Listening to now (In Surround!) - Volume 1

[GOS]

Surround mix is good on which? Botti or the Fygi??

Night Sessions - Chris Botti (SACD).

Oo-er..!! compared to the very crankable/subtle Laura Fygi, It's a bit loud.. but a bit good!

Surround mix is... OUTSTANDING.

another one I've just unwrapped.. I've been waiting to get the time to properly be able to sit down with a beer, crank my system up and let rip with all these surround things I've been hoovering up the last few months.. well worth the wait, so far not a duffer in the bunch.

:woopie

 

[hwkn]

Chicago-CTA Quadio disc[sounds good cranked up]

 

[fredblue]

Surround mix is good on which? Botti or the Fygi??

The Chris Botti.

The Fygi 5.1 is very nice, though fidelity is its strongest point, as I said before its an impeccable recording.

The Botti surround mix is in a different league though, with an exceptional surround soundfield and easily one of the best surround mixes I've come across in a good while.

I was grinning from ear to ear throughout the whole thing - it's unmissable.

 

[GOS]

The Chris Botti.

The Fygi 5.1 is very nice, though fidelity is its strongest point, as I said before its an impeccable recording.

The Botti surround mix is in a different league though, with an exceptional surround soundfield and easily one of the best surround mixes I've come across in a good while.

I was grinning from ear to ear throughout the whole thing - it's unmissable.

Very good to hear...I will buy some Botti...saw him a dozen years ago in West Bend, WI at a jazz festival. He was a nobody at the time, but totally stole the night...WOW!!

 

[kap'n krunch]

Aerosmith -TITA SACD...not bad a mix...definitely a new mix...although as always(I apologize for sounding like a scratched record(click)-ecord(click)-ecord....) I'm absolutely sure this has NOTHING above 22-23K..still glad we got a MCH SACD...and a bonus it being a different mix than the LP....and a good one at that....
LONG LIVE SURROUND!!!!

 

[fredblue]

Aerosmith -TITA SACD...not bad a mix...definitely a new mix...although as always(I apologize for sounding like a scratched record(click)-ecord(click)-ecord....) I'm absolutely sure this has NOTHING above 22-23K..still glad we got a MCH SACD...and a bonus it being a different mix than the LP....and a good one at that....
LONG LIVE SURROUND!!!!

ahh.. nice one Kap'n

I've not played this one for ages! I'll give it a spin today!

 

[kap'n krunch]

...and now for the syrupy side...

Julieta Venegas- "Limón y Sal" (I love her!)DVD-V ...great pop ...not bad sounding for a Dullbee 5.1 mix

 

[fredblue]

Breezin' - George Benson (DVD-A).

Thanks to LizardKing for reminding me about this one, I'm giving it a play around and seeing if I like it any better after all these years.. it's still got that slightly murky quality to the whole thing and drums still have that cardboard-y quality in the mids and vocals too much reverb in the rears for my liking.. it still sounds like GB is in a tunnel when he sings on This Masquerade.. still I'm enjoying it more now than I recall.

Maybe I should give other things I dismissed another try today... and when all's said and done it's still a smokin classic album

 

[fredblue]

Bach: The Four Great Toccatas and Fugues - E. Power Biggs (SACD).

HOW MUCH BETTER IS THIS WITH THE CENTRE CHANNEL SWITCHED OFF..!!!?!??!??

W-O-W-Z-E-R-S

(yes I'm shouting, sorry, only you see I have it cranked up very loud.. and you wouldn't hear me otherwise..!!!)

Yeeeeeee-Haaaaaaaaa..!!!!

:wave

 

[fredblue]

3 + 3 - The Isley Brothers (SACD).

Oh how I ADORE this disc.. switch off the centre speaker and the phantom centre imaging is staggeringly good on this mix.

If you know anyone who says "Hi-Rez surround music is a waste of time" sit them in the sweet spot, blast 'em with all four glorious channels of this and watch their jaw well and truly DROP :yikes

:51banana:

 

[fredblue]

Jasmine Nightdreams - Edgar Winter (DTS CD).

