I haven't made it all the way through yet, and only at my pc sound station. (big backlog of surround for a change!) But I think the comments/opposite views are very interesting. Why? Well I used to do a lot of stereo to surround conversions, or "upmixing" as folks like to call it.
I noticed that no matter how good something sounded to me, some folks might hold their head to the speakers and complain that it's not discrete enough. Some prefer to sit in the sweet spot and relax while some seem to almost strain to hear imperfections. Mind you, I'm not calling anyone out! We all have our listening styles and preferences. Sometimes in the upmixing, a great source was not available, like the "Wall Of Sound" stuff that's more mono than stereo...but you work with whatever you have if like the music enough.
I know for a fact that some of my upmixes have spread quite far and wide - yet at the time some folks just hated them and told me so. lol. It's all good-we're all different....this is part of being human.
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TLR:
OK I'm up to "Time May Bend" but I can see the limits of my Polk bookshelf speakers at my pc so I'll have to get this to the main system before I make up my mind.
I noticed that no matter how good something sounded to me, some folks might hold their head to the speakers and complain that it's not discrete enough. Some prefer to sit in the sweet spot and relax while some seem to almost strain to hear imperfections. Mind you, I'm not calling anyone out! We all have our listening styles and preferences. Sometimes in the upmixing, a great source was not available, like the "Wall Of Sound" stuff that's more mono than stereo...but you work with whatever you have if like the music enough.
I know for a fact that some of my upmixes have spread quite far and wide - yet at the time some folks just hated them and told me so. lol. It's all good-we're all different....this is part of being human.
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TLR:
OK I'm up to "Time May Bend" but I can see the limits of my Polk bookshelf speakers at my pc so I'll have to get this to the main system before I make up my mind.