Listening to Now (In Surround) - Volume 2

[Cibola]

The main problem I have with Chycki's 'Subdivisions' is that it sounds so harsh and limited. I wouldn't even care that much about the lack of surround mix or dynamics I guess, but to me it just sounds so unpleasant and harsh. Harsh.

I believe I get your point, a few of my discs give me middle ear pain and hot ears after a few tracks, not nice at all. Fortunately only a few.

 

[edisonbaggins]

The Beatles - Yellow Submarine
BD-V DTS HD Master 5.1

 

[Frogmort]

Give it a try on the DVD-A or BD-A sometime! I promise it's way more discrete than anything from Side A.

It's not even so much about how discrete it is, it's more about how unpleasant the album sounds. I don't ever recall remembering this album as sounding this harsh, but this Chycki version does in fact seem very compressed and harsh, to me.

I think that's why it bothers me so much, because I seem to remember this album sounding so much better than this.

 

[edisonbaggins]

It's not even so much about how discrete it is, it's more about how unpleasant the album sounds. I don't ever recall remembering this album as sounding this harsh, but this Chycki version does in fact seem very compressed and harsh, to me.

I think that's why it bothers me so much, because I seem to remember this album sounding so much better than this.

Ah. Sorry you're experiencing that. Sounds great on my system.

 

[weekendtoy]

Aaron Neville: Nature Boy the Standards Album (SACD 5.1)

 

[Frogmort]

Ah. Sorry you're experiencing that. Sounds great on my system.

I just don't fully understand how this is the case. I love the album; find the audio a bit harsh; you apparently didn't experience the same anomaly that I did.

 

[Frogmort]

Happy Easter, everyone!

 

[edisonbaggins]

I just don't fully understand how this is the case. I love the album; find the audio a bit harsh; you apparently didn't experience the same anomaly that I did.

So many possible factors there: our hearing, our equipment, expectations, mood, etc.
For reference, there are certainly recordings that grate on me: Muse - The Resistance, the Gary Numan Silverline, to name a couple.

 

[Frogmort]

So many possible factors there: our hearing, our equipment, expectations, mood, etc.
For reference, there are certainly recordings that grate on me: Muse - The Resistance, the Gary Numan Silverline, to name a couple.

It just breaks my heart that it's one of my favorites. I'm also a huge fan of Beck. Both the singular version, and also the guitarist.

 

[Frogmort]

Those evil natured robots, who are programmed to destroy us.

 

[Mesozoic Mike]

Rachmaninov - Isle Of The Dead, BIS SACD.
Just in that mood I guess.

 

[weekendtoy]

Lyle Lovett: Joshua Judges Ruth (DTS 5.1)

 

[Clint Eastwood]

I rarely disagree

..we just disagree.."

 

[Perp]

I just don't fully understand how this is the case. I love the album; find the audio a bit harsh; you apparently didn't experience the same anomaly that I did.

Different systems. Different ears.

I’m going to play Signals later today since I’ve only played it once cause I remember the mix not sounding so good. It had a hollow, sorta, out-of-phase sound to it.

 

[J. PUPSTER]

I can agree with that - love me some Classic Dave Mason in the morning. Now, about the Quad...

 

[edisonbaggins]

RPWL - A New Dawn
BD-V Dolby Atmos

 

[J. PUPSTER]

Rachmaninov - Isle Of The Dead, BIS SACD.
Just in that mood I guess.

Is this the one M. Mike???
http://www.sa-cd.net/showtitle/3073

 

[edisonbaggins]

R.E.M. Automatic for the People
BD-A Dolby Atmos

 

[edisonbaggins]

INXS KICK 30
BD-A Dolby Atmos

 

[Goona]

The Doors Singles Blu Ray 4.0