Still one of the most out and out FUN surround music mixes I've ever heard!!

My rears never seen so much action! :yikes

Plus if you like it when a quad mix goes wild with all that circular panning jazzapalooza.. you're in for a major treat with this one, it happens just enough not to drive you totally crazy but still take you on a rollercoaster sky train ride to who knows where! (*)

(oh and it's another old quad mix transfer where you must shut the centre channel off to fully get the true picture - reference quad on a cheap DTS disc eh.. who knew..!?!?).

time for a :banana:

(* I may or may not have enjoyed one too many bev-er-arges this afternoon! Hic!)

 

[fredblue]

Captain Fantastic - Elton (SACD).

Back to the old faithful.. probably my most played SACD (and I've now got over 300) and for me the best of the Elton 5.1's.

I doubt anyone on here doesn't have it already but just in case you don't, you have to get it.
Greg Penny did an especially awesome surround job on this one!

:51banana:

 

[kap'n krunch]

Breezin' - George Benson (DVD-A).

Thanks to LizardKing for reminding me about this one, I'm giving it a play around and seeing if I like it any better after all these years.. it's still got that slightly murky quality to the whole thing and drums still have that cardboard-y quality in the mids and vocals too much reverb in the rears for my liking.. it still sounds like GB is in a tunnel when he sings on This Masquerade.. still I'm enjoying it more now than I recall.

Maybe I should give other things I dismissed another try today... and when all's said and done it's still a smokin classic album

yyup, I will repeat myself again...this is one of those DVD-As that sounds flatter than a pancake...and as you well put it, "murky"....
Guessing the Multis were not n the best condition and they were afraid to jack up the EQ or go overboard...
Hey,as I always say, at least we got it in MCH..it's one of those that I have in the backburner to reauthor and EQ to make it sound ...NORMAL!!!

Cheers!
:friday:

 

[kap'n krunch]

Genesis-S/T (1982) DTS DVD-V..saw them on this tour...they only had VariLites!!!! (hey they were the owners of the company!)

 

[fredblue]

Winelight - Grover Washington, Jr. (DVD-Audio).

Quite possibly the best Elliot Scheiner 5.1 mix I've heard (though I think I've heard everything of his that's been released.. that's apart from anything he's mixed that remains unreleased up until now, of course..!) and he's done a lot of true gems, so that's saying something. the DVD-A's an out and out delight.. and its an album I never grow tired of. :sun

 

[kap'n krunch]

Winelight - Grover Washington, Jr. (DVD-Audio).

Quite possibly the best Elliot Scheiner 5.1 mix I've heard (though I think I've heard everything of his that's been released.. that's apart from anything he's mixed that remains unreleased up until now, of course..!) and he's done a lot of true gems, so that's saying something. the DVD-A's an out and out delight.. and its an album I never grow tired of. :sun

dang! another one on my wishlist!...

 

[fredblue]

dang! another one on my wishlist!...

another unmissable essential must must must-have, el kap'n-tain..!!

I don't know how pricey/hard to get it is these days..!? ..but it deserves instant re-release on a BDA, which I'd grab in a heartbeat - obv.!!

 

[bossfan]

Yes it is a fine DVD audio. Excellent mix with very discrete sound. Winelight is a favourite...

 

[fredblue]

Boys and Girls - Bryan Ferry (SACD).

oh you little beauty, you! you're so yummy I just want to eat you! :banana:

absolutely astounding 5.1 mix, very active but so beautifully tastefully done.. extraordinary.. and sublime fidelity.

still one of the very very best surround rock/pop SACDs I've ever heard.. and there's been a few!!

 

[bossfan]

Jethro Tull Thick as a Brick. Just arrived in the mail from Burning Shed... so far so good.

Ok: finished side one and almost through side 2. This thing should not be legal. If ever there was an album to convince naysayers they should invest in a quality 5.1 system this is it. I'm thinking it's right there with Pink Floyd DSOTM... WOW