Listening to Now (In Surround) - Volume 2

[GOS]

Steven Wilson - To The Bone

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Boner album is a good one.

 

[Perp]

I almost wrote To The Boner but caught myself.

 

[Perp]

Steven Wilson - The Future Bites

First time listen.

 

[GOS]

 

[weekendtoy]

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I like this one. The mix could be a bit better but I really like the songs.

Welcome to the SVS Prime Elevation family. I run mine fore and aft as heights as well with really good effect.

 

[weekendtoy]

Dire Straits: Brothers In Arms (DVDA 5.1)

It took me 15 years but tonight I read the 'Brothers In Arms - An Appreciation' notes on the disc.

 

[user 1679]

SW - The Future Bites

First impression, after hearing the album as a whole as I did hear all the pre-release stuff multiple times. Nope, just not for me. I'd have taken "12 Things" and added it to the latest Blackfield album and basically tossed the rest off as a failed experiment. The falsetto he (over)used on the last album is used even more now and while I like that he's more confident with his voice it just is not a great combo with the relatively weak material he tossed together here.

And it's not that it's a genre I don't like...it's not my fave but I'm open to it when I hear something that grabs me...I just don't think he's done it very well here.

I'll give it a few more spins...the fidelity is tops and the 5.1 is immersive band engaging...it's just not great musical content for my taste. Maybe (and I hope) it will grow on me but it may be one I just need to toss off and break that "deluxe set auto-buy" habit with.

 

[user 1679]

XTC - Oranges & Lemons

 

[Frogmort]

Got a mighty fine buzz going this evening, so...

Elliot Scheiner really went to town on this one!

 

[humprof]

FOR ALL YOU PATRICIA BARBER FANBOYS AND GIRLS [ME INCLUDED]:

https://elusivedisc.com/patricia-ba...ubmV0IiwgImtsX2NvbXBhbnlfaWQiOiAiS1k4eFBBIn0=

By now, I think all the members of Patricia Barber's QQ Choir already know about this disc, but having just acquired the Impex 5.1 SACD (after buying a download last fall from NativeDSD), I want to sing one more chorus.

Jim Anderson did a beautiful job with this: it's a subtle 5.1 mix for a (mostly) low-key album. Many of the tunes are spare, slow, even stately voice-and-piano affairs, with bass, guitar, sax and/or percussion joining in more for color than for accompaniment. (Great sax solo on "Pallid Angel," though, and a handful of tunes are full-on piano-quartet workouts.)

The soundstage is mostly spread across the fronts. On several cuts there are touches of snare, cymbal, or hi-hat in the rears, which are otherwise mostly natural studio reverb adding depth & ambience.

Standouts from a mix point of view: "The Albatross Song" (the one tune that most resembles what I like from earlier Patricia Barber albums) and "The Opera Song."

 

[bgf1973]

 

[4-earredwonder]

By now, I think all the members of Patricia Barber's QQ Choir already know about this disc, but having just acquired the SACD (after buying a download last fall from NativeDSD), I want to sing one more chorus.

Jim Anderson did a beautiful job with this: it's a subtle 5.1 mix for a (mostly) low-key album. Many of the tunes are spare, slow, even stately voice-and-piano affairs, with bass, guitar, sax and/or percussion joining in more for color than for accompaniment. (Great sax solo on "Pallid Angel," though, and a handful of tunes are full piano-quartet workouts.)

The soundstage is mostly spread across the fronts. On several cuts there are touches of snare, cymbal, or hi-hat in the rears, which are otherwise mostly natural studio reverb adding depth & ambience.

Standouts from a mix point of view: "The Albatross Song" (the one tune that most resembles what I like from earlier Patricia Barber albums) and "The Opera Song."

Just ordered a copy from Elusive Disc of Patricia Barber's Multi~CH SACD [IMPEX] HIGHER along with Joan Armatrading's debut SACD, Frank Sinatra's MONO SACD from the 50's [Sing and Dance with FS] and Michael Tilson Thomas/SFS: Charles Ives Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 [Multi~CH SACD].

 

[Rob Bills]

Steven Wilson made me think of pet Sounds.
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Hi - what is the 5.1 like? Blu-ray or DVD-a?
Cheers
Rob

 

[Rob Bills]

Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.

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...the Instrumental on HCE is awesome! Cheers

 

[WBP]

The Doobie Brothers - Stampede (from Quadio box)

 

[Sal1950]

Hi - what is the 5.1 like? Blu-ray or DVD-a?

??? If made from the same master, why would there be any difference ?

 

[antoine555]

What else?

I don't have the space for Atmos, so it's still 5.1. My favorite track, but now I have the surround version.

Ready to discooooo

 

[EricKalet]

 

[Perp]

Steven Wilson - The Future Bites

I’m playing this disc again since I wasn’t enamored the first time I listened to it.

 

[4-earredwonder]

LET'S GET IT ON TAMPA BAY!