80's Hits SACD

[audiophile65]

Does anyone on the CA forum have this Sony SACD called 80's Hits?

It contains the following:

 

1. Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
2. I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston
3. Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) - Billy Ocean
4. Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
5. Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics
6. Wake Me Up Before You Go Go - Wham!
7. Jump (For My Love) - The Pointer Sisters
8. Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor
9. Africa - Toto
10. 99 Red Balloons - Nena
11. Manic Monday - The Bangles
12. Wishing Well - Terence Trant Dar'by
13. Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
14. Fantastic Day - Haircut 100
15. Down Under - Men At Work
16. Lovely Day (7" Sunshine Mix) - Bill Withers  

 

It was made in the European Union. I just wondered if it's a good sounding SACD for an 80's music compilation?
 

 

[mansr]

I didn't realise the CIA torture playlist came on SACD.

[Hugo9000]

33 minutes ago, mansr said:

I didn't realise the CIA torture playlist came on SACD.

I'm sure it was mastered for SACD at the CIA's behest.  Word is, Bob Stuart is now overseeing a special MQA version for them, similar to the special treatment JA received for his files.  I think the legal theory is that temporal blurring is beyond the pale, while waterboarding is still permissible under certain circumstances.

 

 

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[Nexus3]

Hello audiophile65,

 

might it be this SACD you are so eager to feed you player with?

 

https://www.discogs.com/de/Various-80s-Hits/release/6817655

[audiophile65]

On 9/15/2018 at 4:39 PM, Nexus3 said:

Hello audiophile65,

 

might it be this SACD you are so eager to feed you player with?

 

https://www.discogs.com/de/Various-80s-Hits/release/6817655

 

Yes, it is!

[audiophile65]

On 9/15/2018 at 3:08 PM, mansr said:

I didn't realise the CIA torture playlist came on SACD.

 

Oh, this CIA torture playlist is nothing.

Wanna know what's worse than this playlist? My singing!  My singing is so bad, I couldn't carry a note in a pail.

So, the CIA recently hired me to (gasp!) sing at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Once I start singing, terrorists will start talking pronto!!!!

 

Hee Hee!

[cjf]

Looks like a solid CD to these eyes being a full fledged 80's music nut.

 

I'm all about 80's music of most flavors but especially Hair Metal : )

 

I find most of the 80's treasures I own on Disccogs. Get them in original Redbook format. They sound impressive, don't let the peanut gallery fool you.

[datasyd]

On 9/16/2018 at 4:25 AM, audiophile65 said:

"Does anyone on the CA forum have this Sony SACD called 80's Hits?"

 

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I am over at a friend's place listening to this album as I type the response  It's a DSD64 which is 5,645kbps -- each song about 1.05Gb -- upsampled in real time to DSD1024 through my ifi Pro iDSD and ifi Pro iCAN -- yes, I take this rig with me! --over Audeze LCD-X headphones and it sounds awesome! Unfortunately the album is not mine, so I'm not exactly sure where to source it.

In the pic, my traditional rig with Denon AH-D7200 headphones.

 

 

[audiophile65]

21 hours ago, datasyd said:

 

 

 

 

That looks like quite a set up! Glad you got to tell me how "awesome" (true 80s lingo) this SACD sounds.

I still haven't got a hold of this SACD yet, but will try soon.