I think one of the problems is that the last generation have grown up with MP3 music. Many of them do not realize they are listening to watered down music. Even many older people don't realize the difference. I have had people argue with me that MP3's are better than CDs or just as good. They probably have crappy systems and can't tell the difference. I do have an iPod Nano but I only use it when jogging, flying, on vacation or other times where I obviously can't take my surround system. I don't buy CDs very often now because my favorite genre is jazz. I have an extensive collection on CDs and vinyl. jazz doesn't go out of style. But on occasion I will buy something new or old on CD. Maybe when they come out with more Blu-Ray titles I'll start buying more often.

I totally agree. I am afraid that if we don't support high quality audio, we will lose it. I admit I do buy the odd itunes song for my ipod to work out at the gym with. But I also just bought Dark Side Of The Moon and Dire Straits Brothers In Arms on sacd to play on my Oppo BDP-95. And the sound quality is second to none.

I will probably buy this Rush recording even though I am not a huge fan of the band but would be a good addition to my music.

Agreed with the above. I've been buying less and less CDs over the past decade or so, based on the fact they sound like crap due in part to the Loudness Wars (Rush's Vapor Trails is a prime suspect there). I've got a much larger budget these days and would very much like to amass a collection of good listening material, and like some others after the rise and fall of DVD-A and SACD, have gone back to vinyl. While not perfect and I certainly don't "celebrate" vinyl like some people out there, it's about all that's left. Music Industry, please bring us back into the 21st century for my options of music choices!

Agreed with the above. I've been buying less and less CDs over the past decade or so, based on the fact they sound like crap due in part to the Loudness Wars (Rush's Vapor Trails is a prime suspect there). I've got a much larger budget these days and would very much like to amass a collection of good listening material, and like some others after the rise and fall of DVD-A and SACD, have gone back to vinyl. While not perfect and I certainly don't "celebrate" vinyl like some people out there, it's about all that's left. Music Industry, please bring us back into the 21st century for my options of music choices!

Wow! I just looked up this album. Only seven songs. And I only know two of them. Oh Well. I guess this album was a bit before my time.

I agree with this being a great move my the industry. Working in a record store, I can attest to this version outselling the standard CD/DVD edition. However, I doubt all the support for this one title will encourage more industry types to push forward more remasters like this. I could mention the Neil Young Archives box, which I imagine was also a success, but I can tell you most consumers were happier with the simple CD box, vs the DVD or Blu-Ray versions (too expensive or can't play it in my car were the excuses). There's Tom Petty's Damn the Torpedoes on Blu-Ray that I've seen sell maybe 2 times. There's the King Crimson 40th Anniversary albums that come with Hi-Res audio on DVD's that are selling on occasion, but only when the 30th anniversary CD's are not in stock along side them (meaning price is more of a deciding factor than the quality of the audio). There is already great options out there, but nobody buys them. The hi-res audio market is aimed at 40+ men with disposable income and home theaters. Most kids (16-25) with disposable income would rather throw it at $350+ Beats Studio headphones for their stolen MP3's on their idevice. No joke. At least vinyl has had a resurgence in interest, but even it probably pulls less than $1M a year for the majors. Plus, a lot of places won't carry LP's in stock due to the terms on returning the product (which is not an option), so it becomes a gamble for stores.

If hi-res audio ACTUALLY took off, I'd be its biggest supporter, but in the meantime, I just do my part to support it through the artists I like who are able to get their work released that way. I still support DVD-A and SACD when they happen. I still support vinyl. I definitely support Blu-Ray. I will always support CD. I do my best to talk up quality to the consumers in my store, but in the end, it's price and convenience that wins 99% of the time.

People still don't know what HD really means or what exactly a Blu-Ray player is capable of. That's not the consumers fault. The bog box stores of the world could be helping everyone if they'd actually sell the details of the equipment and inform the consumer rather than just trying to grab the cash for ANY purchase.

I am going against most by buying a state-of-the-art CD player, but which includes a USB dock, and several digital inputs to act as a DAC. I first used a Burmester 09 CDP, but switched over to a Wadi S7i with GNSC Statement mod. I can honestly tell you I get much better sound with just CD's, than most high rez downloads. But, then I can also do hi-rez with my MacBook Pro. But the Wadia is still king.

Silently I hope that at least some of the kids that run around with the Dr. Dre Beats headsets and listen to stolen music on their idevices actually evolve into more discerning listeners as they get exposed to the massive sound quality differential. It will take wider adoption to help propel Blu-ray Audio into a large enough audience to make it worthwhile for the labels. Some already offer free-downloads of the ripped versions to stay competitive, but I would be curious as to what the ratio is between unique buyers of the Blu-Rau Audio discs to unique downloaders is (serial codes will help to ascertain this).

Either way, I have both Rush' "Moving Pictures" and Tom Petty's "Damn the Torpedoes" - the latter actually sounds as good or better than the prior!

I am not sure why we are not seeing multiple CDs worth of content on 1 Blu-ray, but assume it's teachnically possible if not econimically feasible due to the competing factors of purchase price and remastering cost. Either way, this is a great development that has been missing since the decline of DVD-A/SACD and I welcome it!

Thanks Jerry for this review and taking the time to point this release out!

Silently I hope that at least some of the kids that run around with the Dr. Dre Beats headsets and listen to stolen music on their idevices actually evolve into more discerning listeners as they get exposed to the massive sound quality differential. It will take wider adoption to help propel Blu-ray Audio into a large enough audience to make it worthwhile for the labels. Some already offer free-downloads of the ripped versions to stay competitive, but I would be curious as to what the ratio is between unique buyers of the Blu-Rau Audio discs to unique downloaders is (serial codes will help to ascertain this).

Either way, I have both Rush' "Moving Pictures" and Tom Petty's "Damn the Torpedoes" - the latter actually sounds as good or better than the prior!

I am not sure why we are not seeing multiple CDs worth of content on 1 Blu-ray, but assume it's teachnically possible if not econimically feasible due to the competing factors of purchase price and remastering cost. Either way, this is a great development that has been missing since the decline of DVD-A/SACD and I welcome it!

Thanks Jerry for this review and taking the time to point this release out!