Bob Romano said:I'm not a Sinatra fan but I have to say that I am excited about this one. I think it's just to see what can be done with multichannel mixing at this point. And sitting at a ringside table sounds like the right thing to try to acheive.
GaryW said:Had to choose between picking this up or the new/old Deep Purple decided on this and am glad I did. This is a nice disc. There are a couple of things to keep in mind about this disc:
First, it is a live recording from 1966, and second, it is a live recording from 1966. With that in mind I have to say "Wow". This is a great set and it sounds very very good considering the source. Very little tape hiss and not much to complain about the sonics. Not a ton of discrete use of the rears but enough. I found myself having to turn down the rears a bit as the vocals are mixed for the middle of the room rather than from the front. Turning down the rears a bit helped a lot in putting Frank more forward in the room. This is the best I have heard Sinatra sound in my house in any format and better than any studio recording I have of him. Highly recommended.
GaryW said:Had to choose between picking this up or the new/old Deep Purple decided on this and am glad I did. This is a nice disc. There are a couple of things to keep in mind about this disc:
First, it is a live recording from 1966, and second, it is a live recording from 1966. With that in mind I have to say "Wow". This is a great set and it sounds very very good considering the source. Very little tape hiss and not much to complain about the sonics. Not a ton of discrete use of the rears but enough. I found myself having to turn down the rears a bit as the vocals are mixed for the middle of the room rather than from the front. Turning down the rears a bit helped a lot in putting Frank more forward in the room. This is the best I have heard Sinatra sound in my house in any format and better than any studio recording I have of him. Highly recommended.
JonUrban said:I got this DVD-A today (along with Chicago V and Deep Purple at the BB in Manchester) and was pretty pleased. Got the wife to sit down and listen, and after I figured out this was the "Frank in the middle of the room" effect, I liked it a lot. The band is really clear, and while not a real "surround" effect with the instruments, it works well on this live effort. I would rate this one high, considering its age and that it is a live recording. An absolute must if you like Sinatra.
:-jon
I just saw the songlist for this, and it looks pretty tasty. I might have to get it and tweak the rears.....sounds like a good one.radiodaddy said:I think this one may cause the same kind of flap that "Pet Sounds" has. Glorious sound - Sinatra's albums were always impeccably recorded, and this one is no exception. The Basie Orchestra in hi-rez is especially sweet.
The mix, however, may bum out vocals-in-the-center partisans. The orchestra is spread across the front soundstage and into the surrounds, with the drums in the center and Basie's piano on the left. Sinatra's vocals are on both the right and left sides, with some bleed to the surrounds. The liner notes indicated the remix was done directly from the original four-track recording. I suspect Mazer was trying to replicate the sound you would hear in a large club, with the orchestra coming at you essentially live and unamplified from all sides, and the vocalist coming through PAs on either side of the stage. As some (including myself) have noted with "Pet Sounds," the mix seems to work better if you turn down the rear speakers.
I like it. I can't wait to hear what they do with "September of My Years."
peace,
yrd
petermwilson said:the stereo mix which is supposed tobe 192/24 and is superb (BTW can anyone confirm the rez on 2ch)
petermwilson said:Hi Manus,
I've loaded it into my dvd-a and my sacd which will play the dd5.1 and my Panny rp82 without the analog cables connected and it plays in Dolby prologic II which I don't understand but anyway it plays.
The fact that neither player will allow it to load means that it's still in the jewel case or its defective.
Peter m.
Manmc said:Thanks for that ,Peter.I've mailed it back to Canada.I just hope it doesn't take the 3 months it took em to change the last defective disc I had. Looking forward to hearing this too.
Regards,
Manus
Guy Robinson said:I have never had a defective disc. Either I have been extremely lucky or my player cares less about flaws.
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