mixes for the DVD set.Still no track titles on StarWarsShop.com. SonyClassical.com doesn't even mention them yet! The darn fools!!! 8O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 I've been keeping an eye on Amazon and they don't have them listed yet either.If the track listings we have are true then these are the SEs. The only way I'm going to buy these is if they really do have better sound quality. Sony has burned us before with the Ep. I UE, but the sound quality on that release was incredible. Here's hoping. I'm not going to drop a penny for these new releases until we find out one way or the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris ChrusherComix 46 Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 I've been spying Amazon.com too. Yep, nothing yet.Although, I must admit, the Ultimate Edition is only a burn because of the false advertising of "every note John Williams composed for" the movie. That was my problem with it. However, in terms of being a semi-isolated score, and having superb sound quality, it was a sucess.A side-note on the UE... Sony Classical lists it as "The Ultimate Star Wars Recording". I'll give that a Mrs. Crabapple, "HA!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 And I'm pretty certain that the Sony people thought they were giving us exactly what we wanted. They probably didn't know the difference between the score as it was in the film and Williams' original intentions. I heard they didn't even go back to the master tapes to make it. Lucasfilm should've known better though.Talk about exact opposites. The UE is presentation of the music at it's worst, but the sound quality is exceptional. On the other hand, the SEs are the definitive example of how to put a film score onto an album (thank you Michael Mattesino 8O ), but the only real complaint about them is the sound quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris ChrusherComix 46 Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 If only we could get the best of the two worlds to unite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Leader 2 Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 FORGET THE SW SOUNDTRACKS LUCAS! Cant you see its the INDY soundtracks that need re-releasing. I mean Temple of Doom especially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris ChrusherComix 46 Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 The recordings have been newly remastered using Sony Music's DSD (Direct Stream Digital) multichannel surround sound. Look at your Sony Classical "Yo-Yo Ma plays the music of John Williams" CD. That one is also recorded in DSD. Very sweet sound on that one, IMO. Was that CD also released in SACD format? You may have a dual-release if that's the case.Also, some CDs (like Silva's "Close Encounters" compilation, and Gerhardt's Star Wars/Close Encounters" and "Return of the Jedi" re-recording CDs by BMG/RCA Victor) have Stereo and Dolby Surround mixes. I personally like the sound on those CDs myself. That's likely what's going on here. And, there's a good chance of a dual-release, like I mentioned above. The last E.T. release got one, didn't it?BTW, who can afford this players? Aren't they expensive? And the general public doesn't buy somehing like that. Consider most people just rip mp3's to save a buck and flip the bird to the "man" (whoever that is), so they won't care about something that sounds a little better than a CD. To most, they don't care. And, unless it was cheaper, I don't care that much either. Unless I had a player that is. 8OLet's just hope that they found better source material, especially for Jedi's release.BTW, Yes, I'd raher have expanded Indy and AOTC CDs too, but beggars can't be choosers. ;P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,082 Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 Look at your Sony Classical "Yo-Yo Ma plays the music of John Williams" CD. That one is also recorded in DSD. Very sweet sound on that one, IMO. Was that CD also released in SACD format? You may have a dual-release if that's the case.There was indeed an SACD version, as far as I remember.Also, some CDs (like Silva's "Close Encounters" compilation, and Gerhardt's Star Wars/Close Encounters" and "Return of the Jedi" re-recording CDs by BMG/RCA Victor) have Stereo and Dolby Surround mixes. I personally like the sound on those CDs myself.The Gerhardts sound great, but I never play them in Dolby Surround (noticeable loss in clarity), plus the original stereo mixes supposedly sound even better. Anyway, to release a DSD-treated CD in Dolby Surround today would just be a really bad joke.BTW, who can afford this players? Aren't they expensive?I think they're not THAT expensive anymore (though not cheap either, of course). The question is, how much do you have to play to beat the sound of a really good and expensive CD player.But I have no money anyway.Marian - patiently waiting for more info on these releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,306 Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 Look at your Sony Classical "Yo-Yo Ma plays the music of John Williams" CD. That one is also recorded in DSD. Very sweet sound on that one, IMO. Was that CD also released in SACD format? You may have a dual-release if that's the case.There was indeed an SACD version, as far as I remember. I have them both, CD and SACD.----------------Alex Cremers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris ChrusherComix 46 Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 Good, then you can tell us! Is the SACD THAT much better than a CD on a good player? And how much USD do they cost nowadays? Not tha i have enough money for them, but just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,306 Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 Good, then you can tell us! Is the SACD THAT much better than a CD on a good player? And how much USD do they cost nowadays? Not tha i have enough money for them, but just curious.Well, the SACD of 'Yo-Yo Ma plays the music of John Williams' doesn't sound exceptionally good. So, IMO, there's not much difference beween these two. It all depends on what was used for the original recording but, believe me, true DSD recordings are extremely rare for the moment. The booklet does not say, but it could very well be that this is a "mere" 24bit/96 kHz PCM recording which is then converted to DSD. ----------------Alex Cremers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,082 Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 The booklet does not say, but it could very well be that this is a "mere" 24bit/96 kHz PCM recording which is then converted to DSD.There's a DSD logo on the CD. So unless they converted a PCM recording to DSD and then back to PCM, I guess it was indeed a PCM recording.Marian - who thinks that (as far as he remembers) the CD sounds very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodwindmaster06 0 Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 No word yet on an Ultimate Edition Episode II or III, they said that Sony Classical would release another Original Soundtrack of Episode III and that would complete the star wars saga. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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