SOUNDS LIKE THE SPACEWARP PLANET WILL NEVER BE QUITE THE SAME!I now stand corrected Santana is a 10 for sure but Abraxas is a 12......I've only ever heard the Stereo version and this is like something I've never ever heard and absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!!! Talk about no LOUDNESS WARS WOWEEEE!!!!!! Sends chills through my whole body!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG you got that right buddy!!!SOUNDS LIKE THE SPACEWARP PLANET WILL NEVER BE THE SAME!
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On my phone I use a little app called Photo Translator. With the app you take a picture (optionally crop the image to reduce the 'noise') and then it scans, recognizes the language and translates the content. The app has a lot of pop-up adds which you need to navigate through. But it works fine and is a tremedous help when shopping in asian food departmentsThe original album in stereo was a masterpiece. Now, having it in its original quad mix with the fidelity of SACD
is just a dream come true. The packaging of these Japanese releases is also fantastic. I wish I could read japanese though.
An easy 10.
It’s remarks like these that make this forum the most expensive online community I have ever been part ofFor me, these Japan 7” releases are the pinnacle of Quad releases and the jewels of my collection. 10.
Not much to add to that!WHY did I give it a 10? Let me COUNT THE WAYS: Finally having the full kilibuck sound of the original 70's QUAD 15 ips MASTERTAPES in gorgeous, lavish, custom 7" packaging with sonics to match is more than ample reason to retire your Columbia SQ Vinyl, Q8s and that ridiculous DTS~CD from the late 90's which bombastically turned this Santana masterpiece into a shrill, bassless mess.
BUY THIS DISC. YOUR EARS AND IMMORTAL SOUL WILL THANK YOU!
You will not regret it, they are both in my opinion in the top ten best surround discsIt’s remarks like these that make this forum the most expensive online community I have ever been part ofRead this while preparing dinner and listening to both Santana and Abraxas on Spotify. Headed for jpc.de and ordered both SACD’s. Ouch! Thanks for all the recommendations though, keep them coming.
Oh I know - usually the same for me. I just wanted to check how Samba Pa Ti sounded - and was so taken by the improvement that I indulged the stereo on the SACD. And it IS rather wonderful. But don’t be tempted as your ears might win. Ha!!I never listen to the stereo on any MC disc I buy and never will!![]()
Like @winopener mentioned upthread, it's important to remember that Abraxas was one of the first CBS quad titles and that a lot of the mixing decisions probably had something to do with matrix LP compatibility. The swirling intro to "Black Magic Woman" is somewhat perceptible even with an entry-level SQ decoder. The team responsible for the quad mix (Larry Keyes & Al Lawrence) were not involved in the album's production and weren't given an edict to carefully replicate the balance/panning/effects/EQ of the original stereo mix like Steven Wilson attempts to do today with his 5.1 remixes. That's not to say the quad mix was a rush job, it's just different. I agree with you that the debut album quad mix--also by Keyes & Lawrence--is a bit more refined.In fact, Abraxas in quad doesn't didn't quite hang together as well at that version of the first album.
My ears don't work in stereo,just from Quad and up to Atmos and beyond.Oh I know - usually the same for me. I just wanted to check how Samba Pa Ti sounded - and was so taken by the improvement that I indulged the stereo on the SACD. And it IS rather wonderful. But don’t be tempted as your ears might win. Ha!!