The Jimi Hendrix Experience SACD Axis:Bold as Love stunning

OK, point taken. Had no idea. That said, I bet the reason I went there instead of Acoustic Sounds if memory serves is the shipping costs are as much as the cost of the discs. I'd prefer they just say the SACDs are $50 and shipping is free, or $2.

 

Great username.

 

Same here. :/

 

This may be of interest to some: Egon on Instagram: “There are quite a few boxes of old tapes lying against the walls in Bernie Grundman’s mastering room. Work he’s about to commence. I…”

seems as if a new mono master is on the way

 

Any news on AYE sacd ? Would they really do another ABAL mono reissue after the recent sacd?

 

Or, “number” could have been misinterpreted as dynamic range

 

When I ordered mine last Thursday (9/27), it said, "In Stock". When I got the shipping confirmation, my "Prime Two-Day Shipping" became "Your new estimated delivery date is: Monday, October 29, 2018 - Monday, November 26, 2018".

It's one of the only reasons I dislike Analog Productions. They use this stock shortage to drive sales to their own website, where they charge full list with no discounts. I guess it works for them but I don't have to like it.

 

Why do people think producing music recordings is some sort benevolent charity? Acoustic Sounds invested THEIR money (which is probably leveraged through banks in some fashion) to produce this release and have earned the right to maximize any profits from their investment - and employ any business model which does so. They could choose to not distribute it at all through 2nd party retailers. But they eventually do because at some point it improves their return on investment.

And Music Direct does similar. Audio Fidelity chose a different model of distributing to loyal customers, i.e. club members who were a source of guaranteed income, before general release.

I too ordered from Music Direct because I saved a few bucks. The trade off for saving a few bucks is you have to wait for awhile. Why should Acoustic Sounds have to subsidize the whims of the frugal?

 

Ordered this SACD from Acoustic Sounds last night. I couldn't wait to get it for a cheaper price, especially with all the raves it is getting here. Hope to be listening to this by the end of the week.

 

You quoted me but seem to miss my main (only?) point - they short the secondary market as a selling technique. They've done this with many of their recent releases. If they didn't regularly do this, I would not have written what I did. I am in a situation where I have to decide to wait for my Amazon order or cancel it and buy it directly from AP (through Acoustic Sounds). It's not really just about the price as I only saved a few bucks going with Amazon.

Quite honestly, if the disc didn't show up on Amazon as "In stock", I'd be listening to it right now and not writing this stuff here.

 

Oh boy if I want this for Christmas, I better order now!

 

When Jeff Bezos opens his Amazon studio and does what Chad Kasem has been doing passionately for decades, I will start to buy my SACD’s with my prime membership (which I have and love), at Amazon. Until then I have no problem buying AP titles directly from AS and supporting his business so the extra revenue goes in Chad’s pocket.

 

So, no European distribution of this...?

 

Import Cds shipped mine on the 23rd of last month so hopefully I'll see it by the end of this week. Pre ordered from them back in June.

 

Same here.

 

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Wouldn't those be the very tapes that were used for the mono mix on this SA-CD?

Thanks.

 

I would not hesitate to pay $50 if I had to or whatever full price is from AP. This is one of my fav albums though since I was about 10 years old probably. I will never reach for a different version unless I want to spin the 2010 AAA vinyl. I think it's that good.

 

Acoustic Sounds will ship via media mail if you request it

 

Ha! I had inadvertently also ordered this and AYE from Music Direct. . . and they just shipped me ABAL SACD, got the notice as I was listening to the mono mix on the copy I got from Acoustic Sounds.

 

I A/B'd this with my original Reprise CD, and the AP is a huge improvement. A lot clearer, with better bass. It's definitely "louder" than the Reprise, but despite the DR numbers being posted, I'm not detecting any real compression. As someone pointed out in the other thread, DR numbers can be deceptive when it comes to widely differing EQ settings - more bass might result in lower DR numbers, even without actual compression involved.

The mono mix sounds pristine, as well. Fantastic job. Excited to hear what they're able to do with AYE, but my expectations are tempered somewhat by the fact that, apparently, the original mono tapes of that album are either lost or scattered far and wide.

 

Same with me. Got it today. Vey pleased with it.

 

Moi Aussie and I don’t even do SACD just gonna Jam to Redbook!!

 

Same here, redboook all the way. Looks like mine arrives Friday.

 

I don't believe any AP releases are officially distributed in Europe. They are licensed for North America.

 

Really? I thought that your expectations should be tempered by the fact that the mono mix of AYE is just not real exciting like AXIS is in mono. AYE was reissued not long ago in mono by the Hendrix estate, did you listen to it?