Listening to Now (In Surround) - Volume 2

[fredblue]

Well, yes and no. We are talking about a Tomita Planets DVD. It has a movie of our Solar System that runs with it.
The DVD only says stereo, the packaging list Dolby Surround. It is DEFINITELY discrete. I've just never experienced this behavior out of my gear before. It switches to PLII even when I set the receiver to Direct (where I leave it for surround stuff - I just want the bits off the disc, no gimmicks).

Got it! :upthumb

Are there any soundtrack options (e.g. Surround.. Stereo) when you hit the "Audio" button on the remote control of your DVD player while the disc is spinning..?

 

[edisonbaggins]

Got it! :upthumb

Are there any soundtrack options (e.g. Surround.. Stereo) when you hit the "Audio" button on the remote control of your DVD player while the disc is spinning..?

Definitely no options on any menus. I will search for an audio button, but I don't believe my Oppo has one. It does have a settings button, where you can set behavior for SACD playback, etc.

It is the Planets DVD pictured here, btw:

https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/showthread.php?15023-MUSIC-ONLY!-What-s-Your-Latest-DVD-V-Concert-Music-Related-NO-5-1ALBUMS-DVD-A-QUADIO&p=263482&viewfull=1#post263482

 

[fredblue]

Definitely no options on any menus. I will search for an audio button, but I don't believe my Oppo has one. It does have a settings button, where you can set behavior for SACD playback, etc.

It is the Planets DVD pictured here, btw:

https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...S-DVD-A-QUADIO&p=263482&viewfull=1#post263482

Never seen (or heard) that Planets DVD-V before..

My Cambridge Audio Blu-ray player (essentially an Oppo BDP-93 clone) remote looks like this..



.. the "Audio/Subtitle" button cycles thru the different sound options on a DVD each time you hit it. That's the kinda button you're looking for I guess..

 

[edisonbaggins]

Never seen (or heard) that Planets DVD-V before..

My Cambridge Audio Blu-ray player (essentially an Oppo BDP-93 clone) remote looks like this..

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.. the "Audio/Subtitle" button cycles thru the different sound options on a DVD each time you hit it. That's the kinda button you're looking for I guess..

Only audio option listed when using the audio button is 1/1 English Dolby Digital Stereo!

 

[edisonbaggins]

Live 8 - DTS 5.1 - Disc 1

 

[edisonbaggins]

Live 8 - A Long Walk to Justice - Disc 2

 

[hwkn]

Rush-Fly By Night/A Farewell To Kings[both on Blu ray]

 

[edisonbaggins]

Jon Lord: Concerto for Group and Orchestra 2012 - BD

 

[Lute]

The Beach Boys - Endless Harmony

 

[Quad Linda]

Cool 5.1 mixes as bonus tracks (audio only) on Endless Harmony DVD!

 

[Lute]

Cool 5.1 mixes as bonus tracks (audio only) on Endless Harmony DVD!

Yes, very cool!

I kept listening to those tracks over and over this morning.
Their music and vocal harmonies work very well in surround.

 

[flyingdutchman]

I keep listening to Pet Sounds. Love that album.

 

[edisonbaggins]

Handel Messiah - High Performance Dolby Surround CD - Yes, it decodes fine with Pro Logic or PLIIx.
Wonderful sound. Very immersive mix. No surround wow, but tasteful placement of parts and superb separation.

 

[Which_One_Is_Pink]

A Zappa Saturday - Quaudiophiliac DVD-audio, next Apostrophe(') / Over-Nite Sensation Quad conversion and Halloween if I can find the durn thang

 

[edisonbaggins]

Marvin Gaye - Let's get it on - HFPA

 

[edisonbaggins]

Beyonce BD - thanks to this forum I was able to take the DVD back and exchange it for the BD...

 

[Cibola]

One of the QQ HiRez Poll top twenty, Steven Wilson Grace for Drowning Blu-ray.

 

[edisonbaggins]

Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here (Rush reference?)

 

[rtbluray]

Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here (Rush reference?)

Doubt it, but I know the reference you are referring to.

 

[edisonbaggins]

Doubt it, but I know the reference you are referring to.

Wikipedia asserts the title comes from a lyric sung in the trenches of WWI.