Listening to Now (In Surround) - Volume 2

[GOS]

Wow - song number 2 (Welcome To The Machine) is simply frightening if you have it at reference levels and aren't ready for it.....

I have to say, that to my ears, this disc sounds better than DSOTM.

 

[rtbluray]

I have to say, that to my ears, this disc sounds better than DSOTM.

I do think Guthrie cranked out a better 5.1 mix for "Wish You Were Here" than he did on "Dark Side of the Moon", but going against most of the forum, I actually prefer both of his 5.1 mixes to the 70s Quad mixes. Yeah, the 5.1 mixes could be more discrete, but especially to me as a mixing engineer, a mix is not just about where things go and how loud they are, and Guthrie's mix is better when it comes to using mix processing (EQ, compression, reverbs, delays, etc.) to excite the mix and make it an enjoyable listening experience. Just my opinion, but everyone has one, don't they?

 

[kap'n krunch]

King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black (DVD-A)

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Oh , man, you need the box set from this...last time I checked it was still available...

 

[Neil Palfreyman]

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony nos. 5 and 6

Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra
Wojciech Rajski (conductor)

If anyone is looking for Beethoven's 5th in surround, look no further than this one. The Polish Chamber Orchestra under the leadership of Rajski is completely up to the challenge and gives a high voltage performance that can stand shoulder to shoulder with the best. On top of this throw in TACET, who have worked their Mch Magic to produce an immersive 5.1 surround mix...

and the result is breathtaking!

Here's some further reading... http://www.audaud.com/2008/11/beeth...monic-orchestra-sopotwojciech-rajski-–-tacet/

Just ordered based on your recommendation. I notice Tacet have quite a lot of classical SACD releases. Do you have any of the others?

 

[4-earredwonder]

Just ordered based on your recommendation. I notice Tacet have quite a lot of classical SACD releases. Do you have any of the others?

Neil, here are three pages of Tacet SACD releases http://www.hraudio.net/search.php?format=0&keywords=Tacet&page=1

If you are a fan of Ravel's music this one comes highly recommended http://www.hraudio.net/showmusic.php?title=8909

Tacet is also releasing in BD~A http://www.hraudio.net/search.php?format=6&keywords=Tacet

 

[Neil Palfreyman]

Neil, here are three pages of Tacet SACD releases http://www.hraudio.net/search.php?format=0&keywords=Tacet&page=1

If you are a fan of Ravel's music this one comes highly recommended http://www.hraudio.net/showmusic.php?title=8909

Tacet is also releasing in BD~A http://www.hraudio.net/search.php?format=6&keywords=Tacet

Thanks for that, very interesting. I really must expand my classical surround collection so any recommendations based on good experiences are welcome!

 

[Tornado Red]

I do think Guthrie cranked out a better 5.1 mix for "Wish You Were Here" than he did on "Dark Side of the Moon", but going against most of the forum, I actually prefer both of his 5.1 mixes to the 70s Quad mixes. Yeah, the 5.1 mixes could be more discrete, but especially to me as a mixing engineer, a mix is not just about where things go and how loud they are, and Guthrie's mix is better when it comes to using mix processing (EQ, compression, reverbs, delays, etc.) to excite the mix and make it an enjoyable listening experience. Just my opinion, but everyone has one, don't they?

Me too

Interesting story about the 5.1 blu ray of WYWH. When I got mine several years ago, I remember putting it on and having a bunch of stuff missing at the beginning of the song WYWH (back ground acoustic, David clearing his throat etc) and thought I had a defective disc. Took it to my son's and put it on his system and it played fine. Hmmm. What I discovered was not long before I picked the immersion set up, I had invested in a new 7.2 AVR. At the time of purchase, I only had enough speakers for 5.1 so proceeded to set the surrounds as "rears" on the AVR. Not long after, I finished my 7.2 system and suddenly voila, every nuance on that disc that was missing had returned! So in setting the 5.1 arrangement up for movies, I inadvertently lost surround information on this and perhaps many other discs. Who knew? @:

 

[Lute]

Just ordered based on your recommendation. I notice Tacet have quite a lot of classical SACD releases. Do you have any of the others?

