Re: [ARSCLIST] Quad and SACD (was Re: [ARSCLIST] FBI Warning)

[Michael Shoshani <mshoshani@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom Fine wrote:

> But then, finally, the hybrid capacity comes on line and what uses most 
> of the manufacturing in the world for the first few months (at least 
> according to numerous accounts I've heard)? 2-CHANNEL remasters of the 
> Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan 1960's catalogs! Back to the future, SACD 
> as a "superior stereo" format again, yet most people bought the discs to 
> play on regular old CD players. By the time that dust had settled and 
> variety of hybrid discs with 5.1 SACD and 2-ch CD layers were on the 
> market, consumer interest in the format was gone and the number of 
> universal DVD/SACD players was limited, plus there were no-name Chinese 
> DVD players at Wal-Mart for $35 in time for Christmas.

You know what would be very interesting is to produce a hybrid SACD with 
a "normal" stereo mix plus the separate multitracks.  As I type this it 
just dawned on me that your mother did exactly that with the Mercury 
Living Presence SACD issues...

Admittedly, the Mercury Living Presence SACDs were only THREE tracks :D, 
but there have to be some pop music fans-cum-gearheads who would love to 
be able to try their hand at remixing some venerable 4-, 8- 16- or even 
48-track masters in their home studios.

Michael Shoshani