Listening to Now (In Surround) - Volume 2

[fredblue]

Won it on Ebay no show so far Freddywoooooooo, should be here sooooooooooon :banana:

Checked tracking and it should be here this coming week.

Ended up paying 22.50 which included shipping.

Nice one :upthumb Look forward to your reaction to the mix and so on in the fullness of time

 

[fredblue]

You are killing me man...that could drive a man to break in that vault and tear down the walls:nuke

Tell me about it.. its even been said there's more than one set of unreleased mixes of some of these big hitters like Thriller.. beggars belief

 

[Lute]

DVD in 5.1?

Unfortunately, no.

I bought their DVDV in the hope it would come with a 5.1 mix, but alas it's only 2-ch stereo.
At least the music rocks!

 

[Lute]

Lovely stuff. Thanks Lute!

Glad you liked it. That SACD is one of the more immersive polychoral surround recordings I've heard. It's not discrete mind you. But rather the rear channels are more active than usual with the reflections of the voices. It works very well.

Btw, I ordered The Power and the Glory Bluray. Is it basically the same as the DVDA version?

 

[rtbluray]

Glad you liked it. That SACD is one of the more immersive polychoral surround recordings I've heard. It's not discrete mind you. But rather the rear channels are more active than usual with the reflections of the voices. It works very well. Btw, I ordered The Power and the Glory Bluray. Is it basically the same as the DVDA version?

It's DVD-V, not DVD-A so you did right by getting the Blu-Ray version.
Same content, except that the Blu-Ray has it all in High-Res.

 

[Cibola]

Trying not to overplay this and loving it. Eagles Hotel California SACD.

 

[privateuniverse]

This just arrived and I'm really loving it. I had given up on any classical surround sound titles over a decade ago as they always seemed to only have ambience in the rear channels. But after reading Lute's comments about Tacet I decided to give this one a try. Truly discrete mix with lots of activity in the rears. I will have to check out more of Tacet's catalog.

Thanks Lute!!! :music


Oh, also, I got it from importdcs.com who, I am finding, seem to regularly beat everyone else's prices. Thanks to everyone here who pointed them out. I ordered it along with a copy of the stereo SACD of Excitable Boy. I bet they don't get too many people putting Bach & Zevon together in the same order!

 

[Cibola]

Seriously good sound:Tears For Fears Songs From The Big Chair, Blu 2014

 

[Lute]

It's DVD-V, not DVD-A so you did right by getting the Blu-Ray version.
Same content, except that the Blu-Ray has it all in High-Res.

DVDV!? Phew! And to think I almost went for it due to its lower price.

Thanks for putting my mind at ease!

 

[Lute]

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This just arrived and I'm really loving it. I had given up on any classical surround sound titles over a decade ago as they always seemed to only have ambience in the rear channels. But after reading Lute's comments about Tacet I decided to give this one a try. Truly discrete mix with lots of activity in the rears. I will have to check out more of Tacet's catalog.

Thanks Lute!!! :music


Oh, also, I got it from importdcs.com who, I am finding, seem to regularly beat everyone else's prices. Thanks to everyone here who pointed them out. I ordered it along with a copy of the stereo SACD of Excitable Boy. I bet they don't get too many people putting Bach & Zevon together in the same order!

Thank YOU! It's reassuring for me to know that my posts on Classical music are relevant here.

And I am really glad to hear you are getting back into Classical in surround. Not only are we getting some great reissues of 70s Quad recordings, such as the ones done by Thomas Mowrey, on PentaTone. There are also a lot of terrific new surround recordings available. Along with TACET, the Norwegian label 2L also has some spectacular 360 surround recordings. https://shop.klicktrack.com/2l

 

[elmer]

Lee Ritenour "Overtime" BluRay DTS HD MA 5.1 - an excellent, discrete choice for Sunday evening cocktails.

