Alan Parsons confirmed the Eye In The Sky MCH mix!!!!! :) :)

[sbrom]

I was an early adopter, bought the original box set, and loved it. All this renewed talk has me excited for more AP.

Now I’m sitting in my listening position waiting for the damned noisy A/C to cut out so I can enjoy “Silence and I” in silence. I’m moving in a month to a house with MUCH better cooling system and insulation, can’t wait!

 

[EHughes]

This really does sound great in 5.1
Amazon is now listing this as shipping in 1 to 2 mos.(?)
While Bull Moose is saying available in store only.
Apparently initial releases are already sold out.(?)
"Surround is dead!" Lol!

 

[Jeffrey Michael]

I ended up listening to both stereo and 5.1 mixes. So far, there’s a couple of things I found right off the bat.

The lead vocal on Psychobabble is mixed too low. There’s a slight miss-Step as the drums start at the beginning of Step By Step. Listen to the stereo version to see what I mean. You’re Going To Get Your Fingers Burned is not very dynamic sounding compared to the Stereo version. There’s one song, I think it was Children Of The Moon that had this drum echo bleeding into the rear channels, that I did not like but got used to as the song went on.

This is after only one listen. I can nit-pick but, overall, this is the best I’ve heard (less digital brightness) this album since the vinyl days, and I own the Classic Records HDAD version.

If AP decides to mix the rest of the catalog in 5.1, I’ll buy the entire catalog but hoping he does up to, at least, Ammonia Avenue. I’ll purchase multiple copies of Pyramid and Eve alone.

 

[karlkastner]

I need some education. What is better, DTS or LPCM? Playing with Oppo 105 analog out to Marantz 4300 if that matters.

 

[Jeffrey Michael]

I need some education. What is better, DTS or LPCM? Playing with Oppo 105 analog out to Marantz 4300 if that matters.

Listen to both. It shouldn’t matter but, the majority of time, I seem to prefer PCM because it usually sounds ‘less bright’ to my ears.

 

[rtbluray]

You’re Going To Get Your Fingers Burned is not very dynamic sounding compared to the Stereo version.

I'm pretty sure "You're Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned" is a fake 5.1 mix. Unlike every other mix on that disc, there's nothing discrete about that mix at all, and it doesn't sound as sharp as the rest of the disc either. I'm pretty sure it's fake, and so I always skip over it when listening to the 5.1 mix in the car, after all, that leaves more time to play everything else!

 

[Jeffrey Michael]

Listening to it now. There’s sure a lot of echo going on.

 

[karlkastner]

Listen to both. It shouldn’t matter but, the majority of time, I seem to prefer PCM because it usually sounds ‘less bright’ to my ears.

Ok, thanks

 

[The Rang]

Has anyone compered the stereo on the bluray to the Classic DAD?

 

[Jeffrey Michael]

Has anyone compered the stereo on the bluray to the Classic DAD?

Yes. What would you like to know? I already stated that this mix is less digital sounding. It’s the best two-channel Mix so far.

 

[4-earredwonder]

Has anyone compered the stereo on the bluray to the Classic DAD?

I'm going to listen to the 5.1 remix later and compare it with Classic Records DAD.....but truth be told, my DVD~A reference player is better than the OPPO!

 

[halbroome]

This really does sound great in 5.1
Amazon is now listing this as shipping in 1 to 2 mos.(?)
While Bull Moose is saying available in store only.
Apparently initial releases are already sold out.(?)
"Surround is dead!" Lol!

My Amazon order is listed as "Arriving Tuesday," <wipes sweat off brow>

That's why I'm willing to pay a bit more for pre-ordering initial releases (especially after hearing about current prices for the SW SftW!). Btw, I tried looking up the latter on Discogs and it didn't come up!!! Of course, there were over 5000 listings under "Jethro Tull" alone. . . .

 

[knifeman]

I need some education. What is better, DTS or LPCM? Playing with Oppo 105 analog out to Marantz 4300 if that matters.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think both formats are lossless, but DTS is compressed, whereas LPCM is not.

 

[EHughes]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think both formats are lossless, but DTS is compressed, whereas LPCM is not.

Yes,I believe this to be the case.

 

[4-earredwonder]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think both formats are lossless, but DTS is compressed, whereas LPCM is not.

If you're referring to the DTS HD MA 5.1 versus the LPCM 5.1 on the Alan Parson's Eye in the Sky BD~A, both are LOSSLESS.

Plain Vanilla DTS 5.1 is LOSSY.

 

[uffeolby]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think both formats are lossless, but DTS is compressed, whereas LPCM is not.

You are confusing me here - do you mean that we have a format than can be both lossless and compressed?

 

[edisonbaggins]

You are confusing me here - do you mean that we have a format than can be both lossless and compressed?

Yes. DTS HD MA and Dolby TrueHD both decompress to reveal the lossless information within. LPCM needs no decompression.

 

[LuvMyQuad]

You are confusing me here - do you mean that we have a format than can be both lossless and compressed?

Lots more than one. The common ones are DTS MA & Dolby THD that are found on blueray. MLP that is found on DVD-A, and FLAC, which is popular for archiving.

 

[uffeolby]

Yes. DTS HD MA and Dolby TrueHD both decompress to reveal the lossless information within. LPCM needs no decompression.

But is there any audible quality difference between a LPCM track and a decompressed, say, DTS MA?

 

[LuvMyQuad]

But is there any audible quality difference between a LPCM track and a decompressed, say, DTS MA?

Not that my ears can discern, and I know of no reliable blind test that has been carried out to say there is any difference. Others may disagree and say there is an audible difference, but if lossless is "lossless", I don't understand how. A PCM track which is "losslessly" encoded and then decoded returns back to the original PCM track doesn't it?