Those things (although I’m not exactly sure what “poor quality multis” is).
My personal opinion is that many tracks are mixed for playback via headphones rather than a home theater system.
I think it's mostly the mixers, although there are limitations with older tracks. Greg Penny presumably mixed all of the Elton John tracks and well-respected engineers highlight Penny's work on Rocketman as one of the best tracks out there even though he mixed it in the early days. I think a lot of the mixers are still figuring things out.
I like them both. To me the Atmos mixes are very similar, almost nothing in the rear heights on both.
Just as the last Megadeth Atmos mix, basically a 5.1 mix, same mixer?The Megadeth track adds NOTHING to other speakers!
Yeah it’s very poor sounding, the vocals are buried, same in the stereo mix!The Megadeth track adds NOTHING to other speakers!
I listened to 1 track a couple days ago, and yep. Total shit. Nearly laughable.
Yes but at least Rust in Peace was actually discrete and had some very fun elements (panning, etc.) This just sounds awful and has nothing going on even in 5.1.
...... and have two more ears surgically attached
Yeah, Mills Logan usually does a solid job and Rust In Peace is no exception. My only gripe is that it's quite bass-shy in comparison to the original - he told me that Dave Mustaine wanted the sound of the album 'updated' for the Atmos mix, so perhaps that's why?
The lack of bass could be related to the compression of the stream but I’m not 100% sure. The 2004 stereo remix actually had punchier and more pronounced bass than the original 1990 mix but the new Atmos seems to have the character of the 1990 mix, except for the drums which sound like the 2004 remix, unfortunately.
