After several listens I debated between 9 and 10. I don't give out 10s willy nilly. I voted a 10. There's nothing not to love about it..
If you wait until you have the Perfect conditions, you’ll be giving it a 10.Listening under almost perfect conditions. A very good SACD, surrounds used well, a playful mix at times. Sound quality excellent, content (music and lyrics) and the intangibles make this a high nine.
Could be, fortunately it seems John has given us the option to change a vote, my QQ brother.If you wait until you have the Perfect conditions, you’ll be giving it a 10.
Could be, fortunately it seems John has given us the option to change a vote, my QQ brother.
I've been making my own surround compilations for years now. Just figured out how to rip the tracks from the SACD discs and made a comp with tracks from Avalon and Bryan Ferry's Boys And Girls sacds. Sounds heavenly.
If only we could get a 5.1 mix of Bête Noire including the non-album singles Is Your Love Strong Enough and Help Me, I would truly be thankful. I do admit that they would have made more sense as bonus tracks on Boys And Girls but I just dreaming out loud.
I can only attest to the brilliance of the 2014 stereo-only SACD-SHM disc put out in Japan. On that evidence, Avalon could well be one of the best sounding albums I've ever heard.
I can only imagine how great the surround mx sounds - and wonder why-oh-why they didn't include it in the recent SACD release!!!???