Listening to Now (In Surround) - Volume 2

[4-earredwonder]

Thanks Ralphie for turning me onto this. Alicia Keys-Songs In A Minor 5.1 DVD-A LPCM 24/96, sounds awesome and keeps me in my soul groove. I got it from a US seller at Discogs, $43.00.

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You're very welcomed, Markie ....... Now you're in the A MAJORS!

Not a bad price, either.

 

[marpow]

OFF TOPIC: Whats the story with this new format?
Close To The Edge [Steven Wilson Remix] [UHQCD] [Cardboard Sleeve (mini LP)]

 

[4-earredwonder]

OFF TOPIC: Whats the story with this new format?
Close To The Edge [Steven Wilson Remix] [UHQCD] [Cardboard Sleeve (mini LP)]
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It's Warners answer to SHM and Blu Spec CD. It's still 16/44.1.

Don't you have the recent MLP DVD~A 5.1 remaster? Also available as a BD~A 5.1 [I have BOTH].

 

[Frogmort]

XTC - Skylarking

 

[marpow]

It's Warners answer to SHM and Blu Spec CD. It's still 16/44.1.

Don't you have the recent MLP DVD~A 5.1 remaster?

Yes, I have all those, and I know that these are just stereo. I am not going down that rabbit hole, that’s for sure. I was just interested if there was a logical pro opinion to UHQCD, but doesn’t sound like it.

 

[4-earredwonder]

Yes, I have all those, and I know that these are just stereo. I am not going down that rabbit hole, that’s for sure. I was just interested if there was a logical pro opinion to UHQCD, but doesn’t sound like it.

I just sprung for the Universal George Harrison ALL THINGS MUST PASS remaster [?] in UHQCD MQA encoded.........NO BIG DEAL! Don't be fooled by UHQCD, SHM and Blu Spec. If they do sound better it's JUST due to better remastering ..... at a PRICE.

Next time you get the urge to 'go Japanese...." just go out for Sushi. It's cheaper!

 

[edisonbaggins]

2L - Stale Kleiberg: Mass for Modern Man
BD-A 9.1 Auro-3D (11.1 Dolby Atmos also on disc!)

 

[marpow]

Listening now to Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Black And Blue- 4.0, love this one also.

 

[4-earredwonder]

Yes, Close to the Edge MLP DVD~A 5.1

 

[4-earredwonder]

2L - Stale Kleiberg: Mass for Modern Man
BD-A 9.1 Auro-3D (11.1 Dolby Atmos also on disc!)

So, Mike, when is LIFE in SURROUND 'The DOLBY ATMOS edition' coming out?

It's a BIRD, it's a PLANE ... it's little Baggy hanging from the ceiling by his britches!

 

[Frogmort]

XTC - Black Sea

 

[edisonbaggins]

2L - Stale Kleiberg: Mass for Modern Man
BD-A 9.1 Auro-3D (11.1 Dolby Atmos also on disc!)

Btw, I tried the "11.1" Atmos and it output 9.1, like all other Atmos sources I've tried. Maybe something isn't right with my player or AVR. If anyone is able to get 11.1 out of this, lmk please!

 

[Frogmort]

XTC - Drums & Wires

Buzzed Edit: Was just reading about Steve Lillywhite who produced this album and saw this:

"In April 2017, musician and writer Jon Regen wrote an article for the New York Times profiling Lillywhite and his work bundling recorded CDs with fried chicken in Indonesian KFC restaurants."

 

[sjcorne]

This is, to me, the be-all-end-all ultimate hard rock surround title. The U.K. quad of Machine Head comes close, but this slightly edges it for me because that title is mostly static in terms of placement. This mix pulls out all the stops with various forms of active panning and motion effects.

"Back In The Saddle" becomes even more zany and chaotic with horses galloping around and whips hitting each speaker. The guitar intro to "Rats In The Cellar" moves from channel to channel clockwise around the room. The guitar solos in "Rats" and "Combination" move all around the room, jumping left to right and front to back. The guitar in "Nobody's Fault" rapidly swirls and pulsates around the room in a manner similar to those early Santana and Guess Who quads.

Beneath all that, you get the typical Columbia rock layout: drums, bass, and vocals across the front, with rhythm guitars in the rears. Lead guitar spotlights are often totally isolated in the left rear channel ("Back In The Saddle", "Last Child", "Sick As A Dog", "Get The Lead Out"). Backing/doubled vocals are usually in the rears ("Combination", "Sick As A Dog"), though on "Last Child" Steven Tyler's doubled vocal ("yes sir, no sir...", "home...sweet...HOME") is diagonally placed in the left front and right rear channel.

