My 500th post. Another argument starter from the SQueaky wheel. What are your 10 favorite Quad titles, reissued on digital? The title could be a new mix or old, but this should be your preferred version. In an upcoming thread, you can list your 10 favorite digital multi titles, not previously released in Quad. Have fun, Linda.
1- Dark Side of the Moon(Immersion Box)-Pink Floyd Blu-Ray I like the 5.1 mix. There's a special charm about the Parsons mix. More than nostalgic, the 4.0 mix is "of the time." Parsons is THE MIX and Blu-Ray is the Quad on steroids. Oscillations swirling around you. This a great demo album. Crank up those JBL's. Those damn clocks. The essence of an era. Nuff said.
2- Chicago Transit Authority DTS (Quadio) "Only the beginning of what I want to feel forever." My vote for the best song EVER! I still don't know what time it is, nor do I care. It's the SQ mix, on DVD-V with a square Quadradisc (CD-4) logo. Where once was SQ & Q8, there is DTS Quasi-Quadradisc. I've always loved this mix. It highlights the horns well and sounds very "discrete," even in SQ. No Advanced res. here, though. Questions 67 & 68, I'm a Man. "We've all spent years preparin,' before this group was born." Truly, you did!
3- Chicago II DVD-A First time this one didn't sound overly compressed and muddy. Even the SQ sounds a bit that way. Fantastic material. I've fallen in love with this one now more than ever. Color My World, 25 or 6 to 4, Wake Up Sunshine, Fancy Colours.
4- Band on the Run-Paul McCartney & Wings DTS When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Arguably his magnum opus, Paul had tapes stolen and the band quit. Great recipe for a successful album. I'm used to this on Q8, wonder how SQ would have decoded? Ths Quad mix is a joy. Synthesizer runs in the rears. Just a nice discrete Quad mix. Jet, 1985, Bluebird. It was as close to Quad Beatles as we got back then. Let me roll it to you.
5- Abraxas-Santana DTS CD The old Quad mix. This is the way I'm used to hearing it. Have owned 12 copies of this, spent the most time with the Q8. There is some dizzy panning on this one, but I like it. It was in the first batch of SQ's. Some complain about the transfer to DTS. Though not perfect, this CD is still great. Q8 is the way I've heard this most often. Oye Como Va, Black Magic Woman, Samba Pa Ti, all classics.
6- Tapestry-Carole King SACD single layer This is not your Mother's Tapestry. Instead of painfully reverberant like the Q8, this one is in real surround. Stereo was intimate, "Quad lite" was too cavernous, the 5.1 is just right. Perhaps those lamented anomalies were because her previous two (the City and Writer) were stiffs and didn't sell. Perhaps Lou Adler didn't want to spend money on a fix and/or Ode's then distributor A&M.needed a Q8 in a hurry. Get the 5.1.
7- Fly Like an Eagle-Steve Miller Band DTS Some gimmicky Quad effects here and there. Got the Q8 the first day it was out and popped it in the Q8 in the '76 Regal. Slippin, slippin, slippin down the road. Stylin' Nice mix, catchy tunes. Steve & co laid this down when he was laid up from a 'cycle accident.
8- Ship Ahoy-O' Jays SACD single layer A bass line that moves to each speaker. Money, the root of all evil. Human cargo years before Roots on ABC. Three guys with pipes. That Philly soul thing. A great SQ/Q8 becomes a great 5.1 SACD. This is what it's about.
9- To Our Children's Children's Children-Moody Blues Q8/QR title on SACD hybrid. Includes a CD of bonus tracks. Gypsy, Out & In, Watching and Waiting, and Candle of Life are highlights. It's all good here. Their best album. Q8 was my first copy. Time capsule of a bygone era. Left without a hope of coming home.
10- Mysterious Traveller-Weather Report SACD single layer Airto was gone, Jaco hadn't arrived. Miroslav's last album with them. This percolates. I dig the mix, it sounds very discrete. Never heard this in SQ, only Q8.
1- Dark Side of the Moon(Immersion Box)-Pink Floyd Blu-Ray I like the 5.1 mix. There's a special charm about the Parsons mix. More than nostalgic, the 4.0 mix is "of the time." Parsons is THE MIX and Blu-Ray is the Quad on steroids. Oscillations swirling around you. This a great demo album. Crank up those JBL's. Those damn clocks. The essence of an era. Nuff said.
2- Chicago Transit Authority DTS (Quadio) "Only the beginning of what I want to feel forever." My vote for the best song EVER! I still don't know what time it is, nor do I care. It's the SQ mix, on DVD-V with a square Quadradisc (CD-4) logo. Where once was SQ & Q8, there is DTS Quasi-Quadradisc. I've always loved this mix. It highlights the horns well and sounds very "discrete," even in SQ. No Advanced res. here, though. Questions 67 & 68, I'm a Man. "We've all spent years preparin,' before this group was born." Truly, you did!
3- Chicago II DVD-A First time this one didn't sound overly compressed and muddy. Even the SQ sounds a bit that way. Fantastic material. I've fallen in love with this one now more than ever. Color My World, 25 or 6 to 4, Wake Up Sunshine, Fancy Colours.
4- Band on the Run-Paul McCartney & Wings DTS When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Arguably his magnum opus, Paul had tapes stolen and the band quit. Great recipe for a successful album. I'm used to this on Q8, wonder how SQ would have decoded? Ths Quad mix is a joy. Synthesizer runs in the rears. Just a nice discrete Quad mix. Jet, 1985, Bluebird. It was as close to Quad Beatles as we got back then. Let me roll it to you.
5- Abraxas-Santana DTS CD The old Quad mix. This is the way I'm used to hearing it. Have owned 12 copies of this, spent the most time with the Q8. There is some dizzy panning on this one, but I like it. It was in the first batch of SQ's. Some complain about the transfer to DTS. Though not perfect, this CD is still great. Q8 is the way I've heard this most often. Oye Como Va, Black Magic Woman, Samba Pa Ti, all classics.
6- Tapestry-Carole King SACD single layer This is not your Mother's Tapestry. Instead of painfully reverberant like the Q8, this one is in real surround. Stereo was intimate, "Quad lite" was too cavernous, the 5.1 is just right. Perhaps those lamented anomalies were because her previous two (the City and Writer) were stiffs and didn't sell. Perhaps Lou Adler didn't want to spend money on a fix and/or Ode's then distributor A&M.needed a Q8 in a hurry. Get the 5.1.
7- Fly Like an Eagle-Steve Miller Band DTS Some gimmicky Quad effects here and there. Got the Q8 the first day it was out and popped it in the Q8 in the '76 Regal. Slippin, slippin, slippin down the road. Stylin' Nice mix, catchy tunes. Steve & co laid this down when he was laid up from a 'cycle accident.
8- Ship Ahoy-O' Jays SACD single layer A bass line that moves to each speaker. Money, the root of all evil. Human cargo years before Roots on ABC. Three guys with pipes. That Philly soul thing. A great SQ/Q8 becomes a great 5.1 SACD. This is what it's about.
9- To Our Children's Children's Children-Moody Blues Q8/QR title on SACD hybrid. Includes a CD of bonus tracks. Gypsy, Out & In, Watching and Waiting, and Candle of Life are highlights. It's all good here. Their best album. Q8 was my first copy. Time capsule of a bygone era. Left without a hope of coming home.
10- Mysterious Traveller-Weather Report SACD single layer Airto was gone, Jaco hadn't arrived. Miroslav's last album with them. This percolates. I dig the mix, it sounds very discrete. Never heard this in SQ, only Q8.
