Listening to Now (In Surround) - Volume 2

[madscot]

 

[Clement]

Today's Music Memorabilia POST has me taking a stroll down

The Beatles Abbey Road
. . . and remembering the very first time i heard the surround mix! So wonderful! So Damn Heavy!! Stay Surrounded, Comrades!
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...ey-road-5-1-surround-mix-blu-ray-audio.27142/https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...bey-road-dolby-atmos-mix-blu-ray-audio.27143/

 

[madscot]

I thought I would see if I could listen to this without crying, but alas no, maybe one day

 

[Clement]

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I thought I would see if I could listen to this without crying, but alas no, maybe one day

Powerful album! You inspired me to take another road trip–this time with

ana_thema the optimist
8.48 on our poll thread

 

[timbre4]

I guess I'll have to re-learn the process to do that.

The POLL has been created.

 

[madscot]

Powerful album! You inspired me to take another road trip–this time with
View attachment 80819 ana_thema the optimist
8.48 on our poll thread

Surprised the score is so low, a great album with a great mix from Bruce Soord, it would seem that Anathema are not well liked in this forum!

 

[Clement]

Surprised the score is so low, a great album with a great mix from Bruce Soord, it would seem that Anathema are not well liked in this forum!

I agree 100%! I nearly balked when i typed in the number–it is SUCH a wonderful mix and a truly powerful and transcendent album. I don't remember what made me purchase it in the first place . . . probably a preview video caused me to read about the band. I know i was intrigued by the idea behind the album (revisiting a previous album, starting where that album left off . . . 16 years prior!). At any rate, i do remember the first time i heard the album–i was utterly transfixed! Made me ultimately pick up Distant Satellites, Weather Systems, We're Here Because We're Here, and A Moment in Time. There's no poll for A Moment in Time and none of the other polls make it to 9.0 (Distant Satellites gets closest at 8.88). Different strokes for different folks . . . i'm Anathema folk!

 

[madscot]

I agree 100%! I nearly balked when i typed in the number–it is SUCH a wonderful mix and a truly powerful and transcendent album. I don't remember what made me purchase it in the first place . . . probably a preview video caused me to read about the band. I know i was intrigued by the idea behind the album (revisiting a previous album, starting where that album left off . . . 16 years prior!). At any rate, i do remember the first time i heard the album–i was utterly transfixed! Made me ultimately pick up Distant Satellites, Weather Systems, We're Here Because We're Here, and A Moment in Time. There's no poll for A Moment in Time and none of the other polls make it to 9.0 (Distant Satellites gets closest at 8.88). Different strokes for different folks . . . i'm an Anathema folk!

Weather systems is in my top five albums of all time, musically phenomenal and lyrically resonates with me as i’ve lost both parents and half the songs on it deal with losing a loved one, my brother can’t listen to this album since he lost his wife to cancer a couple of years ago

 

[4-earredwonder]

Sting TEN SUMMONER'S TALES [A&M Records/DTS Entertainment/DTS 5.1/20 bit mastering]

https://www.discogs.com/release/4072482-Sting-Ten-Summoners-Tales

 

[kap'n krunch]

Sting TEN SUMMONER'S TALES [A&M Records/DTS Entertainment/DTS 5.1/20 bit mastering]

https://www.discogs.com/release/4072482-Sting-Ten-Summoners-Tales

IMHO, HIS BEST EVER!

 

[JediJoker]

IMHO, HIS BEST EVER!

Musically, I agree. I haven't heard any of Sting's albums in surround, so I can't comment on the mix.

 

[kap'n krunch]

Musically, I agree. I haven't heard any of Sting's albums in surround, so I can't comment on the mix.

MCH placement is quite good but, like with all of Sting’s DTS discs, the sonics are flat as a pancake… I dunno, maybe it was the mastering…

 

[kap'n krunch]

Sting TEN SUMMONER'S TALES [A&M Records/DTS Entertainment/DTS 5.1/20 bit mastering]

https://www.discogs.com/release/4072482-Sting-Ten-Summoners-Tales

Decided to give it a whirl...a bit of smiley EQ in VLC makes it WAY better!!!
Saint Francis of Assisi will NEVER BE THIS GOOD!!!...

 

[4-earredwonder]

Decided to give it a whirl...a bit of smiley EQ in VLC makes it WAY better!!!
Saint Francis of Assisi will NEVER BE THIS GOOD!!!...

Kap, surprised [REALLY] that TEN SUMMONER'S TALES never received a multi~CH SACD/DVD~A upgrade like Sting's lesser album, SACRED LOVE which I do have on MLP DVD~A 5.1.

Universal/A&M certainly moves in mysterious ways when it comes to one of their best selling artists ....... and even a BD~A during their BD launch would've been most welcomed!

As you said, the surround mix is superb ....but even with 20 bit mastering, the 16/44.1 DTS disc fails to WOW!

 

[Perp]

RUSH - Snakes & Arrows

 

[user 1679]

Marillion "A Sunday Night Above the Rain" (Blu-ray disc 2, Montreal)

 

[Clement]

Taking a Sunday stroll with Rickie Lee Jones down the boulevard

Rickie Lee Jones the sermon on exposition boulevard
Truly transcendent . . . my review on the 8.0 poll thread

 

[madscot]

Despite being a Richard Chycki mix it sounds great to my ears

 

[Clement]

My latest Music Memorabilia post has me revisiting this high-flying SACD

Duran Duran Astronaut
Hmm, 7.50 isn't such a high-flying score on the poll thread
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/threads/duran-duran-astronaut-sacd.6161/

 

[Clement]

This one seems appropriate today. Been WAY too long since i played this beauty

AMERICA HOMECOMING
9.21 on our poll thread