Great! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

If you're thinking about Beethoven's symphonies I would definitely get the 7th & 8th Symphonies on TACET. Beethoven's 7th symphony is very popular, particularly because of its famous 2nd movement "Andante". It's been used in many movies, such as "The King's Speech" (2010).

Some other recommended TACET surround discs to start off with are:

Bach - Brandenburg Concertos.
Vivaldi - Four Seasons
The Tube Only Night Music. This is a recording of Mozart's famous "A Light Night Music".

As Ralph mentioned TACET's Ravel disc is superb.

If you are interested smaller ensembles, all of the Auryn String Quartet's recordings are excellent: Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms...

TACET also released several surround recordings on DVD-A ...along with SACD and Bluray. Here's a list... http://www.tacet.de/main/seite1.php...msPerPage=50&&searchstring=surround&search=no

I encourage you to try any discs that appeal to you. TACET surround recordings are of the highest standard.

The Norwegian label 2L also produces stunning surround recordings which can also be enthusiastically recommended... http://www.hraudio.net/discsbylabel.php?label=393

 

[Neil Palfreyman]

Great! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

If you're thinking about Beethoven's symphonies I would definitely get the 7th & 8th Symphonies on TACET. Beethoven's 7th symphony is very popular, particularly because of its famous 2nd movement "Andante". It's been used in many movies, such as "The King's Speech" (2010).

Some other recommended TACET surround discs to start off with are:

Bach - Brandenburg Concertos.
Vivaldi - Four Seasons
The Tube Only Night Music. This is a recording of Mozart's famous "A Light Night Music".

As Ralph mentioned TACET's Ravel disc is superb.

If you are interested smaller ensembles, all of the Auryn String Quartet's recordings are excellent: Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Schmann, Brahms...

TACET also released several surround recordings on DVD-A ...along with SACD and Bluray. Here's a list... http://www.tacet.de/main/seite1.php...msPerPage=50&&searchstring=surround&search=no

I encourage you to try any discs that appeal to you. TACET surround recordings are of the highest standard.

The Norwegian label 2L also produces stunning surround recordings which can also be enthusiastically recommended... http://www.hraudio.net/discsbylabel.php?label=393

Thanks for that! I noticed the Vivaldi when I ordered and added that one too. The other suggestions look really interesting. Time to hit the reviews, I think.

I agree completely about 2L btw. I think they're the best in the business and certainly the best I have heard to date.

 

[edisonbaggins]

Me too

Interesting story about the 5.1 blu ray of WYWH. When I got mine several years ago, I remember putting it on and having a bunch of stuff missing at the beginning of the song WYWH (back ground acoustic, David clearing his throat etc) and thought I had a defective disc. Took it to my son's and put it on his system and it played fine. Hmmm. What I discovered was not long before I picked the immersion set up, I had invested in a new 7.2 AVR. At the time of purchase, I only had enough speakers for 5.1 so proceeded to set the surrounds as "rears" on the AVR. Not long after, I finished my 7.2 system and suddenly voila, every nuance on that disc that was missing had returned! So in setting the 5.1 arrangement up for movies, I inadvertently lost surround information on this and perhaps many other discs. Who knew? @:

I looove "not really listening to surround" stories! Lor' knows I got plenty of my own!

 

[bossfan]

It's Sunday morning. Time for some BF Avalon followed by Boys and Girls and then maybe some Porcupine Tree.. Who knows maybe a Sprinsteen video later this afternoon.

 

[Lute]

Schiller - Leben

 

[edisonbaggins]

Thrak 2015

 

[blue.monk]

Laurence Juber - Guitar Noir (DVD-A)

 

[rtbluray]

It's Sunday morning. Time for some BF Avalon followed by Boys and Girls and then maybe some Porcupine Tree.. Who knows maybe a Sprinsteen video later this afternoon.

All I want for Christmas is "Avalon".

 

[edisonbaggins]

Beatles - 1+ DVD DTS 5.1

 

[fredblue]

All I want for Christmas is "Avalon".

Could Santa stretch to $75..?

 

[user 1679]

Nosound - Lightdark

 

[edisonbaggins]

Vince Guaraldi Trio - Charles Brown Christmas - Super Disc
Cool that there are three different 5.1 mixes to choose from: jazz club stage, concert hall stage and front row.

 

[bossfan]

All this talk about Monster Music (another thread) caused me to pull out Ray Charles.