Listening to now (In Surround!) - Volume 1

Ray Charles, Genius Loves Company. (Monster Super Disc).
If there were a poll I'd score it a 10 for the surround, especially in 7.1

Newly arrived King Crimson Discipline. Very nice surround sound disc, thanks to Steve Wilson.

Chiburb said:

Ray Charles, Genius Loves Company. (Monster Super Disc).
If there were a poll I'd score it a 10 for the surround, especially in 7.1

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There is a poll for the SACD here:
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/showthread.php?3906-Charles-Ray-GENIUS-LOVES-COMPANY-SACD

Which of course sounds great.... not quite my cup of tea in terms of content though...

Elvis #1's DVD-A
Aretha Franklin Quadio DTS
Chicago V DVD-A
Toto IV SACD 5.1
Pictures - Tomita CD-4
You're Gonna Love Yourself in the Morning - Bonnie Koloc QS
Blue Jays - Hayward & Lodge Q8
Al Green's Greatest DVD-A
Tommy - Who SACD 5.1
Panama Red - NRPS SQ
Bringing it All Back Home - Dylan SACD 5.1
San Quentin - Johnny Cash SQ
Lamb Lies Down - Genesis SACD 5.1

(list accurate for this month, anyway)

Aretha Franklin Greatest (DVD-A from Q4 reel)
Janis Joplin "Pearl" (DVDA from Columbia Master Tape)
Steve Stevens "Flamenco a Go-Go" (DVD-A)
Roxy Music "Avalon" (SACD)
The Mission "The Final Chapter" (DTS-DVD)
Shostakovich, Symphony #10 & Symphonys # 5 & 9 (DVDA)
Steven Wilson, Grace For Drowning (BD)
Led Zeppelin, How The West Was Won (tweaked DVDA)

neil wilkes said:

(list accurate for this month, anyway)
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Led Zeppelin, How The West Was Won (tweaked DVDA)

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Just out of curiousity - how did you tweak it?

neil wilkes said:

(list accurate for this month, anyway)
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Led Zeppelin, How The West Was Won (tweaked DVDA)

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LizardKing said:

Just out of curiousity - how did you tweak it?

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I'm guessing by increasing the Center Channel Level...YMMV....

I won a copy of Hugo Montenegro's "Neil's Diamonds" Quadradisc for $5.00 on eBay. It arrived yesterday. Visually, the disc doesn't look that great, but it sounds better than any CD-4 album I've ever played! Go figure. Anyway, my declicked DTS conversion is what I'm listening to right now (if by "right now," one can mean 12 hours ago).

J. D.

kap'n krunch said:

I'm guessing by increasing the Center Channel Level...YMMV....

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Yep, and decreasing the others as well, to avoid clipping.
I think (from memory) it was -3dB on L,R,Ls,Rs and either +9 or +12 on the centre.
There are some great vocals & bass parts hiding in there - what muppet mastered it in this way?

Thanks!

Wow - +9 - 12 db!!!! Thats a lot....

I might have to do my first "re-master" .

My first Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun - wow! Bought it today and on my third play. I love every song, especially the song "Four chords that made a million." Sounds like a combination of The Beatles and Pink Floyd.

elinter said:

My first Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun - wow! Bought it today and on my third play. I love every song, especially the song "Four chords that made a million." Sounds like a combination of The Beatles and Pink Floyd.

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Get them all while you can......

LizardKing said:

Thanks!

Wow - +9 - 12 db!!!! Thats a lot....

I might have to do my first "re-master" .

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Don't just follow that number - I have since deleted the Nuendo project, and my memory might be faulty.
Watch carefully when boosting the centre channel - too much boost & you will trigger limiting on the master buss, and that is to be avoided, which is why I also cut the other channels.
Doing this adds a lot more of the bass to the mix, which is - let's be frank - toppy. Now I know why.

Thanks to Steely Dave for the tip though.....it was through his prodding that I did this.

neil wilkes said:

Yep, and decreasing the others as well, to avoid clipping. I think (from memory) it was -3dB on L,R,Ls,Rs and either +9 or +12 on the centre. There are some great vocals & bass parts hiding in there - what muppet mastered it in this way?

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Holy crap.... have a look at the LFE Channel also....!!!!



Bumping up the center channel really adds the bass in the mix... Thanks!!!

Neil's Diamonds - Hugo Montenegro CD-4 JDMack put this bee in my bonnet. I got this as a promo from RCA. It's not one I would have bought.
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - Ormandy/Philadelphia CD-4 Another promo.
Bark - Jefferson Airplane Q8
Quad Spectacular - Peter Matz SQ
Slow Train Coming - Dylan SACD 5.1
There Goes Rhymin' Simon - Paul Simon SQ
Creedence Gold CD-4
Summer Breeze - Seals & Crofts CD-4
Bach: Goldberg Variations - Glen Gould Zenph SACD 5.1
Mister E. - Pete Escovedo w/Sheila E. SACD 5.1
Legalize It - Peter Tosh SACD 5.1
Astrud Gilberto Now DVD-A
Chick Corea & Friends DTS
Now & Then - Carpenters SQ
Another Country - Chieftains Dolby Surround CD
Baby, I'm a Want You - Bread CD-4
Bonnie Koloc QS

You're only pretty as you feel inside.

Vince Gil - high lonesome sound...only $10 on eBay

Bitches Brew Quad DVD-A rip from SQ LP SOPJ-58/59 (Japan)

Chapter VII - Buddy Miles SQ YOU NEED THIS!
America Live SACD 5.1
Tutu - Miles Davis DVD-A
Still Crazy - Paul Simon SQ
Extensions of a Man - Donny Hathaway CD-4
Sly's Greatest SQ
A Space in Time - Ten Years After SQ
Upendo ni Pamoja - Ramsey Lewis Q8
Chicago II DVD-A
Countdown to Ecstasy - Steely Dan QS
Blood, Sweat & Tears Q8
Vivino Brothers Blues Band SACD 5.1
Muscle of Love - Alice Cooper CD-4
Push Push - Herbie Mann w/Gregg Allman Q8
Introducing Larry Coryell & Eleventh House SQ

Why?....because I just bought them on Saturday at a used record store!

MFSB- Philadelphia Freedom
David Gates- First
Carpenters- Then and Now
Chase- Chase
Chicago - Chicago II
Herbie Hancock- Sextant

Not a bad haul and there are a few more I'll be going back for....Chaka Khan, REO Speedwagon, etc.

Quadraphenia circa 1904 with Edison listening tubes.......

Les Savy Fav - Inches
Talking Heads - True Stories
Best of Henry Mancini
Ten Years After - A Space in Time
Best of the Doors