Patricia Barber - Modern Cool coming on Blu-Ray Audio

[Kal Rubinson]

The good: what a voice. I could listen to her forever. And the band/music is great in high rez. This is from a "I rarely listen to jazz" guy.
The bad: This is hardly a surround mix. The rears echo/minic the fronts throughout.

Yup. That, too.

It so discouraging when industry professionals do that. Sending out an SOS to SW.

Agreed.

 

[SMS]

The Blu-Ray smell? Hmm....

LOL... I also noticed that the bluray artwork had a really strong smell. I've never noticed a smell that strong in any other blurary. Hopefully it goes away. I could barely leaf through the artwork as I listened.

Not for me. The stereo track was great but her voice is phantom-imaged in the surround mix and, somehow, interacts poorly with the new center signals.

I am not loving the mix either. Very few discreet sounds in the rears. And, I agree with Kal that the vocal imaging is not great. I found in most tracks the vocals were not anchored perfectly in the middle, rather it was very slightly left of middle. And, in some tracks the vocals came from the very far left. Anyone else notice the same? Unfortunately, I don't remember which tracks were far left. I'll have to listen again to get that info.

I haven't listened to the stereo mix yet either. Will try that.

However... I must say that this recording sounds amazing. The clarity and dynamics are very good. Despite an average surround mix, I am still happy with the purchase.

 

[Gmat25]

Enjoying this Bluray alot. I also have the MFSL SACD and its wonderful. It also had a bonus track (The Beatles Fool on the Hill) not found on the Bluray. My wife and I saw Patricia Barber Quartet last night in Chicago at the Green Mill Cafe in Chicago. I got chance to talk with her and told I really liked the bluray. She stated it was alot of fun for her to listen to.

 

[Philip Spinner]

Since I don't have a BD player yet I will keep mine sealed for now. Do you think the strong odor mentioned can harm the disc over time. Perhaps I should open it to air it out.
Phil.

 

[LizardKing]

I can confirm that this disc stinks!!!!

I like music, mix & SQ though... the mix sounds good to me....

 

[LizardKing]

I like the feature where you can hit the "Yellow" button on your Blu-ray remote to switch to Stereo & the "Red" for 5.1... no need for a screen to be on ...

It would be nice if they standardised things like that....

 

[haikubass]

Modern Cool soon to be available as 5.1 and Dolby Atmos download via NativeDSD:

 

[humprof]

Modern Cool soon to be available as 5.1 and Dolby Atmos download via NativeDSD:
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Looks like there was no Atmos, in the end? (What's streaming on Apple Music sounds like 5.1 in an Atmos container.) Not complaining--it's an excellent 5.1 mix, and I'm glad this fabulous album is back in print.

 

[haikubass]

Looks like there was no Atmos, in the end? (What's streaming on Apple Music sounds like 5.1 in an Atmos container.) Not complaining--it's an excellent 5.1 mix, and I'm glad this fabulous album is back in print.

Edit: Caution - as reported by @ted_b, there is NO AURO-3D FILE included with the download at the moment, despite the description

Atmos/Auro-3D download (mkv 48 & 96 file) is finally available:
https://www.nativedsd.com/product/imp7003-modern-cool

 

[Steve Bruzonsky]

Atmos/Auro-3D download (mkv 48 & 96 file) is finally available:
https://www.nativedsd.com/product/imp7003-modern-cool

I just saw this today!!!

Recently Native DSD has had a few Auro-3D/Atmos downloads which Immersive Audio Album also has. Wonder if this will be the case with this album as well.

 

[fredblue]

Atmos/Auro-3D download (mkv 48 & 96 file) is finally available:
https://www.nativedsd.com/product/imp7003-modern-cool

curious if it's the same Atmos mix that's been streaming on Apple Music the past few months..?

 

[haikubass]

curious if it's the same Atmos mix that's been streaming on Apple Music the past few months..?

Would assume so although the description doesn't appear to sound entirely convincing...

 

[vegas]

It would be a crime to not release this new Atmos/Auro3D mix on Blu-ray!

 

[fredblue]

Would assume so although the description doesn't appear to sound entirely convincing...
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sounds like 5.1 in an Atmos container again?

 

[ted_b]

Also, I will make sure the description gets fixed. This MKV has Atmos and DTS MA (as described in the Album-of-Year copy that @haikubass posted) , NOT Auro 3D (as assumed by the pulldown).

 

[AYanguas]

Looks like there was no Atmos, in the end? (What's streaming on Apple Music sounds like 5.1 in an Atmos container.) Not complaining--it's an excellent 5.1 mix, and I'm glad this fabulous album is back in print.

Atmos streaming from TIDAL is exactly that.

It looks the same mix as the DTS HD-MA from the 2012 Blu-Ray transferred to Dolby Atmos.

There are only 8 channels, exactly the same as when DTS is decoded from AVR and the content of sides is replicated to the rears in a 7.1

The rest of 9.1.6 channels, i.e. Wides, and the 6 Tops, are silent.

 

[humprof]

Just learned from a reliable source that Impex will be re-rereleasing this album in 5.1 (remastered!) on SACD on October 4th.

 

[4-earredwonder]

Just learned from a reliable source that Impex will be re-rereleasing this album in 5.1 (remastered!) on SACD on October 4th.

Currently available from Elusive Disc

https://elusivedisc.com/patricia-barber-modern-cool-hybrid-multi-channel-stereo-sacd/

"An Album To Die For." –Stereophile Magazine

 

[humprof]

Currently available from Elusive Disc

https://elusivedisc.com/patricia-barber-modern-cool-hybrid-multi-channel-stereo-sacd/

"An Album To Die For." –Stereophile Magazine

Ah--so it looks like just the stereo layer was remastered.

 

[Tres Discrete]

Just learned from a reliable source that Impex will be re-rereleasing this album in 5.1 (remastered!) on SACD on October 4th.

Of course they are - because I paid a small fortune for an out of print copy - you are all welcome!