HiRez Poll Alan Parsons Project, The - PYRAMID [Blu-Ray Audio (Dolby Atmos)]

[LuvMyQuad]

Oh Boy . . . my first impression is this is a flat and lifeless production. I have been listening to this album on vinyl since the 1980's so that is my reference point.
I am shocked by the limited dynamics on this offering.
I have a decent Atmos system. Admittedly I don't listen to this album from a digital source very often so maybe they all sound like this?
I'll do more homework and listening before casting a vote.

I dont know if I'd go so far to desctibe it as "flat and lifeless", but as i said in post #33, I often felt the need to raise the volume throughout the listening session. I guess the good thing is that its very crankable.

 

[Sal1950]

Admittedly I don't listen to this album from a digital source very often so maybe they all sound like this?

You have to break yourself of them bad listening habits.
Amazing how wonderful music can sound when you subtract the snap, crackle, pop, and grinding surface noises.

 

[par4ken]

subtract the snap, crackle, pop, and grinding surface noises.

What you hear from your vinyl perhaps!

 

[natiahs]

Finally got a copy after months of waiting and it wasn’t worth the wait.

It is better than the dreadful mix on Turn of a Friendly Card, but it is still one of the lesser surround mixes I own.

Vocals are quiet and airy, sound like they have reverb applied to them. Rears are much too aggressive. One of the only discs I own that requires recalibration of the system to get decent sound out of it.

Booklet is nice, though. But I paid $30 for the disc and think it is worth maybe half that.

6/10