Listening to Now (In Surround) - Volume 2

[Frogmort]

Just finally got my rig all set up and semi-eq'd in my new house and have been having some fun.

Hans Zimmer - Live In Prague

Amin Bhatia - Interstellar Suite

Now: Blue Man Group - Audio

 

[Audiowannabee]

Well, thank goodness I had ordered a plethora of discs right before I left; and curses that I ordered the aforementioned plethora: when my wife saw the pile of loot on our dining room table, she turned to me, looked me in the eyes, and said, "You have a problem; we need to talk" Perhaps all I need to do is sit her down with this beauty from DV:
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wHOLlY souly moley!

Thank god i don't have a wife..

 

[Jeffrey Michael]

Thank god i don't have a wife..

Me too! Just me and my arrow.

 

[Frogmort]

Had me a wife once, when I was very young. Had practically a wife several times since then. Women have a way of brainwashing me somehow, sometimes, but these days, I try my best to resist. It saves lots on money, better spent on audio equipment that exclusively gives back many happy returns.

Like Neil Young says: 'Only love can break your heart'

 

[Cibola]

Cheating a little here, not currently listening out loud. I've had the No Secrets DVD-A in the Acura for a couple of days now and have played it at home too. I haven't owned the album in any format so it's mostly new to me. Carly Simon's voice isn't exactly gentle but after a while it's comfortably familiar. I'm a slow voter but this will get a positive review. A warm, well rounded surround experience.

 

[Clement]

 

[svengaleekie]

Kiama - Sign of IV 5.1 DTS DVDV

 

[svengaleekie]

Magenta - We Are Legend 5.1 DTS DVDV

 

[antoine555]

I took my laptop on vacation, loaded with a few goodies, to listen in headphone surround under the sun

 

[Clement]

I took my laptop on vacation, loaded with a few goodies, to listen in headphone surround under the sun

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wait a minute . . . there are surround headphones?!? heaven help me!

 

[antoine555]

wait a minute . . . there are surround headphones?!? heaven help me!

Nope, only with surround software

 

[perzon57]

Jeff Beck Group (Orange Album) SACD. Fresh from CDJapan.How good these Japanese 7" SACD's sound.I have theme all now,and they are much better sounding than the earlyer releases.I love the bass on these SACD's.Maybe not the right sound,but it's my right sound. Well worth the money all of them.

 

[Audiowannabee]

Spinning today genisis boxset dvd calling all stations

Aretha Franklin best of dvda

N up now Allman brothers idlewild south bluray...awesome

 

[fredblue]

Sergio Mendes : Sergio Mendes (CD-4)

surprise, surprise..
it's Sergio Mendes!

this is his 1975 album for Elektra that history says kinda came and went, i guess - and yet mercifully it got the Quad treatment! so at least a little corner of London won't forget it, so long as there is breath in my body and the kit to turn an old record into sorta surround i'll be spinning this gem!

...and it's a rather funky lil' smoothie, very much up my musical alley.. delightful laid back soulful recreations of top tunes by an embarrassment of musical talent including Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, George Harrison, Thom Bell & Linda Creed, Leon Ware.. and the whole thing rounds off with one of the saddest (yet for me) most beautiful songs of the seventies ("The Trouble With Hello Is Goodbye") composed by Dave Grusin with Alan & Marilyn Bergman (just in case you don't have a box of man-size kleenex at the ready while you're listening, a brotherly heads up; the track will make your eyes leak!
i have a Q8 of this wee beauty (which was pretty much pristine before i got my mitts on it) so i've a rough idea how the CD-4 should pan out and.. well.. blow me down but it's pouring out of the speakers like a velvet-coated chinchilla slipping o'er a bunny wabbit's tail, it's going down nearly as nicely as this wee G&T i took the liberty of pouring just before i dropped the needle. cheers to another wonderful week of life in surround to everyone at QQ

 

[4-earredwonder]

Sergio Mendes : Sergio Mendes (CD-4)

surprise, surprise..
it's Sergio Mendes!

this is his 1975 album for Elektra that history says kinda came and went, i guess - and yet mercifully it got the Quad treatment! so at least a little corner of London won't forget it, so long as there is breath in my body and the kit to turn an old record into sorta surround i'll be spinning this gem!

...and it's a rather funky lil' smoothie, very much up my musical alley.. delightful laid back soulful recreations of top tunes by an embarrassment of musical talent including Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, George Harrison, Thom Bell & Linda Creed, Leon Ware.. and the whole thing rounds off with one of the saddest (yet for me) most beautiful songs of the seventies ("The Trouble With Hello Is Goodbye") composed by Dave Grusin with Alan & Marilyn Bergman (just in case you don't have a box of man-size kleenex at the ready while you're listening, a brotherly heads up; the track will make your eyes leak!
i have a Q8 of this wee beauty (which was pretty much pristine before i got my mitts on it) so i've a rough idea how the CD-4 should pan out and.. well.. blow me down but it's pouring out of the speakers like a velvet-coated chinchilla slipping o'er a bunny wabbit's tail, it's going down nearly as nicely as this wee G&T i took the liberty of pouring just before i dropped the needle. cheers to another wonderful week of life in surround to everyone at QQ

It's a shame that none of those classic A&M Sergio Mendes albums ever received proper remixes and now those multis are [presumably] lost forever. Lani Hall's voice was to die for ....... and Herb Alpert thought so too...he married her!

 

[Cibola]

Starting the weekend with Styx The Mission DTS-HD MA 5.1 96k Blu-ray Disc, it's become a frequent Friday play.

 

[fredblue]

It's a shame that none of those classic A&M Sergio Mendes albums ever received proper remixes and now those multis are [presumably] lost forever. Lani Hall's voice was to die for ....... and Herb Alpert thought so too...he married her!

as The Spinners would say; "it's a shame..."
(albeit too early to be one of their Quads!)
but as QQ Jon said (paraphrasing like a biyatch!) we should be happy with what we've got!

"cos i've got all that i'm allowed,
it'll do for me i'm thankful now,
the walls get higher every day..
the barriers get in the way
but i see hope in every cloud
and i'm thankful, thankful
i'm thankful, so thankful,
i've got all that i'm allowed..."

 

[Clement]

This October Road begins in September Grass, stops off On The 4th Of July

and ends with Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas!

 

[key_wiz]

Thinking about the upcoming Abbey Road inspired me to pull this one out for the first time in awhile.

I know it doesn’t get a lot of love here, but pulling down the center 1dB and raising the rears 4db and I think it’s pretty freakin’ awesome.

 

[Clement]

Can't get enough
Of this sultry stuff
Goldfrapp's Tales Of Us keeps calling me back

In addition to "ethereal" (from my earlier post), seductive, haunting, intimate, lush, breathtaking, sensual, captivating, . . . come to mind. Ima be listening to these noir character sketches for quite some time!