SACD, DVD-Audio and DualDisc recommendations

[buckshot]

i have begun buying sa-cds and love those things. so far i have a few bob dylan albums (highway 61 revisited, on the tracks, bringing it all back home, desire), pink floyd: dark side of the moon, and the who: tommy. i am now buying a few dualdiscs: motorhead, the pogues, and ac/dc.

does anyone have recommendations as to other listening material?

are there any other obscure advanced audio formats the ps3 supports?

[WickyWoo]

Weird Al's new album

DD 5.1 mix on the DVD side, as well as PCM and a full karaoke track for the entire album (with lyrics). Music videos, making-of video

Oh and the music is great too

[buckshot]

wicky,
you'll be able to clarify better than most. ps3 supports dualdisc which has dvd video and audio features. but does it play dvd-a?

[Gremal]

Originally Posted by buckshot

wicky,
you'll be able to clarify better than most. ps3 supports dualdisc which has dvd video and audio features. but does it play dvd-a?

No, it won't play DVD-A. Needs a special chip for that.

I have a couple hundred SACDs and my favorite genre is classic jazz but I'll try to list mainly classic rock titles since your tastes run to that. Also, I'm not sure about the current availability of all these but here are a few favorites in no particular order:

Bob Dylan: The Freewheelin
Gil Evans + Ten
Stevie Ray Vaughan: Couldn't Stand the Weather
John Coltrane: A Love Supreme
Rolling Stones: Beggar's Banquet
Beck: Sea Change
Elton John: Tumbleweed Connection
The Police: Regatta de Blanc
Earth Wind & Fire: All'n All
Jorma Kaukonen: Blue Country Heart
Charles Mingus: Ah Um
Joe Satriani: Engines of Creation
James Taylor: JT
Sopranos: Peppers & Eggs
Grant-Lee Phillips: Mobilize
John Lee Hooker: Boogie Chillen'
Isley Brothers: 3+3
Groove Armada: Goodbye Country Hello Nightclub
Derek and the Dominos: Layla
Deep Purple: Machine Head
CCR: Bayou Country
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis
David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust
The Allman Brothers Band: At Fillmore East

[BStecke]

Nine Inch Nails, The Downward Spiral, available in both SACD and DualDisc DVD-A. SACD comes with a second disc of B-sides.

[Deciazulado]

Originally Posted by buckshot

wicky,
you'll be able to clarify better than most. ps3 supports dualdisc which has dvd video and audio features. but does it play dvd-a?

It will play the Dolby/DTS 5.1s included on every DVD-A on the video TS folder, but not the DVD-A files on the audio folder

[Teazle]

Originally Posted by buckshot

i have begun buying sa-cds and love those things. so far i have a few bob dylan albums (highway 61 revisited, on the tracks, bringing it all back home, desire), pink floyd: dark side of the moon, and the who: tommy. i am now buying a few dualdiscs: motorhead, the pogues, and ac/dc.

does anyone have recommendations as to other listening material?

are there any other obscure advanced audio formats the ps3 supports?

Pop/rock hi-res audio show-off recommendations:

For DVD-A, Grateful Dead American Beauty. One of those precious few with 24/192 stereo and sounds out of this world. Also Stone Temple Pilots Core sounds especially good. Doors box set too.

For SACD, Incubus Crow Left of the Murder Scene; Johnny Cash At Folsom is pretty good.

Then there are the "legit" titles, for which genre the death of SACD has been greatly exaggerated. I'm just starting to collect these; for a comparison I got a von Karajan Beethoven 9th SACD from Deutsche Grammophon which I happened to have on CD. After hearing the Ode to Joy I wish CD a slow but pleasant death for classical & baroque titles.

[buckshot]

Originally Posted by Teazle

Pop/rock hi-res audio show-off recommendations:

For DVD-A, Grateful Dead American Beauty. One of those precious few with 24/192 stereo and sounds out of this world. Also Stone Temple Pilots Core sounds especially good. Doors box set too.

