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HiRez Poll Morissette, Alanis - UNDER RUG SWEPT [DVD-A]
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I like some of the songs a lot (Hands Clean for one). I thought the mix was only so so. Not too much going on in the rears. All around a 7 from me.
It's a "6" from me.
I've tried to get into this but the materials weak, the performances very samey and lacking any spark
and the sound quality and surround mix are mediocre at best.
I know we often question Warners' overlooking new material and favouring classic albums as potentially leading to DVDA's failure as a format..
..but on this occasion the newer albums so weak, Warner should have taken stock of what was in front of them and either released this AND her "Jagged little pill" album on DVDA, or scrapped this and just remixed and rehashed her "classic" into 5.1 instead. bingo!
I've tried to get into this but the materials weak, the performances very samey and lacking any spark
and the sound quality and surround mix are mediocre at best.
I know we often question Warners' overlooking new material and favouring classic albums as potentially leading to DVDA's failure as a format..
..but on this occasion the newer albums so weak, Warner should have taken stock of what was in front of them and either released this AND her "Jagged little pill" album on DVDA, or scrapped this and just remixed and rehashed her "classic" into 5.1 instead. bingo!
LizardKing
2K Club - QQ Super Nova
The same for me... I like the majority of tracks... but the mix is so so... 7...
neil wilkes
2K Club - QQ Super Nova
I also have to agree about the way this one just sounds, well, average.
It could have/should have been so much better.......another missed opportunity.
It could have/should have been so much better.......another missed opportunity.
I've had this for a long time, just listened to it again recently and thought how underwhelming the mix was. Made me think of the much maligned Silverlines, very little in the rears. Most 5.1 releases from the early 2000's were mixed like this, not much to get a potential surround enthusiast excited. I thought the sound was rather harsh as well. I checked my DVD-A rip in Audition, and although there was not too much clipping the fronts were brick-walled, not much better than a CD release obviously a victim of the loudness wars. The highest I could rate this is a five, would be much less if I didn't like the music.
I've revisited this one lately. While I now think that my original vote was a bit low it was due to two factors. The first the mix being too front oriented, the second that some tracks were brickwalled.
On revisiting this I find that not all tracks are brickwalled and those that are were only mildly affected. I ran the compressed tracks through the re-life VST plug-in and it did a great job of restoring the dynamic range. So by doing that the front channels not only sound better but subjectively are now a bit lower in level. That level adjustment makes the rear channels seem a bit louder. It sounds more balanced to me now. Based on my tweeks, I'm upping my vote from 5 to 7.
On revisiting this I find that not all tracks are brickwalled and those that are were only mildly affected. I ran the compressed tracks through the re-life VST plug-in and it did a great job of restoring the dynamic range. So by doing that the front channels not only sound better but subjectively are now a bit lower in level. That level adjustment makes the rear channels seem a bit louder. It sounds more balanced to me now. Based on my tweeks, I'm upping my vote from 5 to 7.
