Definitely the sound staging...

It really REALLY feels like that he is performing RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.

The Bass.

The Sound Separation

The Clarity!!!!!!

I don't know how else to express the sensation one gets when you listen to this disc.

It is staggering

I have a friend who is very "CD is for my Stereo setup and Movie is for my Home Theater setup and never the twain shall mix" kind.

He DESPISES SA-CD and DVD Audio, saying that Sense Surround has NO PLACE in music listening...

On Saturday, I invited him to my place, put in Lionel Richie (Stereo)... When All Night Long started... he went all silent, which means, he is fully concentrated at finding fault with the format... No negative comment came!!

Then he said he has stuff to do and that he can only listen to one more disc, I went for the kill and put in Elton John with the Sense Surround option, waiting for his to criticize the HECK out of the remaster/format... He was stunned silence...

Does this help you??

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Aug 4 2014, 04:19 PM

Er... Please elaborate, what is as good as lie??

One thing for sure that I'm not saying that you're lying. I don't even think you're lying. BR has larger capacity than DVD so there's so much space to install higher definition file. We might be seeing larger than 500MB for a 3 minute song. It's just I remembered a dialouge which goes:

A: Why'd you listen to him?
B: Because it's good what he said.
A: What if he's lying?
B: I know a lie when I heard one.
A: So what if you know he's lying?
B: I'd listen to him too.
A: Why?
B: Because it's a good lie. I'll listen not to anything that's mediocre, I am an audiophile. If it's a lie then it better be a good one.

I dont think its better. it just different experience.
Like a concert, its not 3D surround sound, it just plain stereo.

Wonder if they will release Dire Straits: Alchemy in this format.

This post has been edited by raizil: Aug 4 2014, 04:50 PM

In fact, I told mov_freak once I like SACD better than bluray because most blu ray audio are 2.0. But with 5.1 it is a total different experience to listen to my favorite music, I like the separation of vocal and instrument and that what I am looking for, be it audiophile or not, it is the listening experience.

Haha. I'm sure many people know for a FACT, I have never and will probably not be, an Audiophile.

I just do not have the budget for it.

What I do enjoy, is Classical music, and with my modest setup, it is VERY difficult to squeeze the sound I enjoy from CD.

I actively seek this format out when it was first launch because I have heard what Bluray can do for classical music, namely, I have got most of San Francisco Symphony Keeping Score concerts on bluray and those blew me away.

Having invested pretty penny on Bluray Audio disc now, I have no regrets, with the exception of some purchase (not because of the format, but because of the performances)

All I can say to you is if you don't try, you won't know...

LYN's Kopitiam sections made me think ...

A: Dude I listened to Elton John's bra and it's damn good.
B: ...

You will definitely enjoy

1) Elton John's Yellow Brick Road
2) Queen's Night At The Opera
3) Bob Marley and the Legends

All 5.1 mix

I don't think you will enjoy Beck - Sea Change.

I am a self profess weirdo, even I label this... too weird...

Sony and Warner Bros (who owns the rights to Dire Straits material) had announced that the would start to release Bluray Audio disc this year.

I also have to add, I have not seen any of their releases yet, only Universal is actively doing it now...

I for one would love for Sony to release Michael Jackson stuff on Bluray Audio list.

They should have done it for his Xtreme Album...

I mainly use CD for the car, i believe some still do. Many use mp3 already.
At home, I just use the vinyl or ipod. Vinyl because of vinyl and ipod because of convenience, and I can just put a million songs in it. Use Spotify then i can add another 20 million songs.

To add another bluray player, and to buy more CD in this format. erm.. not quite sure. I still need to change CD and all that. And my favourite album would be, not more than 20 so far. As albums, not songs.

This post has been edited by raizil: Aug 4 2014, 06:23 PM

UPDATE!!!

Original Source:

Sony's High Fidelity Pure Audio release

01. Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue
02. Michael Jackson – Thriller
03. Billie Holiday – Lady In Satin
04. Billy Joel – The Stranger
05. Johnny Cash – At Folsom Prison
06. Janis Joplin – Pearl
07. Carole King – Tapestry
08. Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
09. Herbie Hancock – Headhunters
10. Dave Brubeck – Time Out
11. Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley
12. Lou Reed – Transformer
13. The Clash – London Calling
14. Cyndi Lauper – She’s So Unusual
15. Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble – Texas Flood
16. Sly & The Family Stone – There’s A Riot Goin’ On
17. Pearl Jam – Ten
18. James Taylor – JT
19. Peter Tosh – Legalize It
20. Patti Smith – Horses

Sony, when are these available?

It is SUMMER already!!!!

The first disc is supposed to be Amadeus Wolfgang Mozairt Requim Experience

And not to be left out they are buddling it with SACD copy of the same material, driving the price up!!!

I would purchase the ones bold in a heart beat!!!

I still have a CD player in my car. I upgraded it two years back and the newer player supports MP3 and Wav. So I have ripped my favorite CD onto thumbdrives in wav format and you know what is the best thing, I can drive from KL and Melaka and back to KL and not have to repeat a same song!!! Also, no issue with not receiving the radio signals properly and having to listen to static...

I do have a huge collection on CD

I have recently started to collect Bluray Audio disc. And correct, if you do not have a bluray player, you have to buy a bluray player...

Each song on the bluray disc, if I understand correctly is about 100+MB.... So having said that, I will not be ripping and listening to my bluray Audio stuff in my car anytime soon. Mainly for home use only.

To each their own.

Everyone can enjoy music in whatever format they choose.

I created this thread to let people know there is an option called bluray audio.

Nothing more, nothing less...

Yup, i think its targeted for different generation, Gen Y and Z.
Great for those who have not any CD collection and wanna start one. The Gen X can compare them.

Good awaiting your try

@Mov_freak how much did you buy this? Bought it before seeing this thread for RM105.90 at Rock Corner KLCC, it's a book packaging with a CD and the Blu-ray Audio. My first ever Blu-ray Audio.

Hi Aiman04

The price is about right.

I did not play the CD copy yet, only the Bluray Audio copy

Have you played the CD version?

Why is the No Woman No Cry song much longer in the CD (Seven Minutes) compared to the Bluray Audio disc (# Minutes)?

That's a relief, thought I overpaid. Listening to the CD on my workstation with a pair of V-Moda headphones, nice and sweet. No Woman No Cry on the CD is the live version, hence the longer duration.

No sure how the CD compares to the BD-A yet, will only get to hear when I get home later.

The Bluray Ray Audio version is also live, but I like it. I think they truncated it....

You are in for a treat, when you play the Blurau Audio version tonight.

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Aug 5 2014, 07:26 PM

https://www.facebook.com/HFPureAudio1?fref=ts

High Fidelity Pure Audio FB

Thank you for sharing!