Listening to Now (In Surround) - Volume 2

[J. PUPSTER]

haha.. they're for when i listen to King Crimson's "Lizard" DVD-A!

(which is about twice in 10 years. no reflection on the music or the mix - at all.. there's just been so so much "new" surround music coming in over the years even the gems on the shelves get criminally overlooked.. a good problem i guess!)

Considering what I believe should be coming the last half of the year, all I gotta say to that (in a good way) is:

 

[The56Kid]

Tomita - Firebird; SACD 4.0

Totally blown away by the sonics on this mind-blowing quadraphonic re-release by DV. This is a recent purchase and my first experience with anything by Tomita. To say this is an impressive experience would be an understatement. You’re constantly enveloped by layers and layers of sound coming at you from every direction.

Can’t imagine that Frogmort wouldn’t dig this with a little sweet leaf!

 

[4-earredwonder]

Guess what I'm listening to. The Guess Who's Rockin' and The Best of Volume II ....... And you guessed it .......Michael J and his Elves [wonder if any are named Elvis?] Nailed it.

And without second guessing a

 

[edisonbaggins]

Tomita - Firebird; SACD 4.0

Totally blown away by the sonics on this mind-blowing quadraphonic re-release by DV. This is a recent purchase and my first experience with anything by Tomita. To say this is an impressive experience would be an understatement. You’re constantly enveloped by layers and layers of sound coming at you from every direction.

Can’t imagine that Frogmort wouldn’t dig this with a little sweet leaf!

Oo... I love all the Tomita SACDs I own, which is quite a few. One more from D-V: Clair de something or other. It's great too.

 

[The56Kid]

Oo... I love all the Tomita SACDs I own, which is quite a few. One more from D-V: Clair de something or other. It's great too.

I’ve been wondering if I should order Tomita’s Planets from CDJapan. How does it compare to Firebird?

 

[edisonbaggins]

I’ve been wondering if I should order Tomita’s Planets from CDJapan. How does it compare to Firebird?

Uh, I friggin' love it. The Ultimate Edition still available? My advice would be do it!

 

[kap'n krunch]

I’ve been wondering if I should order Tomita’s Planets from CDJapan. How does it compare to Firebird?

It's virtually impossible to go wrong with ANY of Tomita's discs!!!
GRAB ALL OF THEM!!!!

 

[edisonbaggins]

It's virtually impossible to go wrong with ANY of Tomita's discs!!!
GRAB ALL OF THEM!!!!

The only thing that causes me some pause with Tomita discs is, depending on which label puts it out, some tracks are borrowed from other recordings and stuff, and it's kinda confusing, to me.
Like, he released a certain number (6?) of original quad LP (maybe tapes?) and not all those tracks are accounted for, yet, on SACD, but there are more than 6 SACDS, so far...

 

[J. PUPSTER]

This one is so soft and serene; went really well with my afternoon nap (I love it )

 

[4-earredwonder]

First a Plane ..... Then a BYRD .... and Man, another super~duper QUAD 'revelation' from the Wizard.

Donald Byrd's BLACKBYRD .........

Donald Byrd - Black Byrd [SACD Hybrid Multi-channel]

 

[sjcorne]

Best Of The Guess Who Vol. II & Rockin' two-fer SACD from D-V.

Best Of Vol. II in quad is certainly sounding better than I've ever heard it, but I am noticing quite a bit more tape hiss in comparison to Rockin'. You can really hear the difference if you compare the tracks that appear on both albums ("Guns, Guns, Guns", "Heartbroken Bopper"). I guess one master tape held up better than the other over the years. Not a complaint, just an observation - once the busier tracks get going you can't really hear it anyway, but on the piano intro to "Sour Suite" it is admittedly a bit distracting.

I'd never heard Rockin' in quad before: as others have stated before, it is indeed a bit of a strange mix. It almost sounds like it would benefit from rotating all four channels, which would put the guitars in the front and piano in the back (or vice versa), but then you'd get the drums in diagonal channels. It's definitely much more discrete than the prior Guess Who quads in the 'PQ8' series.

 

[Jeffrey Michael]

Miles Davis,Bitches Brew 4.0 Japanese SACD in 7" packaging, Disc 1. Still in stock at CDJapan for $51.28.
Stunning.
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Bitches Brew Stout. Only 9% AVB and goes great with the listening session.

 

[4-earredwonder]

SEX for the Ears ...... D~V's magnificent QUAD remaster of Herbie Hancock's SEXTANT! With Palpable DEEP BASS in the REAR SPEAKERS!

Herbie Hancock - Sextant [SACD Hybrid Multi-channel]

 

[fredblue]

Jasmine Nightdreams : Edgar Winter (DTS CD)

"hello mellow feelin'.."



hello marvellous mix!
still a "10".
(one of the most underrated, overlooked Quad mixes of all-time imho.)

 

[fredblue]

Crazy Eyes : Poco

another underappreciated (imho) DTS CD Quad gem.
just upped from a "9" to a "10" in the QQ Poll

 

[fizzywiggs41]

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Bitches Brew Stout. Only 9% AVB and goes great with the listening session.

Cool

 

[fizzywiggs41]

The only thing that causes me some pause with Tomita discs is, depending on which label puts it out, some tracks are borrowed from other recordings and stuff, and it's kinda confusing, to me.
Like, he released a certain number (6?) of original quad LP (maybe tapes?) and not all those tracks are accounted for, yet, on SACD, but there are more than 6 SACDS, so far...

From what I noticed on those Tomita Denon discs , and like ,( even though I don't have any yet) there seems to be a bevy of bonus quad material. ?

Like kapn states----get em all, they're all great !
I too , recommend em.

 

[esimms86]

Jasmine Nightdreams : Edgar Winter (DTS CD)

"hello mellow feelin'.."



hello marvellous mix!
still a "10".
(one of the most underrated, overlooked Quad mixes of all-time imho.)

Geez, Ralphie and Adam have, between them, posted three 10’s in the past 24-36 hours! That’s enough to make the young Bo Derek blush!

 

[svengaleekie]

Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother 4.0 DTS-HD Master Blu-ray, from The Early Years 1970 Devi/ation

 

[sjcorne]

A car disc created from the AF and D-V SACDs (though I did unfortunately have to cut a track or two to fit both albums on an 80 minute CD-R).