Listening to Now (In Surround) - Volume 2

[Lute]

Foreigner 4, DVD A 5.1 Advanced Resolution. 75.5 decibels. Awesome, again. I love DVD A's. They have such a raw sound that no new releases in surround, Audio Fidelity (soft rock), Acoustic Sounds ( they actually are OK with heavy stuff) or even the very few BD-A's can match. I am the boss of guitar rock and I am sick of all this, lets get it on. You people who release SACD in stereo or mch, lets get heavy and make some real money.
Lute, I miss you. I almost went back to HRAudio.net just because QQ can talk about the same thing over and over and it bores me.

Great to have you back! I was thinking about you last night, Mark. As I was doing some channel surfing, I came across a 2011 concert of Joe Satriani...and stayed up late watching the whole thing! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo6LXD7uzn4

Hell yes! AF, AP, Rhino and others...
we definitely are in need of something HEAVY in SURROUND!!! :nuke:nuke

For now, I am listening to some Goatsnake in DPL-II. :sun
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a8o971tD67E

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Simple Minds, Once Upon A Time, DVD-A, DVD Audio (not DTS) surround 5.1. Front loaded with slightly discrete rears. One of the top 5 most expensive, out of print DVD-A's.

There is an alternative HERE

 

[Lute]

Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Dance Suite, Hungarian Peasant Songs (SACD)

Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
Zoltán Kocsis (conductor)

Superb performances back up by a fantastically realistic surround mix.

 

[Simon A]

A perfect morning for some Moodies.

 

[JanBakker]

This is absolutely fantastic :51banana:

 

[ji eff]

Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Dance Suite, Hungarian Peasant Songs (SACD)

Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
Zoltán Kocsis (conductor)

Superb performances back up by a fantastically realistic surround mix.

Bartók in surround?! ooooooo

If anyone would know if a list of surround releases by Bartók, Ligeti, Penderecki, or other similar composers exists somewhere, I'd like to know.


*for those who don't know these guys, think Stanley Kubrick: "2001, A Space Odyssey" or "The Shining"

 

[Lute]

These links should be a good place to start.

Bartók... http://www.sa-cd.net/search/Bart%F3k

Ligeti... http://hraudio.net/search.php?format=0&keywords=Ligeti

Penderecki... http://hraudio.net/search.php?format=0&keywords=Penderecki

NEOS Classics has many excellent MCH SACDs of contemporary classical music. Some of these are discrete, such as Alberto Ginastera: Popol Vuh Op. 44, Cantata para América Mágica Op. 27. These works by the Argentinean master are powerful and dramatic with hints of Stravinsky and Bartók. http://www.allmusic.com/album/ginastera-popol-vuh-cantata-para-américa-mágica-mw0001958146

Another amazing Multichannel SACD is from Kairos... Friedrich Cerha: Spiegel I-VII, Monumentum, Momente. Intense stuff!! Awesome recording!

https://www.kairos-music.com/cds/0013002kai

 

[ji eff]

Listening to samples of Friedrich Cerha.. I'm only on the second so far, "Spiegel II", and I'm floored..

:banana:

 

[Cibola]

Alan Parsons A Valid Path DualDisc: Listening to the DTS 5.1 and liking it even more and more than last time. So glad to have this one, it's a lot of fun. I should vote on this, the content works for me, lots of discrete bits and the fidelity is also quite good.

 

[Lute]

Listening to samples of Friedrich Cerha.. I'm only on the second so far, "Spiegel II", and I'm floored..

:banana:

The first time I heard this recording was late one night...all alone. I had the volume turned way up. At one point I felt like I was going to start hallucinating. It scared the s*** out of me. :yikes LOL!

Elusive Disc used to have some Kairos SACDs on sale, but I didn't see any just now. It seems that AmazonUS has some at reasonable prices.

https://www.amazon.com/Cerha-Spiege...d=1468727739&sr=8-2-fkmr0&keywords=SACD+Cerha

 

[Cibola]

The first time I heard this recording was late one night...all alone. I had the volume turned way up. At one point I felt like I was going to start hallucinating. It scared the s*** out of me. :yikes LOL!

Okay, I've got to look into this one.

 

[Snood]

The first time I heard this recording was late one night...all alone. I had the volume turned way up. At one point I felt like I was going to start hallucinating. It scared the s*** out of me. :yikes LOL!

Lute please expound as to why? Snood interest be piqued

 

[Snood]

Listening to samples of Friedrich Cerha.. I'm only on the second so far, "Spiegel II", and I'm floored..

:banana:

Which one exactly puleeeeeeeeeeeeze :banana:

 

[Snood]

A perfect morning for some Moodies.

Simon buddy, your right hand looks a little small wtf???

 

[edisonbaggins]

Emma Shapplin - etterna - DVD-A 5.1

 

[ji eff]

The first time I heard this recording was late one night...all alone. I had the volume turned way up. At one point I felt like I was going to start hallucinating. It scared the s*** out of me. :yikes LOL!

Elusive Disc used to have some Kairos SACDs on sale, but I didn't see any just now. It seems that AmazonUS has some at reasonable prices.

https://www.amazon.com/Cerha-Spiege...d=1468727739&sr=8-2-fkmr0&keywords=SACD+Cerha

Thanks Lute ! That'll keep me busy for some time

I might just place an order for "Cerha: Spiegel-Monumentum-Momente" through the amazon link. Looks like I finally have a reason to "succumb" to SACD... Since I play everything from a hard drive, the format never was my favorite, but now that I've found something I really want that isn't available on dvd-a or blu-ray.. there might be an Oppo on the horizon ^_^

Okay, I've got to look into this one.

The samples are stellar ("Spiegel I" is a bit long to build, though)

Which one exactly puleeeeeeeeeeeeze :banana:

that's the one: https://www.kairos-music.com/cds/0013002kai

...and you can grab it here: https://www.amazon.com/Cerha-Spiegel-Monumentum-Momente-Friedrich/dp/B003JSQOAK

Hasn't most people experienced hallucinations at a certain point of their life? Some by taking pills... Others by not taking them :banana:

Emma Shapplin - etterna - DVD-A 5.1

How do you like emma shapplin so far?

 

[fizzywiggs41]

Listened to ZAPPA-ROXY AND ELSEWHERE last night.I started with the 21mins of bonus tracks, "Dickie Is An *******" is a laugh riot.

And cool to see Pamela -the tart, mess with the band, Fredderico (FB) would approve of her hyjinx.:couch

 

[keenly]

Alice in Chain SACD- DVD A. I have been working on this one in Audacity. Made it sound the best I can. Mediocre mixes and original disc was compressed as hell!

 

[seilerbird]

This is truly bizarre. I am listening to Moving In Stereo from the Cars first album. It is in quad and the song is moving around in quad. Maybe the Cars should reform and rerecord a modern version.

 

[edisonbaggins]

How do you like emma shapplin so far?

It's good stuff. Didn't notice a ton of discreteness my first listen, but it was immersive and pleasant. For those in to the whole opera vocal over modern soundscrape and beat thing, it should do the trick.