Wonder if the vinyl may be worth the wait and the way to go for this one?
I'd love to hear the vinyl, just to see how it compares...but I'm drawing the line. The download is the last version I'm gonna own.
While my CD is currently in the mail, I did go ahead and download the Hi-Res version from HDTracks - and it certainly is killer! Looking forward to reading Wilson's essay. [emoji2]Besides the quality of the stereo remix itself, it's worth owning the CD of this remix just for the amazing essay written by Steven Wilson.
I would think not. Somebody who has the CD wanna run the DR and compare to the download?It here any discernable sound difference between the HD download and the cd?
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Analyzed: Chicago / Chicago II (Steven Wilson Remix)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -0.10 dB -13.44 dB 4:06 01-Movin' In (Steven Wilson Remix)
DR12 -0.25 dB -14.93 dB 3:10 02-The Road (Steven Wilson Remix)
DR12 -0.10 dB -14.62 dB 5:35 03-Poem For The People (Steven Wilson Remix)
DR11 -0.10 dB -13.00 dB 6:34 04-In The Country (Steven Wilson Remix)
DR11 -0.10 dB -12.84 dB 2:32 05-Wake Up Sunshine (Steven Wilson Remix)
DR12 -0.10 dB -13.98 dB 3:15 06-Make Me Smile (Steven Wilson Remix)
DR13 -0.10 dB -15.12 dB 1:12 07-So Much To Say, So Much To Give (Steven Wilson Remix)
DR13 -0.10 dB -16.11 dB 1:01 08-Anxiety's Moment (Steven Wilson Remix)
DR13 -0.10 dB -15.17 dB 1:34 09-West Virginia Fantasies (Steven Wilson Remix)
DR13 -0.14 dB -16.18 dB 3:00 10-Colour My World (Steven Wilson Remix)
DR12 -0.10 dB -14.49 dB 1:15 11-To Be Free (Steven Wilson Remix)
DR11 -0.10 dB -13.63 dB 1:26 12-Now More Than Ever (Steven Wilson Remix)
DR11 -0.10 dB -13.80 dB 5:10 13-Fancy Colours (Steven Wilson Remix)
DR10 -0.10 dB -12.16 dB 4:58 14-25 Or 6 To 4 (Steven Wilson Remix)
DR9 -6.88 dB -20.72 dB 1:10 15-Prelude (Steven Wilson Remix)
DR12 -0.10 dB -18.76 dB 2:06 16-A.M. Mourning (Steven Wilson Remix)
DR11 -0.44 dB -17.41 dB 1:58 17-P.M. Mourning (Steven Wilson Remix)
DR13 -3.24 dB -22.57 dB 3:59 18-Memories Of Love (Steven Wilson Remix)
DR12 -0.10 dB -14.07 dB 2:33 19-It Better End Soon (1st Movement) [Steven Wilson Remix]
DR11 -0.10 dB -13.58 dB 3:40 20-It Better End Soon (2nd Movement) [Steven Wilson Remix]
DR11 -0.10 dB -13.31 dB 3:18 21-It Better End Soon (3rd Movement) [Steven Wilson Remix]
DR10 -0.10 dB -12.14 dB 0:56 22-It Better End Soon (4th Movement) [Steven Wilson Remix]
DR11 -0.10 dB -13.65 dB 2:49 23-Where Do We Go From Here (Steven Wilson Remix)
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Number of tracks: 23
Official DR value: DR12
Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2928 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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If there are in fact four(?) stereo mixes -- original, quadio, dvd-a, and this new SW mix -- shouldn't a proper comparisons be between all of them?
I could be wrong, but I think the stereo mix on the Quadio Blu-Ray is the original stereo mix, so it would only be a comparison between three stereo mixes: original, DVDA, and SW's remix.
Requires account. Can you copy-and-paste for the plebs like me? [emoji6]Based on what I read here, it doesn't seem like Steven Wilson is a shoe-in to remix more Chicago records:
https://porcupinetreeforum.com/index.php?topic=1462.0
Requires account. Can you copy-and-paste for the plebs like me? [emoji6]
(From a recent interview with trumpet player Lee Loughnane):
SC: I hope you get to remix the first record too.
LL: Me too! Our engineer, Tim Jessup, he’s got his hat in the ring with Rhino. Hopefully, he will do it rather than the guy from Britain. (The Wilson Remix of II) was in a computer, what they call “in the box.” The equipment that we have will take it as far out of the box as we can possibly get it and still be in a computer, without going into a studio and actually re-recording it. I don’t even know what the technique would be, but you’ve got to take the tracks and do a different format, a different machine. I don’t know the technical aspects of it, but we can make it sound better, that’s for sure.
Really not on-topic or constructive in the context of this thread.For a website called QuadraphonicQuadForum, I find this interest in the Stereo remixing of the [entire?] Chicago catalogue somewhat perplexing. For that matter, ALL the rock/pop/jazz albums, etc. could be infinitely remixed to sound better [or different] but what's the point?
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