DennisMoore Jr.
1K Club - QQ Shooting Star
Thank you for sharing that review. BTW, I found the review VERY positive and wasn't offended by the exclusion of a wildly discrete 5.1 remix. If clarity is gained [which it IS] and individual parts are fully realized [which they ARE] then all isn't lost. NO ONE loves an immersive surround mix more than me but keep in mind....we ARE a niche market and this set will probably sell in the thousands [hopefully] so it also has to appeal to non surround listeners as well. But then again, they wouldn't be buying it for the surround mix, would they? Since Sgt. Pepper was intended as a MONO release [at least in the mind of the Beatles/George Martin AT THE TIME] and there are some discrete elements in the new remix...........I'll settle for that.
Hopefully, the White Album, Abbey Road, Let It Be, etc. will ride that roller coaster of immersive surround that we at QQ know and LOVE!
There is a comment of the review(at bottom) which the reviewer responds to and makes further clarifications about the 5.1 mix being tame. So the combination of both things got my panties in a bunch.
I'm just like you and I appreciate all my surround mixes that I buy, having learned that most purchases will not have a SW or ES mix. But I took exception to when the guy referenced the 5.1 mix to the mono mix.
You make my point about the 5.1 mix better than I could. So few relative purchases are for surround only(like us handsome lads)
so there is no reason NOT to make a full 5.1 remix. The 22 or 23 purists who hate surround would not be enough to do the sales any harm, and the excellent 5.1 remix would send us types giddy with joy, spreading the Gospel and actually increasing sales & attention in general. So there is actually no logical reason for a "safe" or "cautious" 5.1 remix. Nobody wins in that case.
Yes, me personally, I hold out great hope for better things with The White Album and later, since I know what miracles can be done with 8 tracks or more. I personally really liked and enjoyed Beatles Love, the segues were definitely a bit much but the overall clarity for songs like Something & Here Comes The Sun were everything I could want from a 5.1 remix and completely blew away the original 2.0 versions. So a complete Abby Road done like that would be a dream for sure.