I mostly shop at amazon, i've just checked sacd disks & amazon have loads not that i'm interested of course.
Dont get me wrong, I love pink Floyd, but some of the songs are not on the disk, that I would really love to hear in this format.
I would like to hear Comfortably numb and the wall, but from the reviews this 30th anneversary dark side of the moon gets in the top 10 sacd recordings ever made, from everywere I seen.
Someone said Sony paid 1 million just to do this remaster. So its got to be something special.
They had a record shop called Spillers in cardiff and they knew eveerything about anything, but they were forced to close, due to garbage know nothing shops like HMV, so I dont really like them.
I have been in there hundreds of times, and NOT ONCE have I got good service, nor they were able to match their own website prices, and in fact any price for that matter.
Yes I know they are a bricks and mortar shop, but take avatar blu-ray, they were selling it at 25.00 but I could find it on-line for 11.00 at tesco at one point.
Take a shop like frank harvey, they are bricks and mortar, but they are still able to offer amazing discounts in the name of good customer service and return business.
If HMV went out of business tomorrow I would not even notice. TBH
I would like to hear Comfortably numb and the wall, but from the reviews this 30th anneversary dark side of the moon gets in the top 10 sacd recordings ever made, from everywere I seen.
Someone said Sony paid 1 million just to do this remaster. So its got to be something special.
They had a record shop called Spillers in cardiff and they knew eveerything about anything, but they were forced to close, due to garbage know nothing shops like HMV, so I dont really like them.
I have been in there hundreds of times, and NOT ONCE have I got good service, nor they were able to match their own website prices, and in fact any price for that matter.
Yes I know they are a bricks and mortar shop, but take avatar blu-ray, they were selling it at 25.00 but I could find it on-line for 11.00 at tesco at one point.
Take a shop like frank harvey, they are bricks and mortar, but they are still able to offer amazing discounts in the name of good customer service and return business.
If HMV went out of business tomorrow I would not even notice. TBH
unfocused
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If you want to blame someone for the relative failure of SACD I would point the finger at Sony
If you think back to SACD's launch and compare that to the push they gave blu-ray the difference is night and day.
If you think back to SACD's launch and compare that to the push they gave blu-ray the difference is night and day.
the record spot:Check the Dire Straits section; they might have Brothers In Arms for £12 on SACD. Picked mine up the other month. It's not bad, but I hear the original CD is far better than either the first remaster or the SACD apparently.
I had the original back in the day. Unfortuantely, cannot directly compare as no longer have it, but for a meaningful opnion or two, please see here:
http://www.sa-cd.net/search/dire+straits
I had the original back in the day. Unfortuantely, cannot directly compare as no longer have it, but for a meaningful opnion or two, please see here:
http://www.sa-cd.net/search/dire+straits
canada16:
Yes I know they are a bricks and mortar shop, but take avatar blu-ray, they were selling it at 25.00 but I could find it on-line for 11.00 at tesco at one point.
That's because Tesco will happily sell at a loss. My wife worked for an independent CD/DVD retailer before they went bust and Tesco were selling for less than her company could buy it in for. It's not even on economies scale, there were cheaper than ANY list price. Tesco are slowly killing all High St/Independent retail music & books. Try and get something from an artists back catalogue at Tesco and you've no chance. Tesco online now do QED cables, buy 2 get 1 free AND £10 off a 2m HDMI, so they're already eroding business from specialists.
As for HMV online, they're a separate part of the company based in the Channel Islands, so they buy in tax free - like Play.com
The real risk is that specialists merely become showrooms for cheaper online stores and those that can afford loss leaders. Look at sports stores, they're now all fashion boutiques that just sell trainers - real advice is hard to come by.
Yes I know they are a bricks and mortar shop, but take avatar blu-ray, they were selling it at 25.00 but I could find it on-line for 11.00 at tesco at one point.
That's because Tesco will happily sell at a loss. My wife worked for an independent CD/DVD retailer before they went bust and Tesco were selling for less than her company could buy it in for. It's not even on economies scale, there were cheaper than ANY list price. Tesco are slowly killing all High St/Independent retail music & books. Try and get something from an artists back catalogue at Tesco and you've no chance. Tesco online now do QED cables, buy 2 get 1 free AND £10 off a 2m HDMI, so they're already eroding business from specialists.