For SACD, Incubus Crow Left of the Murder Scene; Johnny Cash At Folsom is pretty good.

Then there are the "legit" titles, for which genre the death of SACD has been greatly exaggerated. I'm just starting to collect these; for a comparison I got a von Karajan Beethoven 9th SACD from Deutsche Grammophon which I happened to have on CD. After hearing the Ode to Joy I wish CD a slow but pleasant death for classical & baroque titles.

johnny cash is on sacd? the only thing i've been able to find of his was a christmas cd.

where do you all buy these from? so far i've been sticking with amazon since most other places have none or very few.

my wife hates all of you now. now every few days I hear ''don't we already have this movie?'' and now ''don't you already have this on cd? and on record (LP)?''

gremal,
thank you for the recommendations as well. i'm going to look for john lee hooker: boogie chillin. a favorite of mine.

are there any other good blues sacds out there? i'm into john lee hooker, robert johnson, t-model ford,........crap. i'm drawing a blank now. there's a few others. one is on the sapranos soundtrack. song titled ''its bad you know''. damnit.

to those who have dvd-a: so my ps3 can play PART of them I what I understand. is it worth just that part? i've never heard one before or even seen them around so I don't know. but there are a few albums that look interesting.

thanks everyone so far

[Brandon B]

Moody Blues and Genesis are both partway through releasing remastered SACDs of their catalogs as well.

If you have any taste for bluegrass influenced Nickel Creek's first two albums on SACD are my personal favorites.

BB

[PossumPete]

Don't forget the Talking Heads!

Here's my list of DTS CDs, DVD-Audios, DualDiscs and SACDs: (You could say that I'm addicted to sound)

-DTS CDs-
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND AT FILLMORE EAST
BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE NOT FRAGILE
BECK BOGERT APPICE JEFF BECK TIM BOGERT CARMINE APPICE
CARLISLE, BELINDA A WOMAN AND A MAN
CLAPTON, ERIC THERE'S ONE IN EVERY CROWD
COCKER, JOE NIGHT CALLS
GILL, VINCE BREATH OF HEAVEN
HENLEY, DON THE END OF THE INNOCENCE
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WINTERSCAPES
Lukather, Steve Candyman
MCCARTNEY, PAUL & WINGS BAND ON THE RUN
MCCARTNEY, PAUL & WINGS VENUS AND MARS
NEWTON-JOHN, OLIVIA BACK WITH A HEART
ORLEANS LIVE
PARSONS, ALAN ON AIR
POCO CRAZY EYES
POLICE EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE: THE CLASSICS
Porcupine Tree In Absentia
Porcupine Tree Deadwing
RAITT, BONNIE ROAD TESTED
SANTANA ABRAXAS
STEELY DAN GAUCHO
STING …NOTHING LIKE THE SUN
STING TEN SUMMONER'S TALES
WILSON, BRIAN IMAGINATION
YEARWOOD, TRISHA WHERE YOUR ROAD LEADS