Easily the best of the three Aerosmith quads- I think it's still unknown who did the mix, but Jay Messina is credited for the other two and the 5.1 Toys In The Attic, so maybe it's him. It's pretty scare unfortunately, another '76 Q8 that's unobtainable (one just sold for $80 today, there's another one listed for something insane like $230). Even the SQ doesn't pop up much, I see it on Discogs starting for $30+.

So what's it gonna take to get this out? Has this title ever been reissued on anything other than CD? I don't think there's ever been even a stereo hi-res version of this, the single-layer stereo SACD was pulled from the market (though there are a few in circulation).

Unless you hate Aerosmith, I guarantee this quad mix would blow you away. I will never listen to "Back In The Saddle" in stereo again, not enough clip-clop action!

"Last Child" (with diagonal backing vocals- presumably to get dead center within the limits of SQ? Some of the PIR quads do that):


"Combination" (with channel-hopping guitar):


"Sick As A Dog" (lead guitar AND backing vocals in left rear on outro):

 

[4-earredwonder]

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This is, to me, the be-all-end-all ultimate hard rock surround title. The U.K. quad of Machine Head comes close, but this slightly edges it for me because that title is mostly static in terms of placement. This mix pulls out all the stops with various forms of active panning and motion effects.

"Back In The Saddle" becomes even more zany and chaotic with horses galloping around and whips hitting each speaker. The guitar intro to "Rats In The Cellar" moves from channel to channel clockwise around the room. The guitar solos in "Rats" and "Combination" move around the room, left to right and front to back. The guitar in "Nobody's Fault" rapidly swirls and pulsates around the room in a manner similar to those early Santana and Guess Who quads.

Beneath all that, you get the typical Columbia rock layout: drums, bass, and vocals across the front, with rhythm guitars in the rears. Lead guitar is often totally isolated in the left rear channel ("Back In The Saddle", "Last Child", "Sick As A Dog", "Get The Lead Out"). Backing/doubled vocals are usually in the rears ("Combination", "Sick As A Dog"), though on "Last Child" Steven Tyler's doubled vocal ("yes sir, no sir...", "home...sweet ...HOME") is diagonally placed in the left front and right rear channel.

Easily the best of the three Aerosmith quads- I think it's still unknown who did the mix, but Jay Messina is credited for the other two and the 5.1 Toys In The Attic, so maybe it's him. It's pretty scare unfortunately, another '76 Q8 that's unobtainable (one just sold for $80 today, there's another one listed for something insane like $230). Even the SQ doesn't pop up much, I see it on Discogs starting for $30+.

So what's it gonna take to get this out? Has this title ever been reissued on anything other than CD? I don't think there's ever been even a stereo hi-res version of this, the single-layer stereo SACD was pulled from the market (though there are a few in circulation).

Unless you hate Aerosmith, I guarantee this quad mix would blow you away.

Sounds like the real mother of all QUAD remixes, Jonathan. I only have Rocks on Stereo SACD. Haven't spun it in quite awhile so cannot comment on the quality of the single layered SACD.

Probably the only way we'd get a hi res surround title is from SONY Japan. Doubtful, Dutton Vocalion would ever get the licensing rights.

 

[sjcorne]

I only have Rocks on Stereo SACD. Haven't spun it in quite awhile so cannot comment on the quality of the single layered SACD.

The rare single-layer disc that was pulled from the market? If so that's quite a collectible!

 

[Clint Eastwood]

I've only seen THIS

 

[4-earredwonder]

The rare single-layer disc that was pulled from the market? If so that's quite a collectible!

Bollocks....got it confused with Aerosmith's Greatest Hits double SACD. I started collecting SACDs late .... so it was probably OOP before that time.

Its so rare, HRAudio.net doesn't even list it anymore.

 

[sjcorne]

Bollocks....got it confused with Aerosmith's Greatest Hits double SACD. I started collecting SACDs late .... so it was probably OOP before that time.

Another one that should’ve been multichannel. That Rocks disc was OOP as soon as it came out, I think there are like 2 or 3 that slipped out. The story’s over on SHF.

 

[4-earredwonder]

Another one that should’ve been multichannel. That Rocks disc was OOP as soon as it came out, I think there are like 2 or 3 that slipped out. The story’s over on SHF.

If anyone wonders why SACD failed in the early 00, look to SONY's haphazard handling of their excellently preserved QUAD stockpile. If you recall, Jonathan, SACD was supposed to be STEREO only and they only added the mch option to compete with DVD~Audio and the 'audiophile' press at the time lambasted both formats extolling the virtues and superiority of VINYL. And who do the reissue companies cater to today ..... you guessed it..... STEREO VINYL reissues.