Unless it sneezes...
The same thing also applied to SACD players. I'd ask about them, and from the look on their faces, I could hear the crickets.
That’s what I was going to say.Y'all need to work on reading posts between the one you're replying to and the one you're making.
Hell, I get the same look in used record shops when I ask for quads. I’m shopping for a new turntable to play CD-4s, and even though the place has been in business for 40 years, nobody there knows quad, even though they have some gorgeous turntable setups.
That's because it's niche in a niche format on physical media that is also, now, niche. Until joining this forum a few years ago I didn't know about surround vinyl either, and I've been actively listening to surround since dvda (~25 years).
Of course, quad records have always been a niche format, in spite of some of the labels’ attempts to make them mainstream. But I’m regularly surprised by thise folks you would expect to be knowledgeable who are not.
The best 5.1 mix of BSS is on the 2000 DVDA from Rhino. It also has a bonus track of Lucky Man in 5.1. It's been a while since I listened to it, but I thought the later Jakko mix was generally pretty good up until the last track. The mix of Karn Evil 9 3rd Impression is unaccountably missing the voice of the computer during the climactic confrontation - you can only hear a very faint echo of it in the other channels - which pretty much destroys the point of the track. That glaring error doesn't reflect well on Jakko and/or whoever was doing QC for that release.
I don't see the local Kroger jumping on the Atmos bandwagon for their instore AOR anytime soon.
One of our used record stores, in Ft. Lauderdale, used to have a separate section for quads. After they moved, that section no longer existed. Now, that store no longer exists! RIP Radio-Active Records! (sniff)
Would like them better if they were NOT overstuffed boxsets with unnecessary extras (read: vinyl).
I get paid to sit on my *** all day long. Maybe it's time for a career change!I work a 50+ hour work week as a practicing anesthesiologist, and the only opportunity I get to read the form is the highlights from the daily email in between cases. Not everyone has the luxury of being retired and sitting on your *** all day long
It's an interesting thought, however, to consider the inclusion of live material. There was a dearth of concert recordings on the previous two sets, but there is a wealth of it from the CTTE tour already out there via the Progeny box set. Would any of that be included? Or nothing at all?
After $250,000 in med school loans and 11 years after college of extra education and training, that’s not an option. Besides, I wasn’t complaining amount my work load. I love what I do! Just don’t have nearly as many free hours to read every post every day like some seem to be able toI get paid to sit on my *** all day long. Maybe it's time for a career change!
Back to the post at hand, some of the previous non-Atmos mixes I find aren’t as great 5.1’s as some earlier mixes.
