Completely agree with your comments, apart from the guitar playing part, as I cannot play guitar
it is a very good album with great songs and a lovely mix!
DVD/DTS Poll Magenta - The Twenty Seven Club [DTS96-24/DD DVD]
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Completely agree with your comments, apart from the guitar playing part, as I cannot play guitar
it is a very good album with great songs and a lovely mix!
Completely agree with your comments, apart from the guitar playing part, as I cannot play guitar
Luckily no-one heard me attempt to play along!
@:As Neil said, drop them an email. Mine didn't show up and I finally checked and the order had slipped through the cracks. They sent it immediately at that point.
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I ordered on Oct.4 sent an email this Thursday night (two days ago) - got a response on Friday (yesterday) saying that the package was posted on Oct.11 - send them an email - they will respond.
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It finally arrived today!!! woohoo!!! loved it, will give it another spin or two before I grade it! but it will be 9 or 10 for sure!
By the way... I got almos every 27 club member but I still dont know "Stoned" and "The Gift" (Stoned Im guessing is Kurt Cobain, but Im not sure)
By the way... I got almos every 27 club member but I still dont know "Stoned" and "The Gift" (Stoned Im guessing is Kurt Cobain, but Im not sure)
I received my copy of this album only a few days ago and I tried hard to like it, but somehow the music doesn't "click". Maybe I was expecting too much after I read some comments here and on other sites, but I feel like the vocals are almost ruining the experience of what otherwise would be a pretty good prog rock album with top level performance of the musicians.
Even the mix is not up to what I expected. After listening to Rob Reed's Sanctuary, which I'd rate as one of the best surround mixes I've ever heard, somehow the mix lacks clarity and especially the drums sound weak. It's not a bad mix at all, but not as good as many other surround mixes I've listened to in the past.
Music 6/10 (only because of the skilled musicians)
Mix 7/10
Overall Rating: 7/10
I hope my comment is not too harsh sounding for my first post on this forum. All in all, I wouldn't buy it again.
Even the mix is not up to what I expected. After listening to Rob Reed's Sanctuary, which I'd rate as one of the best surround mixes I've ever heard, somehow the mix lacks clarity and especially the drums sound weak. It's not a bad mix at all, but not as good as many other surround mixes I've listened to in the past.
Music 6/10 (only because of the skilled musicians)
Mix 7/10
Overall Rating: 7/10
I hope my comment is not too harsh sounding for my first post on this forum. All in all, I wouldn't buy it again.
I agree 100%! Not nice to say but the vocals are WEAK. I just listened to Magenta Chameleon; the female vocalist is a friend or wife I presume? No way they auditioned her or sought her out. Weak, uninspired vocals, not good at all.
To each their own I guess. Tina Booth is an excellent singer to me.
Hi, welcome to QQ. Out of curiousity, are you listening to the DTS24/96 track or the DD?
Thank you! I was lurking around these forums for quite a while and thought it's about time to participate. But back to your question, I was listening to the DTS track.
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Bought this after the reviews here. After listening a couple of times, I think 27 Club could have been an interesting theme for a work, but I just didn't get into the music. The mix also seemed rather low-fi. Then other SACDs, DVD Audios, etc arrived and it fell out of rotation. I will give this another shot later and may change my mind, but am kind of scratching my head for now.
I think the music on Magenta DVD Audios is very good; it's the vocals that ruin it for me.
Has Magenta released anything on DVD-Audio? Mine are all DVD-Video, with either DTS or DD.
As for the vocals, to each his/her own, I guess. I find the vocals compelling and appropriate for the music.
No Magenta dvd-a's. Komendium and Sanctuary (Rob Reeds solo projects) were dvd-a though.
Music Content=10 ...prog rock doesn't get any better than this; pays homage to the greats (Floyd, Yes), yet doesn't copy them. Each song takes you on a journey. Beautiful, Majestic, Rocking. And lots of moog
Fidelity= 10 ...Sounds perfect: crisp highs, rumbling lows, and no distortion
Surround Mix= 10 ...discrete and active; makes the album sound better than in stereo (as a good surround mix should!) Vocal harmonies are nicely spread around the room...sounds sooo good
This band is one of my favorite discoveries this year... unfortunately, I only have one more of their albums left to listen to (Metamorphosis)... think I'll wait a while...
Oh yeah... I vote 10
Fidelity= 10 ...Sounds perfect: crisp highs, rumbling lows, and no distortion
Surround Mix= 10 ...discrete and active; makes the album sound better than in stereo (as a good surround mix should!) Vocal harmonies are nicely spread around the room...sounds sooo good
This band is one of my favorite discoveries this year... unfortunately, I only have one more of their albums left to listen to (Metamorphosis)... think I'll wait a while...
Oh yeah... I vote 10
