Appetite, Lies, UYI, and TSI re-released as Super High Material CDs in Japan

[troccoli]

Well, for those of you who cannot afford the MFSL cds (or don't want to open the ones they have ;-)), here is some good news. According to the site eil.com (a reputable website), Appetite, Lies, The UYI albums, and TSI are all going to get released as SHM-CDs (Super High Material CD) in Japan on December 3, 2008. Time to save money (again). Woohoo!


Edit: Changed subject to avoid confusion... /jarmo

[suicide]

Sounds very interesting. For those, like me, unfamiliar with SHM-CDs:

The high quality SHM-CD (Super High Material CD) format features enhanced audio quality through the use of a special polycarbonate plastic. Using a process developed by JVC and Universal Music Japan discovered through the joint companies' research into LCD display manufacturing, SHM-CDs feature improved transparency on the data side of the disc, allowing for more accurate reading of CD data by the CD player laser head. SHM-CD format CDs are fully compatible with standard CD players.

[Christos AG]

EXCELLENT!!!!

But damn... I can't stop thinking how much money I'm going to spend when CD comes out, and I'll probably need lots of money for this as well...

I'll buy them straight from Japan, eil is a good site but a bit expensive...

[Limulus]

big quality question is:
are those ones sourced from the master tracks directly, like a "new transfer" or do they take the existing cds and equalize the hell out of it for this format?

[gcluskey]

Does this mean if I transfer the new cds onto my laptop and onto my ipod that it'll play the tracks better than it does currently?

[Allman]

Does this mean if I transfer the new cds onto my laptop and onto my ipod that it'll play the tracks better than it does currently?

Not if you transfer them into MP3 or any other lossy formats.
You'll hear the difference on a good stereo set.

[jarmo]

I wouldn't expect any huge differences in audio quality. It's still a CD.

Probably not remastered?




/jarmo

[russkwtx]

The Japanese are always coming up with cool technology shit that makes us buy the same music over and over. it's like some kind of capitalist conspiracy, if I believed in that sort of thing. 

[Silverchair]

how much do these things run???

i've never heard of it before...

[Ejay]

Does this mean if I transfer the new cds onto my laptop and onto my ipod that it'll play the tracks better than it does currently?

Not if you transfer them into MP3 or any other lossy formats.
You'll hear the difference on a good stereo set.

Almost true, it all depends on the speakers of course...

[14 Yrs Of Silence]

I'd save my money until they're remastered.

[jarmo]

I'd save my money until they're remastered.

The ironic thing is that remastering can also ruin the sound.

 


/jarmo

[troccoli]

Where to get 'em cheap (reasonably):

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/list_from_code_banner.html?key=57281

A great article referred by user williambailey:

http://www.stereophile.com/features/827/

 

[The Estranged MrFlashbax]

i listen to most of my music in my car stereo anyways. i drive a lot for therapeutic reasons.

so would this be a better quality sound and experience for me than the old copies i listen to now that i bought from borders 6 years ago?

[HBK]

Good News, thANKZ

HBK *

[Limulus]

smells a lot like milking the AFD-fans again for $$$$$$$!
big possibility is that those upcoming discs are just ripped from the existing cds and equalized as hell making them much louder than before which is kinda norm these days but qualitywise inferior in general, there is a cool youtube-clip about these "loudness war":

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gmex_4hreQ

[The Estranged MrFlashbax]

what does the "(Shm)" mean?

[cotis]

If I'm not mistaken, 'Super High-Material CD'

[The Estranged MrFlashbax]

If I'm not mistaken, 'Super High-Material CD'

.....and in laymens terms that means...?? 

[cotis]

The past CD material that Universal Music and Victer develop is new high sound quality CD to which the transparency is improved in addition by using the polycarbonate resin of the liquid crystal panel usage of the variety.

So...I guess it's just higher quality? I'm not a pro on this, don't really do CD's.