Wise is also the way to pronounce ways in Birmingham, UK.
Australia too.
Wise is also the way to pronounce ways in Birmingham, UK.
Australia too.
If they put out Holiday in stereo there is no way I'd buy it. They may as well just do Greatest Hits instead if that's what they're thinking. And, anything by BS&T is way stronger than L&M, EWF, and especially Mavavishnubishi.
Remind me NOT to come to your tea party, C~boy. NO L&M, NO EWF, NO Holiday and NO Mahavishnu Orchestra. :violin
Shame. Damn shame. I would have gladly sacrificed the Judy Collins and the Breezin' for this one in quad. Gladly
"Time has no relevance in the pursuit of perfection"
that's interesting point. seems like for early issues CDs (late 80s - beginning 90s) labels was in hurry to print as much as possible titles
and have used original source-masters, which was done for previous vinyl runs. even on some old CDs obvious tape noise can be heard
but nevertheless, they still sound way better than majority of following from mid 90s so call "remaster editions".
as for suggested test, i've been through it. its easy to spot difference between original LP and same LP but recorded at 16 bit.
When I first heard DVD~A at an upscale audio boutique on a Meridian/Krell System with B&W 801s, the first thing I said to the store's proprietor..........I love the sound and the concept but it does require the listener to sit at rapt attention in the sweet spot and as there is really only ONE sweet spot it could never be enjoyed [truly effectively] by more than one person at a time.
And you do realize that every movie and home thater today -- designed for group watching/listening -- uses surround sound, right? So how is it inherently a 'solitary' thing?
Well, the theaters just don't worry about it. There's still a sweet spot.
Well, the theaters just don't worry about it. There's still a sweet spot.
In an actual movie theater, the sweet 'spot' isn't 'spot' it's more a multi-seat 'area', at least for mid and treble. The sweet 'spot' for bass is even bigger, in rooms that size, if there's enough subwoofage.
And the point is still, surround sound since its *inception* has been linked to 'group listening'. Not 'solitary'. And the flat claim that "it could never be enjoyed [truly effectively] by more than one person at a time.' is elitist nonsense.
Well, a home isn't a movie theater (unless you're SUPER rich) so if you want to line up let's say three seats across, the sweet spot is still IN THE MIDDLE.
I was once told (don't know if it's true) that left and right fronts should be spaced according to the size of a grand piano. So even with a center channel there is still that sweet spot unless you want to sit off axis on top of left front or left right and then the rears would also be off axis.
In an actual movie theater, the sweet 'spot' isn't 'spot' it's more a multi-seat 'area', at least for mid and treble. The sweet 'spot' for bass is even bigger, in rooms that size, if there's enough subwoofage 9which there usually is, these days).
And the point is still, surround sound since its *inception* has been linked to 'group listening'. Not 'solitary'. And the flat claim that "it could never be enjoyed [truly effectively] by more than one person at a time.' is elitist nonsense.
And as an exercise, go through Floyd Toole's book on Sound Reproduction, and see how often he's referring to strategies for satisfying more than one listener at a time.
I HATE to be the bearer of BAD NEWS, but Marshall Blonstein emailed me back this afternoon and broke the news that both Tail Spinning and Musicmagic will be hybrid STEREO SACDs.
No one is MORE bummed out than I am since logically, they'd make SUPERB QUAD releases.
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