Hello all,
Dietrich kindly sent me a copy of the latest release on his label in Germany, which is a 4 channel mix of the album "Parsons Thibuad - Transcontinental Voices", and I really like it. It's a very easy and pleasant listen, the surround is top notch, and the musicmanship is excellent. All of the songs were written by the two artists, and sung in English. The style is guitar driven melodic tunes with vocal harmonies as well as guitar harmonies.
This album had a stereo release in 2011. You can read about it and the artists on their websites at the following links. The surround disc is NOT available from the artists directly.
http://www.parsonsthibaud.com/PT/Home.html
http://www.josephparsons.com/review/parsons-thibaud-cd/
The surround field is well thought out, like I may have done. Each singer is in his own front speaker, which makes the harmonizing sound terrific. Their respective guitars are in the rear opposing speakers, with the drums in the front center, and for the later tracks, the electric guitars fill in. It is a VERY open sound stage, and for those who play guitar you can really hear the minutia of each player in his own speaker.
The first 7 tunes are acoustic, the last 4 go electric. I found myself gravitating to the acoustic tunes on first listens. They are well written and catchy. These two performers have obviously played together for quite a while and it sounds it. Very relaxed, very confident, and very very good.
For those who haven't tried a QuadroSurround DVD-A yet, this one is a no brainer if you like this kind of music. It's hard to describe, as it could be considered folk, or country, or pop/rock. There are a wide variety of styles on the disc, but it's truly a singer-songwriter kind of vibe.
Those interested can order the disc from the QuadroSurround website:
http://www.quadro-surround.de/english/avaiable_productions.html
One song that I liked right away, and still do, is Track 3, called "Drowning". I created a DTS Sample for you to download and play to get a feel for the type of music and the excellent musicmanship on this disc. This track was written by Joseph Parsons, and has a Neil Young kind of feel to it, a Harvest-era NY. I like it a lot.
This is a DTS encoded wav file. So you can play it in Foobar or burn it to a CD or DVD, but you cannot play it in Media Player.
www.quadraphonicquad.com/miscstuff/DrowningSample.dts
Dietrich kindly sent me a copy of the latest release on his label in Germany, which is a 4 channel mix of the album "Parsons Thibuad - Transcontinental Voices", and I really like it. It's a very easy and pleasant listen, the surround is top notch, and the musicmanship is excellent. All of the songs were written by the two artists, and sung in English. The style is guitar driven melodic tunes with vocal harmonies as well as guitar harmonies.
This album had a stereo release in 2011. You can read about it and the artists on their websites at the following links. The surround disc is NOT available from the artists directly.
http://www.parsonsthibaud.com/PT/Home.html
http://www.josephparsons.com/review/parsons-thibaud-cd/
The surround field is well thought out, like I may have done. Each singer is in his own front speaker, which makes the harmonizing sound terrific. Their respective guitars are in the rear opposing speakers, with the drums in the front center, and for the later tracks, the electric guitars fill in. It is a VERY open sound stage, and for those who play guitar you can really hear the minutia of each player in his own speaker.
The first 7 tunes are acoustic, the last 4 go electric. I found myself gravitating to the acoustic tunes on first listens. They are well written and catchy. These two performers have obviously played together for quite a while and it sounds it. Very relaxed, very confident, and very very good.
For those who haven't tried a QuadroSurround DVD-A yet, this one is a no brainer if you like this kind of music. It's hard to describe, as it could be considered folk, or country, or pop/rock. There are a wide variety of styles on the disc, but it's truly a singer-songwriter kind of vibe.
Those interested can order the disc from the QuadroSurround website:
http://www.quadro-surround.de/english/avaiable_productions.html
One song that I liked right away, and still do, is Track 3, called "Drowning". I created a DTS Sample for you to download and play to get a feel for the type of music and the excellent musicmanship on this disc. This track was written by Joseph Parsons, and has a Neil Young kind of feel to it, a Harvest-era NY. I like it a lot.
This is a DTS encoded wav file. So you can play it in Foobar or burn it to a CD or DVD, but you cannot play it in Media Player.
www.quadraphonicquad.com/miscstuff/DrowningSample.dts