-DVD-Audios-
38 SPECIAL A WILD-EYED CHRISTMAS NIGHT
AMERICA HOMECOMING
ANASTASIO, TREY TREY ANASTASIO
APRIL WINE FROM THE FRONT ROW…LIVE!
Band, The Music From the Big Pink
BARENAKED LADIES MAROON
BARENAKED LADIES EVERYTHING TO EVERYONE + CD
Barenaked Ladies Are Me: Deluxe Edition 5.1
BENATAR, PAT FROM THE FRONT ROW…LIVE
BIRD 3
Bowie, David David Live
Bowie, David Stage
CHICAGO II
CHICAGO V
CLAPTON, ERIC REPTILE
CLAPTON, ERIC & KING, B.B. RIDING WITH THE KING
Cochrane, Tom Trapeze - The Collection
COOPER, ALICE BILLION DOLLAR BABIES
CORRS, THE IN BLUE
CROSBY - NASH ANOTHER STONEY EVENING
CROWDED HOUSE CROWDED HOUSE
Damn Yankees Uprising Live!
DEEP PURPLE MACHINE HEAD
DISTURBED BELIEVE
DOOBIE BROTHERS THE CAPTAIN AND ME
DOORS, THE L.A. WOMAN
DVORAK SYMPHONY NO. 9
EAGLES HOTEL CALIFORNIA
EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER BRAIN SALAD SURGERY
EVERCLEAR SO MUCH FOR THE AFTERGLOW
FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS LIVE
FAGEN, DONALD KAMAKIRIAD
FILM BUSTERS
FIRESIGN THEATRE BOOM DOT BUST
Fleetwood Mac Say You Will
FLEETWOOD MAC RUMOURS
Foo Fighters One By One
FOREIGNER FOREIGNER
FOREIGNER 4
GRATEFUL DEAD WORKINGMAN'S DEAD
Hill, Faith Cry
HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH CRACKED REAR VIEW
INSIDE THE MUSIC NEW WAVE
INSIDE THE MUSIC CLASSIC ROCK
INSIDE THE MUSIC WOMEN ON TOP
Island Rhythms Sounds of the Season
JOHNSON, ERIC AH VIA MUSICOM
KIHN, GREG ALL THE RIGHT REASONS - ANTHOLOGY
LED ZEPPLIN HOW THE WEST WAS WON
Little Feat Kickin' It At The Barn
LYNYRD SKYNYRD CHRISTMAS TIME AGAIN
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Extraordinaire
MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER FRESH AIRE 8
MERCHANT, NATALIE TIGERLILY
METALLICA METALLICA
Mitchell, Joni Both Sides Now
MORISSETTE, ALANIS UNDER RUG SWEPT
NASH, GRAHAM SONGS FOR SURVIVORS
NEWMAN, RANDY LITTLE CRIMINALS
Newton-John, Olivia One Woman's Live Journey
OLDFIELD, MIKE TUBULAR BELLS 2003
PARSONS, ALAN I ROBOT
PARSONS, ALAN TURN OF A FRIENDLY CARD
PARSONS, ALAN EYE IN THE SKY
PRESLEY, ELVIS ELV1S - 30 #1 HITS
Queen The Game
QUEENSRYCHE EMPIRE
R.E.M. Document
RAFFERTY, GERRY CAN I HAVE MY MONEY BACK?
Raitt, Bonnie Nick of Tme
RUNDGREN, TODD BOOTLEG SERIES
Rush Snakes & Arrows
SANTANA SUPERNATURAL
SANTANA SHAMAN
SIMON, CARLY NO SECRETS
Simon, Paul You're The One
STAIND 14 SHADES OF GREY
STEELY DAN TWO AGAINST NATURE
STEELY DAN EVERYTHING MUST GO
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS CORE
T. REX ELECTRIC WARRIOR
TCHAIKOVSKY CLASSICS
Toy Matinee Toy Matinee
URIAH HEEP THE BEST
Vivaldi, Antonio The Four Seasons
WAKEMAN, RICK FROM THE FRONT ROW…LIVE!
YES FRAGILE
YES HOUSE OF YES/MAGNIFICATION
YES MAGNIFICATION
YOUNG, NEIL HARVEST
Young, Neil Hawks & Doves
YOUNG, NEIL ROAD ROCK - FRIENDS & RELATIVES
YOUNG, NEIL GREENDALE

