Customer Reviews

Ray Charles - Genius Loves Company (SuperDisc)

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Genius Loves Company Ray Charles-Genius Loves Company was a present for a friend. As I already had this album it was a great way to know exactly what I was giving and that it was going to be enjoyed.
It has so many greatly loved artists on it that it was a sure thing!
I love this album with greats such as Van Morrison.

I can't overstate how incredible this disc sounds. The separation of the instruments on the various surround speakers if flawless. I could listen to this album every day. The immersive surround experience really makes you feel like you are on stage. I never really thought I would be able to hear the difference between high-res audio and normal cd-quality audio but I most certainly can with this disc. Any foreign artifacts in the signal are literally undetectable. The clarity is outstanding. For anyone who appreciates music, this item is a must-have for your collection. And the great thing is, you don't need a special player to make it work!

P.S. I bought this for MUCH cheaper on the actual Monster website

I already have this item as a sacd and it sounds great, I got it to see what was changed as I have a Pioneer Elite receiver and DVD player that can handle everything this disc has. On my home unit there was not much differant from the SACD but there was a little better sound from the SUPERDISC. But the SUPERDISC sounds great on my car, I play the DVD in the car and it sounds great, I can't play SACD's in the car. The 2 additional tracks are no reason to get this disc.

The DVD has a lot of extras and the CD is excellent quality. A great buy.

Truly a great company to do business with. The product was as represented and shipment was very fast. There is no reason to buy anywhere else!

From stem to stern, this is a very good album. Ray Charles adds a lot of soul to the songs featured here, which serves to make them all the more enjoyable. "You Don't Know Me", "Do I Ever Cross your Mind?", and "Sinner's Prayer" are 3 of my favorites, with "Sinner's Prayer" almost having me fall off the seat with laughter. One track, in particular, has really caught my ear, "Unchain My Heart" with Take 6. I would guess that Ray had passed before being able to record that song with them, and I would have loved to have heard him on this song. That would've been awesome! Still, Take 6 makes very good work of the song, though. Love what they did with it. This is my favorite song on the album, by the way.

Again, this is a very good album. Sorry that I slept on it so long, but oh well. I have it now, and am enjoying it, and that is all that matters:)

I owned the SA-CD Version and liked that a lot, especially the surround sound. But the Monster Version does this much better.
And you'll have a bouns track, too. And some MP3 versions. And an iPod versions. And ... even the price is lower.

I'm fascinated by anything in surround-sound but the high-definition process used by Monster for the Superdiscs is phenomenal, putting you right there in the recording booth with the artists.

Highly recommended and versatile package includes Dolby and DTS tracks plus something not found elsewhere: digital files for your MP3 player in Dolby Headphone Surround.

You will not find better sound technology than this. A highly recommended grammy-winning album, "kicked up a notch".

This High Def Surround Sound CD Superdisc is great. You can really appreciate the fullness of the sound with this process.

I am a big Ray Charles fan but this disc is terrible. Ray doesnt sound like himself, just a bad old voice trying to get the magic back, unsuccessfully. He was off key and failed to reach the higher octaves. The mixing of the music and solos is also quite poor. I listened to the first song and started searching FF for a better song,it wasn't on this disc. So sad but true. Monster Music did Ray an injustice by making this disc. They should have used tapes from his younger superstar recordings and overlayed them on this disc. Jamie Fox would have sounded better. I was so looking forward to this superdisc but stuff happens. Don't buy it or you'll be sorry. P.S. Johnny Mathis did sound good.