Is this one out of print?
Finally opened this one... what the hell was I waiting for!? The content is wonderful... I'm completely unfamiliar with the band or the "Canterbury Scene", but this reminds me of what an English version of The Doors might sound like (and it's GREAT!). The fidelity is excellent, the surround mix is discrete and immersive. I would love to get more surround from Caravan if it sounds like this... a winner from start to finish. 9.
I agree... Sounds excellent! I wouldn't have even noticed it was DD to be honest. It's a really great mix. I'm hooked from the very first notes on Golf Girl. The lyrics really crack me up too!![]()
For sure one of the very few excellent sounding Dulby mixes. Imagine how much better it could sound though
Imagination is exactly what you'd be using , if you thought a PCM version sounded 'much better'.
It's a 9. This is quickly becoming one of my favorite Wilson-remixed titles. I really dig the album - musically, I'd describe the band as a quirkier and more upbeat version of the Moody Blues. The vocals definitely remind me of Justin Hayward at times.
The surround mix has a 'Columbia Q8' vibe for sure - very dry and discrete, with different instruments pegged into the back corners (usually different acoustic guitar parts, though you also get backing vocals, keys/organ, etc). Every track is mixed well, but it's all just a warm-up for the epic 22-minute "Nine Feet Underground" suite, which is nothing short of a surround masterpiece - organ solos effortlessly dance around the room while the rhythm section stays anchored towards the front.
My only issue with the surround mix is that, like other SW mixes, the center channel volume can be a bit inconsistent. Sometimes the vocals seem a bit buried, but raising the volume can result in other center-panned instruments becoming overbearing (organ solos and the explosion sound effect in "Nine Feet Underground, for instance).
"Golf Girl" (gotta love the trombone in the center channel):
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"Nine Feet Underground":
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Are those from the Dolby or the lossless?
I suspect they're close, because they're the same mix, same master (probably) of the same music, but shouldn't the lost information from the compression alter the wav form a bit?The wavs are from the Dolby, but wouldn’t they look the same?
I suspect they're close, because they're the same mix, same master (probably) of the same music, but shouldn't the lost information from the compression alter the wav form a bit?
I really wonder who chooses the codecs these albums are released in. I mean you go to the trouble of locating the multitracks.....hire Steve Wilson to remix an iconic album .... design the gatefold packaging which includes a RBCD when just as easily the album could've [and frankly should've] been released on a single hybrid SACD which includes the CD layer and a HI RES STEREO/MULTICHANNEL layer....thus doing FULL justice to the album itself and Steve's STELLAR efforts.
Does it really take a genius to figure this out? And insult to injury: a DTS option and at the very least a 96/24 stereo remix could've [and frankly should've] been included.
Probably just a coincidence, but there is no SW MC on SACD, corrrect? Not that he necessarily has anything against the format.
But it's all blu-ray or DVD for him, right?
seems unlikely there'd be much difference (if any) maybe something/anything +16kHz that DD cutoff?
Didn't I see somewhere here on the forum, that us old farts![]()
can't hear above 16khz anyway?
Didn't I see somewhere here on the forum, that us old farts![]()
can't hear above 16khz anyway?
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