 

[jefe1]

Beethoven symphonys no 6 and 2 Paavo Jarvi and the Deutche Kammerphilharmonie. In 5.1
Really enjoying the performances ,
. thanks Lute for the reccomendation!
I have one of the DG Pentatones on the way to me and will probably order the Gabrieli too

 

[Lute]

Beethoven symphonys no 6 and 2 Paavo Jarvi and the Deutche Kammerphilharmonie. In 5.1
Really enjoying the performances ,
. thanks Lute for the reccomendation!
I have one of the DG Pentatones on the way to me and will probably order the Gabrieli too

My pleasure! I've warmed up to Jävri's approach and enjoy his recordings very much. His Schumann is also excellent, especially Symphonies no.3 & 1. Here's a review...http://www.sa-cd.net/showtitle/6807.
A good alternative is Dausgaard's cycle on BIS.




I think you'll really like the Gabrieli (...if you can handle a whole lotta brass! )
It's powerful, moving music. I absolute love it!
Give it time to grow on you. It ages very well.

 

[jefe1]

Thanks but hold on youre helping me spend my money too fast!
Your analogy to George Szell has moved me to buy the Rossini overtures set. I adore szells Haydn symphonies and have several original vinyls and cd collections. I just found a copy of a radio promo of his Beethoven 8 and Shuman. 4 symphonies

even without surround or stereo great music is great music.

Who knew that DG has 300 quad performances in the can?
These two threads have been some great reading.

 

[Lute]

Thanks but hold on youre helping me spend my money too fast!
Your analogy to George Szell has moved me to buy the Rossini overtures set. I adore szells Haydn symphonies and have several original vinyls and cd collections. I just found a copy of a radio promo of his Beethoven 8 and Shuman. 4 symphonies

even without surround or stereo great music is great music.

Who knew that DG has 300 quad performances in the can?
These two threads have been some great reading.

Oh sorry! I get carried away with music so easily. :friday: LOL!

Perhaps I shouldn't post the above Single Layer Stereo SACDs on this thread (sorry again), but

I have long been an admirer of Szell, too. His Wagner Ring highlights recording is another desert island disc...along with the Schumann. Quite a few of his recordings have been released on SACD... http://www.sa-cd.net/search/Szell And fortunately, many of these were released a second time, so it should be possible to find them at more reasonable prices than when they were OOP. It's surprising that his Haydn symphonies haven't found their way on to that format. Hopefully, that situation will be rectified someday.

Yes, older recordings...stereo, mono...and Quad are wonderful, too. I hope you like Marriner's Rossini as much as I do. The one complaint is that although it includes Barber of Seville, some other famous overtures are not included, for instance The Thieving Magpie, William Tell, and Semiramide. Marriner did record all of Rossini's overtures, but only those on that SACD are in Quad. Anyway, I am ecstatic to have them.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

RS 500-SACD sampler disc....for those that aren't familiar with the contents...check the song list out here..this is what I call instant gratification...a concept I have based most of my adult life onopcorn

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Ok...another sample disc...I play this sometimes JUST to hear Monday Morning by Fleetwood Mac in surround..the Acura ELS Surround Audio System Demo Disc...again for you folks not familiar with this disc...check out the song list HERE

I also forgot about Bonnie Rait.... Nick of Time..great song..

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Boz Scaggs-DIG DVD-A...despite sound problems on song 2...what a great disc...songs like King Of El Paso and my personal favorite Vanishing Point are as good as the songs on Silk Degrees...I'd love to see Silk Degrees in surround..whew...that would be killer..

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Foreigner 4-DVD-A..

 

[rtbluray]

Boz Scaggs-DIG DVD-A...despite sound problems on song 2...what a great disc...songs like King Of El Paso and my personal favorite Vanishing Point are as good as the songs on Silk Degrees...I'd love to see Silk Degrees in surround..whew...that would be killer..

I don't have this disc yet, but what are the problems on Song 2?