HiRez Poll John, Elton - GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD [SACD/DVD-A/BDA]

[ssully]

It's a great mix. That counts for a lot.

 

[Beefalo]

I dunno. I just don't find this title offensive. At all. Probably I'm biased by the music, and the great multi-channel piece. Do I notice it being sharp? No. I don't. I have the SACD, and also the Blu.

Right now, listening to the SACD. To me it sounds amazing.

The music is timeless & the mix excellent.
The mastering & EQ are poor.
I have a stereo SHM SACD that shows how good this can sound.

http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/view/52259

 

[4-earredwonder]

I dunno. I just don't find this title offensive. At all. Probably I'm biased by the music, and the great multi-channel piece. Do I notice it being sharp? No. I don't. I have the SACD, and also the Blu.

Right now, listening to the SACD. To me it sounds amazing.

Amen, Gene. Cranked up on my Meridian DVD~A player it really sounds magnifico. Couldn't imagine NOT having it and the 5.1 mix, IMO, is superb.

A very solid "10!"

 

[GOS]

The music is timeless & the mix excellent.
The mastering & EQ are poor.
I have a stereo SHM SACD that shows how good this can sound.

http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/view/52259

Again, I don't like to be biased by numbers. I find this very good. Geez. Perfect...no...but.

 

[himey]

The music is timeless & the mix excellent.
The mastering & EQ are poor.
I have a stereo SHM SACD that shows how good this can sound.

http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/view/52259

I said that for years about the SACD and I no longer do.

 

[himey]

Again, I don't like to be biased by numbers. I find this very good. Geez. Perfect...no...but.

There are many people who consider these EJ mixes top notch. Reference, no, but damn good and far from "poor" mastering.

 

[GOS]

I will say, this title is not as warm as the other Elton 5.1's. But, wow.....I can't help but compare this to other artists 5.1. This one is top shelf. Compared to those.

 

[GOS]

All The Girls Love Alice is just ridiculously good.

 

[4-earredwonder]

I will say, this title is not as warm as the other Elton 5.1's. But, wow.....I can't help but compare this to other artists 5.1. This one is top shelf. Compared to those.

As the Poll indicates 118 10's and 69 9's ain't too shabby and I'm sure the better your equipment and source player .... the better this puppy will sound.

 

[GOS]

Yellow Brick sounds stupid good. Crank it...

 

[himey]

Yellow Brick sounds stupid good. Crank it...

I do! ...but not often enough.

 

[ar surround]

To my ears, all of the Elton John 5.1’s sound a bit “mid-rangie“ hot. But they can be adequately adjusted to taste with a bit of EQ. I just wish I had FLAC files of them so I could permanently fix them to my taste in Audacity.

 

[the tree 3]

This is one of the first surround titles I purchased (DVD audio) and I still consider it reference material. IMHO it is outstanding in every way and to suggest that the mastering and EQ is poor.. is way off.

 

[ssully]

It depends in on whether you consider greatly reduced dynamic range to be 'poor mastering' - notwithstanding how it actually sounds to you. Demonstrably, this mix was mastered *loud* for all three formats; clearly it sounds pretty-good-to-fantastic to lots of people here (me too). I consider the loudness wars mastering regrettable; I'd like to hear what this mix sounds like without the added compression (probably we'd be able to crank it louder at home). But I still like listening to what we got.

It's still funny to see people reporting so much difference between the SACD/DVDA/BluRay....differences that (other than a fade in) don't seem to be exist in objective fact....at least on the two tracks I checked (Bennie and Grey Seal). On those, there is no significant measurable format-dependent level or EQ difference in any channel across the three formats. E.g. no increase or decrease in LFE; no increase or decrease in treble of the surrounds.

 

[the tree 3]

I'll revise my choice of words. I believe, according to the measurables that the EQ and Mastering is less than optimal.
I have the Genesis discs and understand the negative aspects of the loudness wars, as they are front and center on these discs. The mix is hot and ear fatigue sets in pretty quickly.
Despite the waveforms here, on my system, this mix is incredibly dynamic and easy on my ears and anyone I have played this for. It is so well recorded and mixed that these technical shortcomings never registered with me. It's my belief that the use of the words "poor" and "greatly reduced" are an exaggeration on the minor quibbles with this generally well regarded disc. Play it loud!

 

[JohnA]

gave it an 8 (blu ray)
Not an Elton John fan, but this is a good album.
Surround is decent, sound in total not perfect. It's an old recording, but not exactly from the 50s, I think they could do better.

 

[edisonbaggins]

gave it an 8 (blu ray)
Not an Elton John fan, but this is a good album.
Surround is decent, sound in total not perfect. It's an old recording, but not exactly from the 50s, I think they could do better.

I think the SACD and DVD-A sound better.

 

[sbrom]

I think the SACD and DVD-A sound better.

Total agreement on the SACD sounding better than the BR, which is a bit brittle. Plus the SACD has some wonderful additional content, specifically an acoustic “Candle in the Wind”.

 

[Audiowannabee]

I have the sacd

Gave it an 8...its good mix but some tracks r unbalanced compared to others
Young guys love alice n candle in the wind acoustic r definetly stand out tracks

I feel like many of the other EJ s r mixed better than GBYR n have better EQ
Ex madman, tumbleweed, *****

 

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