Brothers in Arms

Got this yesterday & I'm happy to report this is the "180 GRAM High-Performance 2-Disc Vinyl Record, Half-Speed Mastered by Stan Ricker, Plating & Pressing at R.T.I. version ($30.29 as of this posting). As you might or might not know, this version has the complete, un-altered full length versions of all songs. On the original album songs were trimmed to fit on 2-sides. Haven't had a chance to do a full listen comparison to my 1st press of the album but I'm liking what I'm hearing! :) 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl - 093624937715 Half Speed Mastering by Stan Ricker - Limited Edition - Pressed at Plated at RTI WOW!!! The sound was excellent, deep bass, great depth of soundstage, smooth rich tone and great dynamics! There is a reason they cut this Album on four full sides!" Whatever you think of Knopler’s songwriting depth and the communicativeness of his delivery, there’s no denying the exquisite—though now sounding dated— mid-1980’s production quality. The sound quality of this album immediately attracted audiophiles back then and continues to do so today. Even on his worst day, I wouldn’t bet against Bob Ludwig cutting at the Masterdisk lathe and the “RL MASTERDISK” original is still a potent sounding record. Stan Ricker’s half-speed cut, spread out over four sides, doesn’t attempt to re-create the original’s brash, forward and echoey sound. It’s somewhat drier, less “tinkly” and definitely gives musical images greater weight and more body. For instance, “Walk of Life” comes off far less “carnival-like” and I think that makes it a much better song. Ricker gives the album a warmer, more mature feel, with the half-speed mastering trading some brashness and edginess for greater true transient detail and a more burnished overall presentation. . Dire Straits' biggest-selling album-in fact, one of the biggest-selling albums world-wide of all time-Brothers In Arms helped musically define a decade. This superb album spent the grand total of 203 weeks in the UK charts and a respectable 55 weeks in the US charts (where it sold 7 million copies alone). "Brothers In Arms" was pretty much the success story of the 80's and was primarily fuelled by a slate of huge hit singles like the classic "Money For Nothing" (No.1 US, No.4 UK '85), "Walk Of Life" (No.2 UK '86, No.7 US '85) and "So Far Away" (No.19 US '86, No.20 UK '85). "Money For Nothing," the song that helped immortalize the phrase “I want my MTV,” hit #1 and won the Grammy® for Best Rock Performance. Today, Brothers In Arms remains a rock essential - and now is offered as a completely uncompressed two-disc vinyl album for the ultimate in fidelity! The instruments are sharper and the whole soundstage is much more full than the studio pressing. It also seems as if there is more music. I do not remember the extended lead in for the first song on side two ("Walk Of Life") as well as the trailing notes for the last song on side 3 ("Ride Across The River"). I'm not a big fan of bloated bass, and even though the bass is considerably more full than the studio pressing, it was also more musical. 1/2 Speed Mastered by Stan Ricker on High Performance 180 Gram Vinyl... Because Sound Matters! Plating and Pressing at R.T.I. Dire Straits'

Fantastic SACD! The shipping could have been a bit faster, but his is the real deal. I've been taken before by sellers claiming to sell a Super Audio CD, when the product is a regular Redbook CD. This is a great single layer SACD and a must for serious collectors - amazing sound. p.s. if you are not familiar with SACDs, this is a single layer DSD (not a hybrid) and it will only play on SACD players.

The Best Hybrid SACD and CD,ver high quality music, thanks for that.

So much more in 5.1 surround! Love it.

Played on my OPPO BDP-83 SE, Nuforce Edition, OPPO BDP-83SE - Nuforce Edition I listened to it on my high quality stereo, with my jaw dropped and my eyes wide with excitement. This is the music we know, yet like we've never heard before; the improvement is so outstanding. A whole new experience of the same songs, only remastered to quality better than possible for consumers, back in the day. The sounds from guitar have all the character, twang and original Dire Straits sound you could dream of. It must be heard to understand. Imported from England, but worth every penny. In "So Far Away", during the chorus, the low growling guitar notes are heard to advantage, and similarly at the end of lines, such as following "blister on your little finger". Throughout, the percussion is tightened up in the remaster, weigh in the lows, fast and crisp for cymbals. "Money for Nothing" is the album version, at 8 minutes, 26 seconds. The percussion in the intro to Money for Nothing" is heard to particular good effect, with the ethereal "I want my, I want my MTV ..." lead in. The price of this Hybrid SACD album is not "money for nothing"; the money is for a fine improvement/remaster of particularly high quality. There are CD stereo, SACD stereo, SACD multichannel tracks. I didn't listen multichannel as I only have stereo gear, although my OPPO did down-mix the 5.1 audio track as stereo. Even playing it as an ordinary CD on a nice, older Sony CD player, it was nicely improved. The musical upgrade of this disc is not as fine when the CD layer is played, compared to SACD, but it is still no small improvement in my opinion. Particularly recommended for those with quality music setups, especially played as SACD, both stereo and surely also as multichannel, although the multi-channel assessment is based only on the quality experienced in stereo. It's made me feel like a kid again, only with better toys and music. Listening as SACD, I wanted to listen all the way through, the music drew me in so. Listening as a CD, was more like in the old days, where, after the great songs, one might be motivated to jump to the next great song rather than just listen. High quality, reasonably priced, audio equipment can show the audio improvement to good effect. "Be-Bop-A-Lula Baby What I Say ... do the walk of life", to great music.

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Det enda dåliga var att jag var tvungen att kalibrera om min sacd-spelare(Sony scd-xe597) för först stod det no hybrid i displayen när jag valde sacd. Provade sedan med min nya Sony blu-ray spelare som kunde läsa den som sacd utan problem.

Grands moments de musique.

Manche Alben hört man, und manche Alben erlebt man. Brothers in Arms gehört definitiv zur zweiten Kategorie. Auch Jahrzehnte nach seiner Veröffentlichung hat dieses Werk nichts von seiner Magie, seiner Tiefe und seiner technischen Brillanz verloren. Warum dieses Album in jede Sammlung gehört: • Knopflers Gitarrenspiel: Mark Knopfler ist ein Magier an den Saiten. Sein unverkennbarer Sound – besonders auf der legendären Les Paul in „Money for Nothing“ oder der emotionalen Resonator-Gitarre in „The Man’s Too Strong“ – ist schlichtweg außerweltlich. • Klangqualität: Es gibt kaum ein Album, das produktionstechnisch so perfekt abgemischt ist. Wer eine gute Anlage oder hochwertige Kopfhörer besitzt, wird Details hören, die Gänsehaut garantieren. Es ist der Goldstandard für Dynamik und Klarheit. • Songwriting: Die Mischung ist perfekt. Von den treibenden Rock-Rhythmen in „Walk of Life“ über den ironischen Welthit „Money for Nothing“ bis hin zum herzzerreißend schönen und melancholischen Titeltrack „Brothers in Arms“. Jeder Song erzählt eine eigene, packende Geschichte. • Atmosphäre: Das Album schafft eine ganz besondere Stimmung, die einen von der ersten Sekunde an abholt und erst beim letzten verklingenden Ton wieder loslässt. Fazit: Dieses Album ist weit mehr als nur „gute Musik“. Es ist ein Stück Kulturgeschichte und das Geld für jeden Cent (und jede Sekunde Hörzeit) wert. Wer ehrliche, handgemachte Musik auf höchstem Niveau sucht, kommt an den Dire Straits nicht vorbei.

La calidad de sonido de está joya musical está de primera, no le pide nada en fidelidad a un dvd audio o un blu ray audio. Está de lujo.