John Hiatt -- Master of Disaster 6-21

[mrindenver]

Anyone else looking forward to this Hybrid release? Hiatt's patented vocal confidence, his wonderful songwriting, and the North Mississippi All-Stars, all in 5.1.

Hope to have it this Saturday.

 

[splinter7]

I am looking foward to it also. I have Bring the Family on DVD-A & SACD.
Kind of like the presentation of the DVD-A better.

 

[mrindenver]

I have the SACD, too, but I am not as happy with it as I expected to be. I have high hopes for the new one, recorded with the MC in mind from the beginning.

 

[bugdaddy]

has anyone got master of disaster yet? opinions?

 

[HiRes_PR]

The new one, sonically, isn't something to write about. Too much advertising for the latest Sonoma 24 track recorder/editing station. The music is heavily compressed. A lot of analog and digital transfers (Roxy Music's Avalon, Bryan Ferry's Boys & Girls, even Dolly Parton's Little Sparrow) sound way superior to this one.

I tried it on 2 players. A Pioneer Elite DV-59AVi and a Marantz SA8260. Results were the same.

Simply below average!

 

[danzigdan]

I don't think it sounds that bad. However, I think they way they recorded it with everything, especially Hiatt's voice, sounding very closely miked. It has that "small room" sound.

 

[MIDIQ]

I would agree it dosen't sound that great, and the surround mix isn't all that great either. But i do like the songs. Overall, fair.

 

[mrindenver]

I would agree it dosen't sound that great, and the surround mix isn't all that great either. But i do like the songs. Overall, fair.

I am a huge John Hiatt fan, Unfotunately I got this disc on the same day as the Brothers In Arms SACD.

Wow, what a difference.

I like Master of Disaster; I love BIA.

 

[daved64]

Gonna post on the spotlight disc thread. It blows huge soundwise!

 

[sbernstein]

Gonna post on the spotlight disc thread. It blows huge soundwise!

Strange, because it was promoted as being recorded entirely in DSD using some new workstation outfitted for that purpose....

 

[daved64]

Strange, because it was promoted as being recorded entirely in DSD using some new workstation outfitted for that purpose....

I don't know. I'll try again. Maybe the Talking Heads have spoiled me. I don't hear anything wonderful so far.