New DV Releases for January 2021! (Mott the Hoople, BTO, Burton Cummings, Grover Washington Jr!)

[Imbobman]

One of us! One of us!

Clement. Where do you find this stuff ?

 

[Q-Eight]

Stereo is sooooooo 1967. Step into the future of 1974!

 

[Tres Discrete]

That’s not how I look at it. We get the one Quad Mott that was released, and for only $10 bucks more, we get 2 more albums of classic music in Hi-Rez that one normally wouldn’t have bought or even been familiar with. Win - Win in my estimation.

Well...I suppose that is one way to look at it and I respect your opinion. Unfortunately for me, since I have been bitten by the multichannel bug, even the best stereo mixes bore me to tears !!!

 

[jefe1]

One of us! One of us!

Is that the DV staff discussing which quads to release next?

 

[4-earredwonder]

Well...I suppose that is one way to look at it and I respect your opinion. Unfortunately for me, since I have been bitten by the multichannel bug, even the best stereo mixes bore me to tears !!!

But MOST unfortunately, as there are, in hindsight, only a VERY small percentage of albums in DISCRETE multichannel, one's aural palette cannot, IMO, survive only on multichannel!

Maybe you should think about investing in The Surround Master which will transform your 'boring' stereo collection into better surround than your receiver's DSP modes.

Just a thought.

 

[Tres Discrete]

But MOST unfortunately, as there are, in hindsight, only a VERY small percentage of albums in DISCRETE multichannel, one's aural palette cannot, IMO, survive only on multichannel!

Maybe you should think about investing in The Surround Master which will transform your 'boring' stereo collection into better surround than your receiver's DSP modes.

Just a thought.

Thanks for the tip...although spending MORE money on this hobby kind of kills me
I will say that the 7 channel setting on my Yamaha receiver can at times deliver a surprisingly good faux surround experience - especially with a good source disc.
“Who’s Next” SHM-SACD is a pretty good “fake”

 

[4-earredwonder]

Thanks for the tip...although spending MORE money on this hobby kind of kills me
I will say that the 7 channel setting on my Yamaha receiver can at times deliver a surprisingly good faux surround experience - especially with a good source disc.
“Who’s Next” SHM-SACD is a pretty good “fake”

I don't have the Surround Master yet but am seriously eyeing the SM Version 3 which Chucky will soon unveil touting the latest and greatest implementation of his well reviewed device yet!

And to be perfectly honest....I'd rather spend MY money on system UPGRADES rather than outrageously expensive box sets or out of print multichannel discs....but THAT'S ME!

 

[Tres Discrete]

I don't have the Surround Master yet but am seriously eyeing the SM Version 3 which Chucky will soon unveil touting the latest and greatest implementation of his well reviewed device yet!

And to be perfectly honest....I'd rather spend MY money on system UPGRADES rather than outrageously expensive box sets or out of print multichannel discs....but THAT'S ME!

Well...I came to this game late...and have ALREADY spent a small fortune on OOP discs
I am jealous of you all who figured this out long ago

 

[giantleech]

Is that the DV staff discussing which quads to release next?

That is quite clearly Hoffman board members right there.

 

[Raysdeathmachine]

So the Mott album arrived and I was excited but who in their right mind puts 3 albums over 2 cds (SACDs)? The Hoople is on disc 1 (and sounds great in Quad) with 5 tracks from Dudes and the other 4 Dudes' tracks are on disc 2 with Mott. Also my player (Oppo 205 so pretty good) plays the first 9 tracks on disc 1 very well and it sounds great but the 5 tracks from Dudes doesn't show up. I know they are there because I put the disc in my PC and I can see them (in CD quality), just not play them through my player. So disappointing as I wanted to hear these albums in SACD quality.

When you change discs think of it as flipping a record over to play the second side.

 

[musicmemorabiliashoppellc]

Just ordered Mott, Guess Who American Woman & Best of Vol. 2 and BTO!!! Can’t wait to sample this stuff!! From everyone’s comments it should bring me many hours of listening pleasure

 

[sjc]

Just got my order (Mott, BTO and Burton Cummings). I'm in Ohio, so that was extremely quick for a UK to the US shipment, (I did splurge for the upgraded shipping).
I had the Mott on vinyl and I had always thought that there was a pressing/decoding issue in that Ian Hunter's vocals seemed buried in the mix. Well, they are still buried with the D/V Disc, so I guess that must have been something in the original mixing decisions. I'll have to go back to this one.

I went over to the Burton Cummings and I'm really liking the mix so far...

 

[4-earredwonder]

Just got my order (Mott, BTO and Burton Cummings). I'm in Ohio, so that was extremely quick for a UK to the US shipment, (I did splurge for the upgraded shipping).
I had the Mott on vinyl and I had always thought that there was a pressing/decoding issue in that Ian Hunter's vocals seemed buried in the mix. Well, they are still buried with the D/V Disc, so I guess that must have been something in the original mixing decisions. I'll have to go back to this one.

I went over to the Burton Cummings and I'm really liking the mix so far...

With the Blizzard of 2021 Raging in the Tri State Area [New Jersey, New York & Connecticut] doubtful there'll be any mail deliveries until Wednesday, the earliest. I too opted for Priority s/h from the UK>New York. Hopefully I'll have them sometime this week!

Glad you're enjoying them.

 

[musicmemorabiliashoppellc]

Is wondering why The Mott disc is so much more expensive then the others...almost double

 

[steelydave]

Because it's almost double the amount of SACD discs, ie 2 instead of 1.

 

[musicmemorabiliashoppellc]

Because it's almost double the amount of SACD discs, ie 2 instead of 1.

Ok....thanks...didn’t realize....got to check my glasses prescription...lol

 

[JohnN]

One of us! One of us!

too many too

 

[mrcond]

With the Blizzard of 2021 Raging in the Tri State Area [New Jersey, New York & Connecticut] doubtful there'll be any mail deliveries until Wednesday, the earliest. I too opted for Priority s/h from the UK>New York. Hopefully I'll have them sometime this week!

Glad you're enjoying them.

I'm in CT and received my Steven Wilson TFB in the mail yesterday and the mail truck just made his stop today. "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."

 

[esimms86]

I'm in CT and received my Steven Wilson TFB in the mail yesterday and the mail truck just made his stop today. "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."

Yes, but they don’t deliver if you don’t shovel out your mailbox. Reality bites!

 

[texquad]

Thanks for the tip...although spending MORE money on this hobby kind of kills me
I will say that the 7 channel setting on my Yamaha receiver can at times deliver a surprisingly good faux surround experience - especially with a good source disc.
“Who’s Next” SHM-SACD is a pretty good “fake”

I second that vote on the surround synthesizer on the Yamaha's. I'm using an older model with "Cinema DSP" and it does wonders on stereo to surround. I recently picked up a used Sony AV receiver (for real cheap) that's still in production and it's surround settings are terrible compared to my old Yamaha. I pretty much use the Yamaha's surround setting for most everything that's stereo. And yes the Who's Next SHM-SACD is great as is the Hoffman master although my favorite might be the version mastered by Doug Sax which has nice EQ.
Here's the info: The Who – Who's Next (1988, Longbox, CD)