-Dual Discs-
3 Doors Down Seventeen Days
38 Special Live At Sturgis
AC/DC BACK IN BLACK
Anastasio, Trey Shine
Apple, Fiona Extraordinary Machine
Aqualung Strange and Beautiful
Big Head Todd & The Monsters Crimes of Passion
Blondie The Curse of Blondie
BLUES TRAVELER TRUTH BE TOLD
Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi Have A Nice Day
Bond Explosive
BOWIE, DAVID REALITY
Bowling for Soup A Hangover You Don’t Deserve
Bruce, Jack Shadows in the Air
Carey, Mariah Merry Christmas
Clapton, Eric Back Home
COOL YULE ALL-STARS BIG BAND CHRISTMAS
Crossfade Crossfade
Cullum, Jamie twentysomething
Day, Howie Stop the World Now
DISHWALLA OPALINE
Dishwalla Live…Greetings From the Flow State
Donnas Gold Medal
Duran Duran Astronaut
Ellis, Lauren Feels Like Family
FAGEN, DONALD THE NIGHTFLY
FIVE FOR FIGHTING BATTLE FOR EVERYTHING
Folds, Ben Songs For Silverman
Foo Fighters In Your Honor
Franz Ferdinand You Could Have It So Much Better
Gillan, Ian Gillan's Inn
Good Charlotte The Young and the Hopeless
Good Charlotte The Chronicles of Life and Death
GRATEFUL DEAD AMERICAN BEAUTY
Gray, David Life in Slow Motion
HAGAR, SAMMY HALLELUJAH
INXS Switch
Keane Hopes and Fears
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CLASSIC CHRISTMAS
London Symphony Orchestra Handel's Messiah
Los Lonely Boys Los Lonely Boys
LYNYRD SKYNYRD THEN AND NOW
Matthews, Dave Stand Up
Mayer, John Room for Squares
Modest Mouse Good News for People Who Love Bad News
Money, Eddie Shakin' With the Money Man
MOORE, GARY BACK TO THE BLUES
Mraz, Jason Mr.A-Z
Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails [With Teeth]
NUMAN, GARY ANTHOLOGY
OASIS DEFINITELY MAYBE
Oasis Don't Believe the Truth
Our Lady Peace Healthy In Paranoid Times
Parsons, Alan A Valid Path
Perry, Joe Joe Perry
PHILLIPS, GLEN ABULUM
QUEENSRYCHE TRIBE
REO Speedwagon Live
Rungren, Todd Liars
Scaggs, Boz Fade Into Light
Simple Plan Still Not Getting Any
Son Volt Okemah and the Melody of Riot
Springsteen, Bruce Devils & Dust
Starr, Ringo Choose Love
STRAY CATS, THE ROCKABILLY RULES
STYX CYCLORAMA
Switchfoot The Beautiful Letdown
Switchfoot Nothing Is Sound
Talking Heads Talking Heads: 77
Talking Heads More Songs About Buildings and Food
Talking Heads Fear of Music
Talking Heads Remain In Light
Talking Heads Speaking In Tongues
Talking Heads Little Creatures
Talking Heads True Stories
Talking Heads Naked
TATE, GEOFF GEOFF TATE
Tesla Standing Room Only
Thomas, Rob …Something To Be
Three Days Grace Three Days Grace
TOWNSHEND/LANE ROUGH MIX
Traffic The Last Great Traffic Jam
TRAIN MY PRIVATE NATION
Van Zant Brother to Brother
VAN ZANT II
Van Zant Get Right With The Man
Velvet Revolver Contraband
Wallflowers Rebel, Sweetheart
WIDESPREAD PANIC BALL
Widespread Panic Don't Tell The Band
WINWOOD, STEVE ABOUT TIME
WISHBONE ASH BARE BONES
Yankovic, "Weird Al" Straight Outta Lynwood (My favorite!)

