Listening to Now (In Surround) - Volume 2

[4-earredwonder]

its coming!
..but we know its Turn Of A Friendly Card up next in Surround!

Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (2022)

Posted on Facebook: Today marks the 12th anniversary of Eric Woolfson’s passing. To quote Eric ‘The most satisfying album for me to make was The Turn of a Friendly Card. We made it in Paris in six weeks, which was incredible considering that most of our albums took a year to make’. We are...

www.quadraphonicquad.com

Then better brush up on my gin rummy

 

[marpow]

Alan Parsons, 5.1 Surround, DVD-DTS. 24/48 DR's are 11, 12, 13, 14's, 15, 16.

 

[J. PUPSTER]

its coming!
..but we know its Turn Of A Friendly Card up next in Surround!

Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (2022)

Posted on Facebook: Today marks the 12th anniversary of Eric Woolfson’s passing. To quote Eric ‘The most satisfying album for me to make was The Turn of a Friendly Card. We made it in Paris in six weeks, which was incredible considering that most of our albums took a year to make’. We are...

www.quadraphonicquad.com

Don't want him wasting time with a re-tread of "On Air", let's get it on with TOAFC and hopefully

 

[doppelbock]

The Pineapple Thief - Give It Back

 

[oleintagout]

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My copy of The Pineapple Thief's Give It Back arrived this afternoon. A couple songs into the first play-through of the Atmos mix...

Great room, inspiring for me as I want to improve mine.

 

[madscot]

Great album from SW and co

 

[Tornado Red]

BT - Electronic Opus on blu ray in 5.1

 

[Tornado Red]

followed by…
Fourplay - Fourplay 30th Anniversary on SACD in 5.1

 

[bookofsaturdays]

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Great album from SW and co

As a fan of the later PT catalog, I’ve just recently realized the sheer brilliance of this record. Pretty amazing that it was his first surround mix too! Pure Narcotic is a gorgeous song.

 

[JediJoker]

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followed by…
Fourplay - Fourplay 30th Anniversary on SACD in 5.1

Recently acquired the original DVD-Audio release of this. If anyone has both: is the surround mastering the same, or different? I assume the stereo on the hybrid SACD (both layers) is a new master.

 

[Perpendicular]

Steven Wilson - To The Bone(r) (DVD)

 

[weekendtoy]

Queensryche - Empire (DVDA 5.1)

 

[Barbazul]

I’m really enjoying this one!!

 

[fredblue]

Recently acquired the original DVD-Audio release of this. If anyone has both: is the surround mastering the same, or different? I assume the stereo on the hybrid SACD (both layers) is a new master.

i didn't directly compare the two formats but on basic listening i was pretty sure they had the same mastering and (unfortunately) the same MCh mix, which to my mind is really not good and doesn't do the material justice, surprisingly so for Don Murray since he previously did great Quad mixes (O'Jays "Ship Ahoy", Johnny Mathis "I'm Coming Home", Spinners "New & Improved" and "Pick Of The Litter") and subsequently did great 5.1 mixes (George Benson "Songs & Stories", Lee Ritenour "Six String Theory").. ah well, can't win 'em all i guess

 

[madscot]

It’s a cracker

 

[madship]

I’m really enjoying this one!!

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I like this interface. What software is it?

 

[fredblue]

I like this interface. What software is it?

Tidal

 

[kap'n krunch]

I’m really enjoying this one!!

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My wife LOVES Maestro, I mean, Stromae ...and I dig him too!!

 

[4-earredwonder]

i didn't directly compare the two formats but on basic listening i was pretty sure they had the same mastering and (unfortunately) the same MCh mix, which to my mind is really not good and doesn't do the material justice, surprisingly so for Don Murray since he previously did great Quad mixes (O'Jays "Ship Ahoy", Johnny Mathis "I'm Coming Home", Spinners "New & Improved" and "Pick Of The Litter") and subsequently did great 5.1 mixes (George Benson "Songs & Stories", Lee Ritenour "Six String Theory").. ah well, can't win 'em all i guess

I sometimes truly believe the absence of a discrete remix is at the insistence of the artist and not the remix engineer. I always recall when Jay~Z rejected Elliot Scheiner's ultra discrete remix for the BEYONCE video BD~V insisting it was too gimmicky [and perhaps in his mind detracted from the videos].

ALL those Don Murray discrete remixes you mentioned are indeed superior. And it must've been a frustrating experience for him to refrain from creating a more immersive 5.1 remix...unless the stems he had to work from were not conducive for a more discrete remix!

 

[J. PUPSTER]

TPT -GIVE IT BACK (BD 5.1 DTS-HD MA)