AUDIO FIDELITY
Audio Fidelity, renowned for releasing tremendoussounding SACDs helmed by extraordinary
mastering engineers Steve Hoffman and Kevin
Gray, has gotten even better. Many of the label’s
newest discs offer both the album’s original stereo
presentation as well as its long-unheard 4.0 Quad
mix from the 1970s. These and Audio Fidelity’s
other multichannel SACDs (all identifiable via a
silver border) possess the immersiveness, warmth,
detail, and vividness audiophiles crave.
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AMERICA
Homecoming
LOGGINS AND MESSINA
BREAD
Loggins and Messina
The Best of Bread
4.0 SACD
4.0 SACD
$29.99 CAUDSA216
$29.99 CAUDSA197
LABELLE
BILLY JOEL
SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE
Streetlife Serenade
Greatest Hits
4.0 SACD
4.0 SACD
4.0 SACD
$29.99 CAUDSA207
$29.99 CAUDSA215
$29.99 CAUDSA196
Nightbirds
Early 70s folk-pop phenoms
America turn in their most
enduring work on Homecoming,
an effort suffused with transparent
production, reflective lyrics, and
acoustic-based arrangements
that seem constructed around a
fireplace. Featuring mastering by
Steve Hoffman, Audio Fidelity’s
5.1-channel SACD basks with
warmth.
5.1 SACD
$29.99 CAUDSA204
JEFF BECK
MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA
Jeff Beck Group
Birds of Fire
Originally released in 1972, Jeff
Beck Group stood out for its
riveting blend of rock, jazz, and
blues yet suffered due to poorsounding pressings. Mastered
by Kevin Gray, and available
with a quadrophonic option, this
SACD inlcudes the original 4.0
Quad mix and fully unearths the
magic of Beck, drummer Cozy
Powell, pianist Max Middleton, and
company.
The final album made by the
original lineup of Mahavishnu
Orchestra, this 1973 jazz-rock
fusion spectacular soars on the
interplay between leader John
McLaughlin and a virtuosic
assembly of peers that includes
Jan Hammer. Hearing the solos in
surround on this dazzling SACD
justifies the existence of any
surround setup.
4.0 SACD
4.0 SACD
$29.99 CAUDSA212
THE DOORS
The Best of the Doors
Hear the Doors in quadroph