HDCD Sampler

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 22, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Reference Recordings
• ASIN: B00000156I
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #108,301 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Trittico (Allegro Maestoso)

2. Behold Man

3. Festival Day in Seveill

4. The Testament of Freedom

5. The Gal from Joe's

6. All Blues

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars re., previous review - "I don't get the difference", June 7, 2005

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Vincent Dabissi "Gene" (San Jose , CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HDCD Sampler (Audio CD)

Regarding the comment on his not hearing the difference between HDCD and normal CD.

HDCD requires a player or reciever with an HDCD decoder to get the full range of the audio data encoded on the disc.

I do not have this particular CD but do have a couple of other Reference Recordings HDCD's, and a player with the chip. I can clearly hear the more open, higher definiton quality to the orchestra and voices. There also seems to be more dynamic range with HDCD.

Based on the RR recordings which I do own or have heard, both as to performance and sound, I would give a tentative (probably conservative) 4 star rating to this disc.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars hdcd sampler, January 11, 2007

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Daniel Bouchard "sound freeeek" (Calgary, AB Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HDCD Sampler (Audio CD)

Sounds excellent on the stereo. Only concern is that it could be a little bit longer for the price.

18 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I don't get the difference, March 28, 2000

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C. Sheaves (Vancouver, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HDCD Sampler (Audio CD)

I just don't hear the difference between HDCD and normal CD. Maybe a few things come out of the mix better, but I think it's just my brain saying it's new. I really don't hear a difference.