-SACDs-
3 DOORS DOWN AWAY FROM THE SUN
ADAMS, RYAN ROCK N ROLL
Allman Brothers Band Eat A Peach
BON JOVI THIS LEFT FEELS RIGHT
BOWIE, DAVID ZIGGY STARDUST
Charles, Ray Genius Loves Company
CLAPTON, ERIC 461 OCEAN BOULEVARD
CLAPTON, ERIC SLOWHAND
COSTELLO, ELVIS NORTH
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL CHRONICLE
CROW, SHERYL THE GLOBE SESSIONS
DEEP PURPLE LIVE ON THE BBC
Derek & The Dominos Layla
DIRE STRAITS BROTHERS IN ARMS
Dylan, Bob Another Side of Bob Dylan
Dylan, Bob Bringing It All Back Home
Dylan, Bob Blonde on Blonde
Dylan, Bob Blood on the Tracks
Dylan, Bob Slow Train Coming
Dylan, Bob "Love and Theft"
EVERLAST WHITE TRASH BEAUTIFUL
GABRIEL, PETER UP
GENESIS …AND THEN THERE WERE THREE…
GENESIS DUKE
GENESIS ABACAB
HARRISON, GEORGE LIVE IN JAPAN
HIATT, JOHN BRING THE FAMILY
Hiatt, John Master of Disaster
John, Elton Elton John
JOHN, ELTON TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION
JOHN, ELTON HONKY CHATEAU
JOHN, ELTON MADMAN ACROSS THE WATER
JOHN, ELTON GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - 30TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE ED.
John, Elton Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
John, Elton Peachtree Road
Mayer, John Heavier Things
MCDONALD, MICHAEL MOTOWN
McDonald, Michael Motown Two
MEAT LOAF COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER
MOODY BLUES DAYS OF FUTURE PASSED
MOODY BLUES ON THE THRESHOLD OF A DREAM
MOODY BLUES TO OUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN'S CHILDREN
MOODY BLUES QUESTION OF BALANCE
MOODY BLUES EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR
MOODY BLUES SEVENTH SOJOURN
PINK FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
ROXY MUSIC AVALON
Snow Patrol Final Straw
STING BRAND NEW DAY
STING SACRED LOVE
THORNS THE THORNS
Twain, Shania Up!
WALLFLOWERS RED LETTER DAYS
Wayne, Jeff War of the Worlds
WHO, THE TOMMY
BOWIE, DAVID LET'S DANCE
Dylan, Bob The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Dylan, Bob Highway 61 Revisited
Dylan, Bob John Wesley Harding
Dylan, Bob Nashville Skyline
Dylan, Bob Planet Waves
Dylan, Bob Desire
Dylan, Bob Street-Legal
Dylan, Bob Infidels
Dylan, Bob Oh Mercy
MOODY BLUES IN SEARCH OF THE LOST CHORD
Rolling Stones Hot Rocks 1964-1971
ADAMS, RYAN GOLD
AEROSMITH TOYS IN THE ATTIC
BECK, JEFF BLOW BY BLOW
BIG BROTHER CHEAP THRILLS
BLUE OYSTER CULT AGENTS OF FORTUNE
BON JOVI BOUNCE
BOWIE, DAVID HEATHEN
FIVE FOR FIGHTING AMERICA TOWN
Frampton, Peter Frampton Comes Alive
JOEL, BILLY THE STRANGER
JOEL, BILLY 52ND STREET
KING, CAROLE TAPESTRY
MEAT LOAF BAT OUT OF HELL
OASIS (WHAT'S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY
SATRIANI, JOE STRANGE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC
TOTO IV
AEROSMITH JUST PUSH PLAY
AEROSMITH O, YEAH! ULTIMATE AEROSMITH HITS
BOLTON, MICHAEL GREATEST HITS 1985-1995
FOOTLOOSE 15TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
LOGGINS, KENNY YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW
TRAIN DROPS OF JUPITER

[Teazle]

Originally Posted by buckshot

johnny cash is on sacd? the only thing i've been able to find of his was a christmas cd.

where do you all buy these from? so far i've been sticking with amazon since most other places have none or very few.
...
are there any other good blues sacds out there? i'm into john lee hooker, robert johnson, t-model ford,........crap. i'm drawing a blank now. there's a few others. one is on the sapranos soundtrack. song titled ''its bad you know''. damnit.

to those who have dvd-a: so my ps3 can play PART of them I what I understand. is it worth just that part? i've never heard one before or even seen them around so I don't know. but there are a few albums that look interesting.
...