As for HMV online, they're a separate part of the company based in the Channel Islands, so they buy in tax free - like Play.com
The real risk is that specialists merely become showrooms for cheaper online stores and those that can afford loss leaders. Look at sports stores, they're now all fashion boutiques that just sell trainers - real advice is hard to come by.
I cannot speak for the Tesco website but I can do the weekly food order for a family of four on the Ocado site in less than 15 minutes (average about 10). It remembers your previous purchases so you can choose from your previous orders (ordered by frequency of purchase) - it will even do a suggested order. It would take me that long to get to the nearest supermarket.
Not sure were that went... LOL
I would never shop on-line, my neighbour and mom does and they have nothing but problems.
Meat that is almost going out of date or discoloured.
Canned goods and fresh items again close to expiry.
They have ordered from asda and tesco with the same problem, and they have to phone all the time and complain.
I would rather go and get my own fresh veg and meat
Also asda was on watchdog as well, for advertising a price on-line, but by the time it got delivered a couple days later the price was not the sale price anymore, and they charged the person full price..... I would go mad
I would never shop on-line, my neighbour and mom does and they have nothing but problems.
Meat that is almost going out of date or discoloured.
Canned goods and fresh items again close to expiry.
They have ordered from asda and tesco with the same problem, and they have to phone all the time and complain.
I would rather go and get my own fresh veg and meat
Also asda was on watchdog as well, for advertising a price on-line, but by the time it got delivered a couple days later the price was not the sale price anymore, and they charged the person full price..... I would go mad
canada16:
I would never shop on-line, my neighbour and mom does and they have nothing but problems.
As opposed to the millions of people whom shop online regularly and find it a convenient, rewarding experience.
Honestly, it's like saying you'd never go on a plane/train/car because some of them crash
Anyway, grocery shopping is a very different prospect to having discs delivered - an SACD doesn't have a sell-by-date!
(Incidentally, Ocado - as befits its premium pricing - offers a guaranteed life for the groceries you order, so you don't get soon-to-expire products).
I would never shop on-line, my neighbour and mom does and they have nothing but problems.
As opposed to the millions of people whom shop online regularly and find it a convenient, rewarding experience.
Honestly, it's like saying you'd never go on a plane/train/car because some of them crash
Anyway, grocery shopping is a very different prospect to having discs delivered - an SACD doesn't have a sell-by-date!
(Incidentally, Ocado - as befits its premium pricing - offers a guaranteed life for the groceries you order, so you don't get soon-to-expire products).
Clare Newsome:canada16:
I would never shop on-line, my neighbour and mom does and they have nothing but problems.
As opposed to the millions of people whom shop online regularly and find it a convenient, rewarding experience.
Honestly, it's like saying you'd never go on a plane/train/car because some of them crash
Anyway, grocery shopping is a very different prospect to having discs delivered - an SACD doesn't have a sell-by-date!
(Incidentally, Ocado - as befits its premium pricing - offers a guaranteed life for the groceries you order, so you don't get soon-to-expire products).
Indeed, which is one of the reasons Ocado and Waitrose (no they are not the same) come top of the Which customer satisfaction survey and Tesco does relatively badly.
I would never shop on-line, my neighbour and mom does and they have nothing but problems.
As opposed to the millions of people whom shop online regularly and find it a convenient, rewarding experience.
Honestly, it's like saying you'd never go on a plane/train/car because some of them crash
Anyway, grocery shopping is a very different prospect to having discs delivered - an SACD doesn't have a sell-by-date!
(Incidentally, Ocado - as befits its premium pricing - offers a guaranteed life for the groceries you order, so you don't get soon-to-expire products).
Indeed, which is one of the reasons Ocado and Waitrose (no they are not the same) come top of the Which customer satisfaction survey and Tesco does relatively badly.
Well, thank you to What Hi-Fi and its readers for helping me choose the best online grocery retailer ;-)
Lee H:Well, thank you to What Hi-Fi and its readers for helping me choose the best online grocery retailer ;-)More use to than 5m of over priced cable, I imagine.
The_Lhc
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Lee H:Well, thank you to What Hi-Fi and its readers for helping me choose the best online grocery retailer ;-)
They don't deliver to my house, one of the disadvantages of living in bumpkinland I guess...
They don't deliver to my house, one of the disadvantages of living in bumpkinland I guess...
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