Listening to Now (In Surround) - Volume 2

[Clement]

Ain't it GRAND? It's a "Blessed Relief"!

POLL

 

[4-earredwonder]

Porcupine Tree LIGHTBULB SUN [K~Scope/1 RBCD/1 MLP DVD~A 5.1/96/24] 5.1 remix Steve Wilson. SIMPLY GORGEOUS!

 

[perzon57]

Ain't it GRAND? It's a "Blessed Relief"!
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POLL

Mine was delivered this morning, looking forward to listening to the Atmos mix.

 

[svengaleekie]

Delivered this morning from Cherry Red. Renaissance - Azure D'Or 2CD 1Blu-ray clamshell. I've played the 5.1 LPCM nicely mixed by @Stephen W Tayler. I've never heard this album before but I have the Turn of the Cards set, there is a difference in the style of music, in the booklet they state that they dropped the orchestra and brought in more synths, this album certainly has more pep to it, here's a screenshot, the blue blob is constantly moving fast around the screen.

 

[svengaleekie]

The result of my very first ebay auction has arrived this morning, I'm very pleased with it too £26.00 and free postage, there's one for sale on Discogs, they want £169.99 for it
Paul Draper - Spooky Action 2CD 1DVD book with signed print. 5.1 DTS, my first time hearing this, it sounds OK to me, a decent surround mix!

 

[Quadkid]

I listened to an Alicia Keys interview this am about her Christmas album, Santa Baby. They played a few cuts, one of them being "Ave Maria," which reminded me of the version on this disc, which i haven't heard in too long! Neville's version gives me goosebumps . . . in a good way! And "A Change Is Gonna Come" brings tears to my eyes . . . in a good way!
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Inexplicably, no POLL for this one, but here's a THREAD with a mere three posts!
https://www.discogs.com/release/4434062-Aaron-Neville-Believe

Bought this early in my collection! Love the mix and consider this one of my “gateway drugs”. Had a second copy that I gifted to a friend to get him hooked!

 

[Quadkid]

A Charlie Brown Christmas : Vince Guaraldi Dolby Atmos Blu Ray

Just got my boxed set! Love it!

 

[DuncanS]

What about OYE COMO CRICKETS?

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[Clement]

This one continues to blow me away in all ways and forever. I'm listening in 7.1 . . . maybe someday i'll hear it at most in Atmos!

9.75 on our poll thread

 

[~dave~~wave~]

Caravanserai
Again......
Just wonderful.
But hey I don't hear a hit single.

But still made the top ten on album charts in UK & USA on release 50 years ago.

 

[4-earredwonder]

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Yep. Dunc, Tis The Season To Deck The Halls with Boughs of HOLLY

 

[WBP]

The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Ave, sounds wonderful

 

[4_everyman]

Caravanserai
...
But hey I don't hear a hit single.

Yeah, I can hear Clive Davis speaking those words.

 

[Clement]

I started my day spinning some DUB, which reminded me that i hadn't heard this in awhile:

Peter Tosh Legalize It
7.82 on our poll thread

 

[svengaleekie]

Alan Williams - Currents 5.1 LPCM Blu-ray

 

[Clement]

Keep hope alive! Listening to Chicago V!

Part of the stellar Chicago Quadio Box that rates 9.65 on our poll thread

 

[Quadmon]

This is sounding very Christmas-y! Merry Christmas to you all!

 

[M-K]

Sluggo! Mike Keneally & Beer for Dolphins.

 

[M-K]

David Bedford – Instructions For Angels​

(Virgin – V2090 LP - BBC MATRIX H QUAD)

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I've got this on CD... some hints how to decode the content? Or is it only stereo on CD?

 

[J. PUPSTER]

I've got this on CD... some hints how to decode the content? Or is it only stereo on CD?

Read the follow up post here-
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...surround-volume-2.20127/page-2088#post-663260
don't know if the CD version had the encoding follow it to CD, looks like you probably have this version-
https://www.discogs.com/release/1913475-David-Bedford-Instructions-For-Angels
Other projects got in the way before I could try the @MidiMagic layout for BBC MATRIX H decoding-

"Without an H decoder, the best way is to combine an RM and an SQ decoder with six speakers, placed as follows:

RM lf SQ lb RM rf RM lb SQ rb RM rb

Reverse the phase of the SQ lb speaker.
For HR, trade the SQ speakers.
RM, QM, BMX, and BHJ decoders work, but with less separation.
Decode equations (Σ)

• lf = .85L-.35(Lj-R)+.15Rj
• rf = .85R+.35(L+Rj)-.15Lj
• lb = .85Lj+.35(L-Rj)+.15R
• rb = -.85Rj+.35(Lj+R)+.15L"

(* but I had some ideas about how to do a software mix after decoding to both QS and SQ to get around the weird speaker config. )

or the software UHJ decode (via a Reaper UHJ VST) for comparison, but hope to some day soon.

This isn't an overly discrete affair to begin with, so don't get your hopes up too much! But IMO, any kind of decent QS/RM type decoder will probably not do too poorly.