Also on SACD is the last Johnny Cash album (which I can't find), but that's it for him. Availability (for pop/rock titles) is a big problem. For months I've been scraping in retailers and secondhand music shops to get to 58 discs (combined SACD and DVD-A Adv. Res); haven't tried online yet but that's my next project.

For blues or at least blues-rock on SACD I found Stevie Ray Vaughan Texas Flood and George Thorogood's first album (both awesome records but not really demo material AQ-wise).

AFAIK the PS3 can't play the "Advanced Resolution" tracks found on some DVD-As. These unfortunately are the real goodies which often sound comparable to SACD. (There's a lot of variation here; you have to check the fine print on the disc to see if you're getting 24/48, 24/88.2, 24/96 or 24/192 and for how many channels.) However sometimes a DVD-A has a DTS or Dolby Digital surround track which the PS3 can read. Finally some Dual Discs are 16/48 (instead of 16/44.1) and the PS3 can probably play those (I haven't tried it).

[Teazle]

Originally Posted by PossumPete

Don't forget the Talking Heads!

Here's my list of DTS CDs, DVD-Audios, DualDiscs and SACDs: (You could say that I'm addicted to sound)

What do the caps mean (are those your favs)?

[xtop]

is there anything thats not classical or jazz thats fairly new out on sacd? i know theres some incubus, switchfoot, etc. there's gotta be more tho...

[buckshot]

are there any releases by The Clash on any of these formats?

[Brandon B]

Originally Posted by PossumPete

Don't forget the Talking Heads!

Here's my list of DTS CDs, DVD-Audios, DualDiscs and SACDs: (You could say that I'm addicted to sound)

Dude, you win the internet today. At least in my opinion.

One you ought to add Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells. Instead of a remastered 5.1 mix, it has an old quadraphonic mix, plus a hirez 2ch version CD layer. Its pretty spiffy if you like Mike.

BB

[HDJK]

Since I lean more towards DVD audio I can't list that many SACDs, but must buys for me (if you can't get the DVDA) are:

* Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
* Elton John - Goodbye yellow Brick Road
* Pink Floyd - DSotM (you already got that one)
* Peter Gabriel - Up
* Roxy Music - Avalon
* Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (not the dual disc!)
* Maceo Parker - Schools In

There are more of course, but that's a nice start. The first three are also available as DVDAs (DSotM only as a *cough* torrent *cough*) and are highly recommended on that format. If you're digging 5.1 music I would seriously consider getting a DVDA player. If only for the complete LOTR scores available only on DVDA

[buckshot]

does anyone know of a good (and hopefully inexpensive) dvd-a player? looking through what dvd-a has there's some interesting titles so i would like to start looking into them. what kind of outputs to the players have? i have an onkyo sr605 and both hdmi inputs are in use. but the optical inputs are open. in fact the hdmi inputs and 1 set of rca inputs (for my turntable) are the only ones in use. anybody have a recommendation?

[blurayforever143]

I own these..however, I've listened to more than a few dozen.

Roger Waters The Wall Live
Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon
Shania Twain Up
Ayumi Hamasaki My Story

Of the four, the multi channel Ayumi is definitely the best, even if you HATE Japanese pop/rock music, the Ayumi is one of the best SACD over all..and one of the few pieces of uniquely modern music available on SACD

Get ready to start loving classical music and jazz...if you want to get heavy into SACD.

[blurayforever143]

Originally Posted by PossumPete

Don't forget the Talking Heads!

Here's my list of DTS CDs, DVD-Audios, DualDiscs and SACDs: (You could say that I'm addicted to sound)

Wow, what a list..!

I strongly suggest you pick up ROGER WATERS THE WALL LIVE on SACD as well as the AYUMI HAMASAKI MY STORY on SACD...you're missing out on some great multi channel music..!

[Teazle]

Originally Posted by blurayforever143

Get ready to start loving classical music and jazz...if you want to get heavy into SACD.

Jazz? The only one I've been able to find is Weather Report Heavy Weather and that's fusion.