Listening to now (In Surround!) - Volume 1

[Chiburb]

Ray Charles, Genius Loves Company. (Monster Super Disc).
If there were a poll I'd score it a 10 for the surround, especially in 7.1

 

[sf49erjohn]

Newly arrived King Crimson Discipline. Very nice surround sound disc, thanks to Steve Wilson.

 

[LizardKing]

Ray Charles, Genius Loves Company. (Monster Super Disc).
If there were a poll I'd score it a 10 for the surround, especially in 7.1

There is a poll for the SACD here:
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/showthread.php?3906-Charles-Ray-GENIUS-LOVES-COMPANY-SACD

Which of course sounds great.... not quite my cup of tea in terms of content though...

 

[Quad Linda]

Elvis #1's DVD-A
Aretha Franklin Quadio DTS
Chicago V DVD-A
Toto IV SACD 5.1
Pictures - Tomita CD-4
You're Gonna Love Yourself in the Morning - Bonnie Koloc QS
Blue Jays - Hayward & Lodge Q8
Al Green's Greatest DVD-A
Tommy - Who SACD 5.1
Panama Red - NRPS SQ
Bringing it All Back Home - Dylan SACD 5.1
San Quentin - Johnny Cash SQ
Lamb Lies Down - Genesis SACD 5.1

 

[neil wilkes]

(list accurate for this month, anyway)

Aretha Franklin Greatest (DVD-A from Q4 reel)
Janis Joplin "Pearl" (DVDA from Columbia Master Tape)
Steve Stevens "Flamenco a Go-Go" (DVD-A)
Roxy Music "Avalon" (SACD)
The Mission "The Final Chapter" (DTS-DVD)
Shostakovich, Symphony #10 & Symphonys # 5 & 9 (DVDA)
Steven Wilson, Grace For Drowning (BD)
Led Zeppelin, How The West Was Won (tweaked DVDA)

 

[LizardKing]

(list accurate for this month, anyway)
........
Led Zeppelin, How The West Was Won (tweaked DVDA)

Just out of curiousity - how did you tweak it?

 

[kap'n krunch]

(list accurate for this month, anyway)
....
Led Zeppelin, How The West Was Won (tweaked DVDA)

Just out of curiousity - how did you tweak it?

I'm guessing by increasing the Center Channel Level...YMMV....

 

[jdmack]

I won a copy of Hugo Montenegro's "Neil's Diamonds" Quadradisc for $5.00 on eBay. It arrived yesterday. Visually, the disc doesn't look that great, but it sounds better than any CD-4 album I've ever played! Go figure. Anyway, my declicked DTS conversion is what I'm listening to right now (if by "right now," one can mean 12 hours ago).

J. D.

 

[neil wilkes]

I'm guessing by increasing the Center Channel Level...YMMV....

Yep, and decreasing the others as well, to avoid clipping.
I think (from memory) it was -3dB on L,R,Ls,Rs and either +9 or +12 on the centre.
There are some great vocals & bass parts hiding in there - what muppet mastered it in this way?

 

[LizardKing]

Thanks!

Wow - +9 - 12 db!!!! Thats a lot....

I might have to do my first "re-master" .

 

[elinter]

My first Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun - wow! Bought it today and on my third play. I love every song, especially the song "Four chords that made a million." Sounds like a combination of The Beatles and Pink Floyd.

 

[LizardKing]

My first Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun - wow! Bought it today and on my third play. I love every song, especially the song "Four chords that made a million." Sounds like a combination of The Beatles and Pink Floyd.

Get them all while you can......

 

[neil wilkes]

Thanks!

Wow - +9 - 12 db!!!! Thats a lot....

I might have to do my first "re-master" .

Don't just follow that number - I have since deleted the Nuendo project, and my memory might be faulty.
Watch carefully when boosting the centre channel - too much boost & you will trigger limiting on the master buss, and that is to be avoided, which is why I also cut the other channels.
Doing this adds a lot more of the bass to the mix, which is - let's be frank - toppy. Now I know why.

Thanks to Steely Dave for the tip though.....it was through his prodding that I did this.

 

[LizardKing]

Yep, and decreasing the others as well, to avoid clipping. I think (from memory) it was -3dB on L,R,Ls,Rs and either +9 or +12 on the centre. There are some great vocals & bass parts hiding in there - what muppet mastered it in this way?

Holy crap.... have a look at the LFE Channel also....!!!!



Bumping up the center channel really adds the bass in the mix... Thanks!!!

 

[Quad Linda]

Neil's Diamonds - Hugo Montenegro CD-4 JDMack put this bee in my bonnet. I got this as a promo from RCA. It's not one I would have bought.
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - Ormandy/Philadelphia CD-4 Another promo.
Bark - Jefferson Airplane Q8
Quad Spectacular - Peter Matz SQ
Slow Train Coming - Dylan SACD 5.1
There Goes Rhymin' Simon - Paul Simon SQ
Creedence Gold CD-4
Summer Breeze - Seals & Crofts CD-4
Bach: Goldberg Variations - Glen Gould Zenph SACD 5.1
Mister E. - Pete Escovedo w/Sheila E. SACD 5.1
Legalize It - Peter Tosh SACD 5.1
Astrud Gilberto Now DVD-A
Chick Corea & Friends DTS
Now & Then - Carpenters SQ
Another Country - Chieftains Dolby Surround CD
Baby, I'm a Want You - Bread CD-4
Bonnie Koloc QS

You're only pretty as you feel inside.

 

[elinter]

Vince Gil - high lonesome sound...only $10 on eBay

 

[mcfan]

Bitches Brew Quad DVD-A rip from SQ LP SOPJ-58/59 (Japan)

 

[Quad Linda]

Chapter VII - Buddy Miles SQ YOU NEED THIS!
America Live SACD 5.1
Tutu - Miles Davis DVD-A
Still Crazy - Paul Simon SQ
Extensions of a Man - Donny Hathaway CD-4
Sly's Greatest SQ
A Space in Time - Ten Years After SQ
Upendo ni Pamoja - Ramsey Lewis Q8
Chicago II DVD-A
Countdown to Ecstasy - Steely Dan QS
Blood, Sweat & Tears Q8
Vivino Brothers Blues Band SACD 5.1
Muscle of Love - Alice Cooper CD-4
Push Push - Herbie Mann w/Gregg Allman Q8
Introducing Larry Coryell & Eleventh House SQ

 

[John Svensson]

Why?....because I just bought them on Saturday at a used record store!

MFSB- Philadelphia Freedom
David Gates- First
Carpenters- Then and Now
Chase- Chase
Chicago - Chicago II
Herbie Hancock- Sextant

Not a bad haul and there are a few more I'll be going back for....Chaka Khan, REO Speedwagon, etc.

Quadraphenia circa 1904 with Edison listening tubes.......

 

[Odys]

Les Savy Fav - Inches
Talking Heads - True Stories
Best of Henry Mancini
Ten Years After - A Space in Time
Best of the Doors