Customer Rating:  
Summary: gaucho - super audio cd or dvd audio?
Comment: i ve just been listening to my copy of gaucho on dvd audio for the first time on a proper kick off 5.1 system, and jeez what a shock, reading how everybody seems to think this is one of the best 5,1 mixes they have heard. well unless saud is a different mix to the dvd, then i must say it is shocking , ok the stereo mix sounds excellent but the 5.1 remix has decided to remove the brecker brothers horns and all manner of backing vocals and odds and sods, on the brilliant hey nineteen donald fagens vocal is so exposed he sounds like a out of tune neil young on helium. for goodness sake what the hell were they thinking. .FACT.. the original vinyl mastering is by far the best sounding version i have ever heard, warm clean , fat loud crisp every thing music should sound like, so stop kidding yourselves, just because something you are familiar with,but maybe a little bored of suddenly sounds open and fresh it don t mean it sounds better.........i give this item 3 stars for the warm stereo mix only.
Customer Rating:
Summary: outstanding!!
Comment: I can not believe what a great sacd this turned out to be. I have over 300+ sacd's and i would put this as one of the best!! If you like steely dan then this is a no brainer.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Magnificent, but still the only Steely SACD
Comment:
For me, this album closes off the 1970s. It had been a magnificent decade for intelligent rock music, despite the murderous intent of punk from 1976 onwards. It was somehow fitting that Walter Becker and Donald Fagen should sign off with one of their saddest but most beautiful songs, 'Third World Man'. The pair don't play any of the instruments on that closing track. And with that, it's farewell to incarnation #1 of Steely Dan.
Although it was immaculately recorded, I don't think there are many Dan fans who believed the overall quality of the album was quite up there with any of the previous six classics. Which begs the question, why is it that only this Steely Dan album has made it to SACD? There is no doubt that the three previous albums -- Katy Lied, Royal Scam and Aja -- would all benefit from a 5.1 surround remastering for SACD.
Customer Rating:
Summary: System showoff, totally enjoyable
Comment: When we built our new home last year we installed a surround system on the living room set. Like an idiot I've purchased about 30 of these discs so I have something to listen to on it. There are alot of suround discs with minor alterations from the stereo versions that don't yield very extraordinary results.
This disc is by far the best use of the suround technology. It opens the music up, allowing each instrument to be heard without competition and the resut is glorious.
What is more, the music lacks a center point so the sound sounds good all over the room, not just in one chair.
More SACD producers should take cues from the great production evident on this album. SACD would have a real future if all released were this good. Please, more Steely Dan please sir.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Best surround disc I own!
Comment: if you have a surround sound setup and Super Audio player,
do yourself a favor and purchase this Hybrid SACD of Gaucho.
Not only is the original recording hi-fi, but the surround mix is thoughtful, daring, dynamic, and balanced.
i've heard many albums done well in surround (The Who's Tommy, Roxy Music's Avalon), but this one is the best sounding.
i find myself listening to this a lot.
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