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 The Best Yet... May 16, 2009
I just got the new Oppo BDP-83 blu-ray player. Wanting to get an SACD player again, this was a great deal for me. When I put in this SACD I was completely blown away. I have a nice collection of SACD & DVD-A music but, thus far, Billy Joel's "The stranger" has beat them all. Incredible seperation and clarity of voice and audible note or flawless! I am so happy with this purchase, you won't be dissapointed!
A masterpiece that has aged like a bottle of red, a bottle of white... Apr 21, 2009
Where did all the great songwriters go? It was astonishing, after all these years, to hear one great song after another, with arguably, one filler, instead of the other way around! If you like good old analog sound, you'll love this, especially "Only The Good Die Young". I don't care how many times you've heard "Don't Go Changin'" in your life, it is stunningly beautiful in SACD. A C.D. to die young for. The Piano Man, indeed.
 An already album made much better Mar 19, 2009
Anyone who already is familiar with this fine album needs no introduction, but I want to say that this version, especially the 5.1 mix of it, is simply fantastic.
The producers really seemed to understand that a well executed surround version should approximate the live experience as much as possible, and they did that quite well.
No more are you limited to simply left, right, or varying combinations of the two, as you now have not just two rear channels added to the audio, but a center and LFE as well.
Anyone not already familiar with this stellar album should know that it is one of the very few rock albums out there with not a single bad cut, all A material.
"Always A Woman" is a beautiful song about the frustrations of love in a relationship that is not always perfect, the popular "Just The Way You Are" eloquently expresses every man's wish that the woman he loves will not get the itch to change, and my favorite "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant," is a real sonic showpiece that fully exploits the 5.1 surround while telling a great story of a couple living life lived too fast, resulting in inevitable disaster.
My only complaint, if you want to call it that, is that this is a first generation SACD, NOT a hybrid SACD, which allows you to play the redbook CD version in your car stereo using the same high resolution disk as you can use in your home 5.1 system.
That was not even part of the equation with this to me, as I already had the remastered standard CD of this album.
Again, thanks to Amazon for their consistently speedy service.
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 The vocals don't match the music Oct 16, 2008
I would believe that I was doing something wrong, but the "Toys in the Attic" SACD that I bought at the same time sounds Very good, so the vocals in the center channel of this SACD being completely Off sounding was a big disappointment.
Hard to quantify, but there is -nothing- on the center channel except the vocals, no blending at all, and there is no reverb to match it to the rest of the music. Best comparison I can give is that the music is playing on "speakers" in a 40 foot room, and you're standing right next to Billy as he sings along, un-miked. Just bizarre.
system is oppo through 6 monster analog cables to Yamaha 2400's analog in, multichannel input selected for playback.
Sounds like it was recorded yesterday Oct 06, 2008
This is simply a "must-have" item in your SACD collection. Stunning in every respect. While the surround effects are certainly filling and satisfying, they are in no way overbearing. This is the reference version of this album, whether you're a Joel fan or simply dig SACD/DVD-A hi-res surround albums. Kudos to the folks who handled this surround mix, they did a stellar job.
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