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- mister saint laurent
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Re: Greatest Hits (SUPER HIGH MATERIAL CD)
finally got my SHM-CD of greatest hits, but i'm out of town without access to a decent stereo. did anybody else pick this up? if so, is a super high material CD really that much better than a regular CD?
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- mister saint laurent
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Re: Greatest Hits (SUPER HIGH MATERIAL CD)
super high material CDs only come out in japan. i'm sure it was promoted there.
Re: Greatest Hits (SUPER HIGH MATERIAL CD)
super high material CDs only come out in japan. i'm sure it was promoted there.
Do they have a special label on them, or are all discs there in this format? I bought the Kala Japanese import but of course never opened it as the disc has bonus tracks(I already had them) and it cant be found in stores here.
If there's a huge difference in quality, I should probably go ahead and open it.:haha:
- mister saint laurent
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Re: Greatest Hits (SUPER HIGH MATERIAL CD)
they are labeled on the packaging and on the disc itself as being super high material CDs. if you had one, you'd know.
Re: Greatest Hits (SUPER HIGH MATERIAL CD)
considering cd's are the equivalent of 8-tracks now.......I wouldn't worry about collector's items.
Are you insinuating my 8 track of Creedence's Chronicle is worthless?:haha:
they are labeled on the packaging and on the disc itself as being super high material CDs. if you had one, you'd know.
Yeah, you're right. Just dug the disc out of my closet and there's no special label.
I found a small description of this format on a Japan cd site...
The high quality SHM-CD (Super High Material CD) format features enhanced audio quality through the use of a special polycarbonate plastic. Using a process developed by JVC and Universal Music Japan discovered through the joint companies' research into LCD display manufacturing, SHM-CDs feature improved transparency on the data side of the disc, allowing for more accurate reading of CD data by the CD player laser head. SHM-CD format CDs are fully compatible with standard CD players.
Re: Greatest Hits (SUPER HIGH MATERIAL CD)
Yeah I was curious to hear the difference of this one. I intend to pick it up but just hadn't got around to it yet.
If it's like the Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL) gold plated discs then it would definitely be a noticeable improvement in the quality to the discerning ear.
I have even found (and it's generally accepted) that the original Japanese CD version of Appetite 32XD 821 (the one with the black obi stip), to be better quality than the other overseas releases.
