Listening to Now (In Surround) - Volume 2

[4-earredwonder]

FRESH OFF the DHL Delivery Truck.......Santana/John McLaughlin LOVE DEVOTION SURRENDER QUAD SACD in Special 7" packaging!

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[4-earredwonder]

Kodo MONDO HEAD [Red Ink Records/Multi~CH SACD] Produced by Mickey Hart. A demo SACD with fully discrete use of all channels!

 

[Quad Linda]

Mondo Head, a great workout for your system.

There were other Kodo SACD's in Japan.

 

[madscot]

Great way to start my music day, by the way even though it’s meant to be 5.1 manipulated from the quad nothing is coming out of the centre

 

[madscot]

Now getting my freak on lol

 

[4-earredwonder]

Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper and Stephen Stills SUPER SESSION [Columbia Records/SONY Japan SACD QUAD remaster] Is it time to retire my Audio Fidelity Multi~CH 5.1 SACD remixed by Al Kooper? Methinks, YES! Again, SONY Japan has released a stunning discrete 4 corner QUAD SACD in their special 7" packaging at a price point which almost negates AF's previous effort. Very Highly Recommended.

 

[M-K]

I look at this box set as a giant Odds and Sods on steroids
Looking forward to my copy.

Just listened to Odds & Sods. What a coincidence! But stereo only.

 

[svengaleekie]

Barclay James Harvest, their 4th album dating back to 1972, Baby James Harvest containing a Blu-ray with 5.1 surround mixes and 4 CDs too. So I have 9 of these releases. I've never heard this album before but it's just as good as the rest.

 

[humprof]

Obviously there are a lot of high-profile releases garnering all the attention these days, but one of my favorite new releases has largely flown under the radar: a 2-CD/1-BDA set of Serge Gainsbourg's trippy L’homme à tête de chou, which can be had for under 30 bucks (US) from Amazon or jpc.de. (It came out at the end of June.)

Poussin, who has mixed pretty much the entire Gainsbourg catalogue in Atmos for Apple and Tidal (and who did the SACD and Blu-Ray for Histoire de Melody Nelson a few years back), was asked by Universal France to undertake a new, more adventurous Atmos mix for this set. He succeeded handsomely, IMO. The original streaming mix from 2021 is fine, too, though it intentionally hews close to the bone-dry, voice-forward stereo mix in its overall "feel." Details about the mixing & mastering of the BDA here; background here and here. Disc navigation is straightforward and effective.

 

[Clement]

Absolutely OUTSTANDING . . . simply sublime!

3 votes of 10 on the poll thread

 

[Quad Linda]

Love Devotion Surrender
Supper Session

2 x 10

 

[Clement]

Love Devotion Surrender
Supper Session

2 x 10

What she said! Another SPECTACULAR release!

5 votes of 10 on our poll thread

 

[marpow]

Agreed, this is perfect, can't believe I have heard all versions of this since 1968. Michael Bloomfield Rules.
I much prefer this 2023 Japanese Hybrid SACD 4.0 over the 5.1 Audio Fidelity version.
Man everything has such good tone and seperation, really feels like I am in the studio, feeling the vibrations of the instruments.
DR's are 9, 11's, 12's, 16, 19.
I am going to need all of 2024 to listen to what I bought in 2023, what a banner year for surround.

 

[Clement]

The latest Santana is so good it inspired me to revisit my favo(u)rite of the reissues. LOVE this release!

Review on our 9.65 poll thread

 

[weekendtoy]

Inxs- Kick 30 (ATMOS 7.2.4)

 

[Quad Linda]

Welcome - Santana SQ 1st press custom white/gold SQ label ESSENTIAL!
The Big Express - XTC BD
Elgar: Symphony No. 2 - Barenboim/London Philharmonic SQ

Elgar - Barenboim Conducts London Philharmonic Orchestra - Symphony No. 2

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1973 Vinyl release of "Symphony No. 2" on Discogs.

www.discogs.com

 

[bgf1973]

 

[Clement]

@madscot reminded me i've been neglecting my Moody Blues!

8.61 on our poll thread

 

[perzon57]

Tesseract - War of Being. BD Atmos 7.4.4. This is how it should be done, good music and a fantastic Atmos mix. Everyone entering in to Atmos mixing should be listening to this.

 

[Clement]

More Moodies!

8.44 on our poll thread