I just picked up the Wish You Were Here Immersion box and was playing the hi-res transfer of the quad mix off the Blu-Ray (which sounds fantastic). I figured now that I know where everything is supposed to be, why not give the SQ LP a spin? So I fired up the Tate II and played a few tracks off the LP - impressive channel separation, but I was surprised to find that compared to the Blu-Ray, the SQ LP has left & right swapped on both the front and rear pairs (in other words - FL swapped with FR, RL swapped with RR)
My question is: which is the correct layout? I'm inclined to believe it's the Blu-Ray, as the left/right placements of the instruments match both the original stereo mix and James Guthrie's 5.1 mix. Here are some examples.
My question is: which is the correct layout? I'm inclined to believe it's the Blu-Ray, as the left/right placements of the instruments match both the original stereo mix and James Guthrie's 5.1 mix. Here are some examples.
- "Have A Cigar" - guitar intro
- 2.0 - left
- 5.1 - front left (but also present at about 75% volume in rear left)
- 4.0 (Blu-Ray) - rear left
- 4.0 (SQ LP) - rear right
- "Wish You Were Here" - radio intro
- 2.0 - right
- 5.1 - rear right (one of the few totally discrete effects in this mix)
- 4.0 (Blu-Ray) - front right
- 4.0 (SQ LP) - front left
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