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Last year around this time there was a crazy Concord sale on SACDs (~$6 a pop). Besides Reference Recordings current 20% off sale, anyone know of any others?

I'm sure this isn't news to the majority of you since the announcement has been up a while. But Trent Reznor is remixing/remastering Pretty Hate Machine and it is due out in November. One bonus track that is a cover of a Queen song. And new artwork. "I’m happy to finally announce the re-issue of the first Nine Inch Nails record “Pretty Hate Machine,” releasing worldwide 11/22. UMe and Bicycle Music Group managed to locate the original mixes, so I went in the studio with Tom Baker and remastered it for a greatly improved sonic experience. In addition, Rob reinterpreted Gary Talpas’ original cover to make for a fresh new package. It’s been an interesting trip watchin…

Just idly wondering if there's a sub-based high-res service.

I just wanted to pass this along for my friend who's hosting a fundraiser for the Equal Justice Society on December 7th, 6-9PM at Yoshi's San Francisco. Tickets are discounted for a limited time at $70 from originally $200! They are also tax-deductible! Description is: The Equal Justice Society celebrates its 10th anniversary on Dec. 7, 2010, with a gala fundraiser at Yoshi's San Francisco, featuring a performance by Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra of new songs from "Soul of a Movement: Meditations on Martin Luther King, Jr." The concert also features Faye Carol and Kenny Washington. Tickets and more information can be found at: Equal Justice Society Thanks fo…

The disquiet over Last.fm's founders making for the door added to the mess at eMusic makes this a crappy couple of weeks for online music services. (Although HDTracks advertising the Plant/Krause album in 24/96 would count as a piece piece of good news.) Anyway, for those who haven't heard, eMusic signed a deal with Sony for all or most of the more-than-three-year-old content in Sony's library. That pissed off their die hard "indie" customers. At the same time they announced a price hike that amounts to just a hair under or over 100% for their oldest and most loyal customers. If that wasn't enough, their communications were a PR train wreck, and if anybody had misse…

Looks like there's some more meta-info in addition to replay gain tags, when dealing with the loudness wars DR Database More links Justice For Audio JusticeForAudio.org • Index page DYNAMIC RANGE | pleasurize music! Our Aim | DYNAMIC RANGE | pleasurize music!

The greatest radio station in the US has its annual CDs/LP/DVD sale coming up. For those in NY area, sounds like fun. WFMU Record + CD Fair

A harmonica in Carnegie Hall.

I saw this tonight. GM audio engineer lists Top 10 songs to test your car's stereo Yahoo! Buzz So, what would be your top 10 songs to test a car audio system?

Not sure if this has discussed elsewhere, but Jack White's on sale tomorrow. iUsers: Jack White's triple-decker LP | The Audiophiliac - CNET News

Kelly Bell Band Jeff Hamilton Trio The Ahn Trio Sierra Leone Refugee All-Stars They are finally starting to get some decent bookings for our new Fine Arts Center. So just wondering peoples experiences, good or bad.

Does anyone have the 70-75 Genesis vinyl box set? I have the cd/DVD box and never really liked the sound. Has anyone heard the vinyl editions and are they more representative of the originals?

So, this http://www.head-case.org/forums/music/5079-what-you-listening-part-two-472.html#post357782 made me listen to Afro Cuban All Stars, and I like it very much. I've never listened to such a kind of music before, no Jazz, no Fidel Castro, no Yada Yada, nothing. Please recommend me some more

I was wondering if anyone here had any experiences with RVG Blue Note remasters? I've been looking to re-acquire some Bud Powell recordings and RVG remasters popped up doing the search. I vaguely remember someone commenting on it here in the past, but "RVG" was too short for the forum software to search.

I guess like most of us, I go through periods of enjoying what I have, periods of really investigating one or two artists or genres, periods of not even listening much at all, and periods where I'm in exploratory mode. I'm moving into that last mode now, and am looking for things I probably wouldn't find on my own. I thought it might be fun (at least for me) if my friends would recommend one or two choices that you think I should have. I'm pretty open to most anything, want to broaden my tastes, definitely could use some classical suggestions, but have an extremely low tolerance for bouncy-happy-pop or what I like to call wimp rock (e.g., coldplay and all those horribl…

I'm starting to get into bluegrass/country/pop-country (or what I think is bluegrass/country) a bit more and since this is an area of music that I am not completely familiar with, I was hoping you guys can help me out with some recommendations. So far I like: Nickel Creek (and the various solo groups that came out of it) Punch Brothers Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Neko Case Gillian Welch Old Crow Medicine Show Lucinda Williams Ryan Adams Sarah Jarosz Thanks!

Stereophile: An Important Sale Those descriptions confuse me greatly.

I have been listening to some Flim & the BB's albums lately, not my usual preferred type of music, but I did enjoy it a lot. Music is very nice and production is very 80's, but recording quality itself was so fricking cool. Dynamic range on my original CD from the 80's is very impressive, it can go from very soft to explosive in a split second and shows what a good setup can do. I have a few other CDs like that, like some Russian choir recording, but not a lot. Any suggestion for good music with wild very dynamic recording? Binaural and extremely dynamic would be even better

I've been trying to find a way to list my iTunes library. For my reference out in the world, and for sharing w/ folks. Dusty tunes didnt work; nor did several other export options. I had previously been using Tree Copy on the PC, but its kind of annoying since you cant really scroll w/out navigating into each directory. Turns out you can do it straight in iTunes, and you can also even grab the album art. This is a godsend. Pasting iTunes data - How to export song lists from iTunes - CNET Reviews (small version; text only) http://dl.dropbox.com/u/694170/iTunes%20Library%206-27-2010.pdf (epic large version w/ album art) http://dl.dropbox.com/u/694170/iT…

Live Tonight: The New Pornographers In Concert Hear The Band Perform Live From Washington, D.C., At 10 p.m. ET Live Tonight: The New Pornographers In Concert : NPR

Back in the '90s, my favourite hi-fi store was selling high-end gear made by a small Australian company, named after its founder, Kostas Metaxas. At the time it was impressively better than famous brand names (in Australia at least) for what they were asking. They certainly were pretty hard-core about their designs, for example: Anyway, aside from that, I found they had put up some recording samples they'd made of jazz and classical, which, apart from a considerably amount of background hiss, are pretty good. Metaxas Audio Systems Hope you all enjoy them.

PAX.AM \ Welcome extremely limited vinyl pressing, snag it if you like this kind of stuff.

Metal legend Ronnie James Dio dead at 67 | Top AP Stories | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle Not a real big metal fan, but liked what he did with Rainbow and his couple Black Sabbath stints.....

Too good to last, maybe. Or maybe it just becomes another product. Apple To Shut Down Lala On May 31, iTunes.com Launch Impending?

I havent been following very closely on the SH forums, so this may be old news, but... I suppose the SACD will follow the vinyl at least half a year later, but maybe we'll get lucky this time.