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Recent comments

My Morning Jacket: Z | Downunderman - June 28, 2026

MoFi's blurb here is pretty much on the money. It remains a wonderful thing that MoFi continues to release the occasional left field contemporary album. Originally released ...

Alice Cooper: Welcome To My Nightmare | Downunderman - July 5, 2026

This SACD was released in the first half of 2026 and mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering. It reflects the recording and tape technology limitations of the ...

Boz Scaggs: Silk Degrees | Downunderman - June 25, 2026

Released in May 2026 and based on a 2023 remaster. The tape used and who remastered it does not appear to be on the public record as of now. One quirk is that the CD layer ...

Van Halen: 1984 | MacClaus - June 6, 2026

This remaster sounds lifeless. A big disappointment.

Van Halen: 1984 | analogue - June 16, 2026

Howdy. My own experience with this new sacd is much different than yours. I found it to be rather well balanced all around. Highly crankable and powerfully subtle. I had a ...

Scaggs: Boz Scaggs | Downunderman - July 4, 2026

This 2013 SACD used the original 1969 mix of the album and is the first use on digital. For CDs up to this point the 1977 remix had been used. It was mastered for SACD by ...

Puccini: Turandot - Mehta | John Broggio - July 5, 2026

This is the best I've heard this recording on a hi-res medium but some distortion of the sound at climaxes remains, unlike with the Britten War Requiem, which is a terrible ...

Les McCann & Eddie Harris: Swiss Movement | Downunderman - June 28, 2026

No grumbles from me here for a live performance from 1969 AND first time to SACD. Probably worth it for their cover of 'Compared To What' alone. I have no idea if their cover ...

Tomita: Pictures at an Exhibition (Ultimate edition)