cetoole Posted May 19, 2009 Report Posted May 19, 2009 Thinking about buying a copy of Metallica's S&M CD, noticed there is both a normal US release and a Japanese SHM-CD release. Never seen SHM-CD before, so no idea if it is worth the extra money. Is it different mastering, or just some sham to get more money out of folks? The actual encoding cant be all that different, unless they dont care about backwards compatibility.
Fitz Posted May 19, 2009 Report Posted May 19, 2009 SHM-CD just uses a different/better plastic for the disc, the encoding is exactly the same as a regular redbook CD.
cetoole Posted May 19, 2009 Author Report Posted May 19, 2009 Sounds like something I dont care about then, so better to save my money. Thanks Fitz.
Augsburger Posted May 19, 2009 Report Posted May 19, 2009 Eastwind Import Home US I have no idea what /\ /\ /\ means but there will be a few at Can Jam. If more precise pits in a CD makes a discernible audible difference then perhaps I will try one.
Cankin Posted May 19, 2009 Report Posted May 19, 2009 Never heard of that, HQCD and Blu-Spec CD, I'm so outdated
Dusty Chalk Posted May 19, 2009 Report Posted May 19, 2009 Sham -- the process burns "more precise pits" is all. Only helps if you have anything less than a working transport.
deepak Posted May 19, 2009 Report Posted May 19, 2009 One nice thing about some of the Japanese CD reissues (including some SHM CDs) is they often try and replicate the artwork from the original LPs except in CD sized prints. I suppose worth the extra money to some assuming the mastering is good.
Icarium Posted May 19, 2009 Report Posted May 19, 2009 I bet SHM is short for ShamWow! What hasn't the greatness of that man innovated upon??
aardvark baguette Posted May 19, 2009 Report Posted May 19, 2009 Some of the AC DC ones I heard seem to be brickwalled
shaizada Posted May 21, 2009 Report Posted May 21, 2009 Yes, the ACDC SHM Mini LP discography was all done very poorly. They get a shot at remastering it and they just made it louder....numb nuts.
Hopstretch Posted May 21, 2009 Report Posted May 21, 2009 You'd have to immolate yourself in the process to receive truly universal acclaim.
Dusty Chalk Posted May 21, 2009 Report Posted May 21, 2009 if i had a shot at remastering an AC/DC album, i'd personally do the world a favor and burn the masters.I don't know if you'd be doing the world a favor by pissing off thousands of AC/DC fans...
Hopstretch Posted May 21, 2009 Report Posted May 21, 2009 that wouldn't be doing the world a favor, now would it, mortal? Only one way to test my theory. I assume you keep some gas in the basement, for medicinal purposes?
Pars Posted May 21, 2009 Report Posted May 21, 2009 I actually see some value in AC/DC. Metallica on the other hand...
Dusty Chalk Posted May 21, 2009 Report Posted May 21, 2009 Bigot. Why can't other people have different tastes in music than you do?
deepak Posted May 21, 2009 Report Posted May 21, 2009 I am a big AC/DC fan and I don't think they've released anything good in over ten years (yes I really, really liked Ballbreaker).
aardvark baguette Posted May 21, 2009 Report Posted May 21, 2009 I'm a fan, but really only listen to BIB. The donnington concert is amazing though. Some of the songs from various albums I heard there for the first time just don't cut it when listening to the studio versions afterwards.
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