Listening to Now (In Surround) - Volume 2

[user 1679]

I really go to get caught up....moving house is such a pain in the a**. Several discs waiting, I've got the mains, center and sub connected and just need to get the rears up, haven't decided yet just how I want to do it. We plan on only being here a year or two so anything I do is temporary, just want to get the best bang with minimal intrusion to the walls etc.


Same goes for the other room, the living room with TV etc. Last house was pre-wired for 5.1 and worked great...this one isn't so I need to improvise a bit....try get something that works but still looks okay.

 

[Clement]

wake-y wake-y!

King Crimson In the Wake of Poseidon
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[The56Kid]

this was in HEAVY headphone rotation back in the daze
View attachment 50528 Be+Bop Deluxe Futurama
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Too bad the surround mix never lived up to the promise.

 

[Clement]

Too bad the surround mix never lived up to the promise.

right!?! i was SO disappointed. what do you think of this one?

Be-Bop Deluxe Modern Music
only 4 votes! POLL

 

[sjcorne]

I seem to recall being mildly disappointed with this one, but I spun it for the first time in a while tonight and it really worked for me. The surround mix doesn't set the world on fire, but it fits the vibe of the album and there's plenty of good stuff happening in the rears (guitar solo in "Another Grey Morning", backing vocals in "Handy Man", etc). Taylor's vocals are solo'd in the center and it really feels like he's 'right there' on some of the quieter songs. I suppose it could be argued that the rears are a bit low, but once you really crank it up (and you can!) everything seems to fall into place.

 

[Clement]

a different kind of Lizard King

King Crimson Lizard
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[Clement]

no man is an island . . .

King Crimson Islands
POLL . . . he's a peninsula

 

[Clement]

my last reminiscence of those halcyon headphone daze

King Crimson Larks' Tongues In Aspic
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[4-earredwonder]

no man is an island . . .
View attachment 50548 King Crimson Islands
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Obviously, Clement, you've never heard of Isla de Raphael off the coast of Newfoundland!

Your New Found Friends,

Raphael and Grey Matter*

* Message In A Bottle.....forthcoming........RESCUE MEow!

 

[fredblue]

The Brecker Brothers Band · Back To Back

 

[Clement]

Thought I combine some audio and video today

Paul McCartney The McCartney Years
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[svengaleekie]

5.1 MLP DVDA

 

[Simon A]

Thought I combine some audio and video today
View attachment 50555 Paul McCartney The McCartney Years
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Don't know if you know about it, but in the bonus section, there's a nice 5.1 mix of Junior's Farm. I've always had a soft spot for that track. I call it Polite Rock...

 

[fredblue]

Eric Carmen

 

[fredblue]

Melissa Manchester : Better Days And Happy Endings

 

[GOS]

Melissa Manchester : Better Days And Happy Endings

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Hmm - didn't know about this one Adam...

 

[fredblue]

Hmm - didn't know about this one Adam...

its a beauty
great album and a nice mix.
one of Arista's best Quads i reckon.

i did a demodulated drop of the CD-4 (never got round to the Q8) a few years ago but i'll have another go with the LP during the downtime since i feel i've got things sounding a wee bit better since then

 

[mlrocker]

my latest...

 

[Bravado]

Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood.
It's still not done to go outside, so instead I stay at home and listen to some Songs from the Wood in perfect surround.

 

[Clement]

seemed like a logical next step

John Lennon Lennon Legend
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