HiRez Poll Pink Floyd - ANIMALS [Blu-Ray Audio/SACD]

[Sal1950]

No love for KLS?

What's KLS?

 

[Sal1950]

What's KLS?

Ah, had to look it up.
WKLS is the rebranded WLS.
I grew up on WLS and Dick Biondi playing R&R in the 60s.
Times and years change, WXRT came on in the 70s as an album oriented station playing the
Pink Floyd type genre of the day.

 

[ssully]

For me, 'Pigs (Three Different Ones" is the killer track in surround that all by itself makes this worth a purchase.. Whereas 'Sheep' is further revealed to be kind of thin, musically (as in: not much substance there). I don't like 'new' vocoder' psalm either.

There's more subtle differences that reveal themselves , especially if you can quickly A/B against the original stereo mix (Audacity makes this easy).

For example, in "Pigs (3 Different)" , in the original mix there's a prominent string synth stab (a la 'Welcome to the Machine') at 5'43", but on the surround (5'45"), it's very muted by comparison. Meanwhile an octave lower, in the surround, there's a string synth drone on E throughout this section ,which doesn't seem audible at all in the stereo. Possibly this adds to the air of menace in the track, but I miss those high strings.

 

[quadrifonico]

I wish I could vote 11. Really. Any issue of animals always sounded dull , rather weird to my ears, thin sounding, artificial... With big potential. Like listening to the ninth of Beethoven in the walkman . Now this remix brings out everything. No other remix ever of any other album in music history made such a difference. And it's not the 5.1 (very good, aggressive to the sweet spot) is the REmix! Just in stereo the difference is day and night. C'mon now we want the wall and meddle

 

[nukepicnic]

10. totally 10. This is my demo album for showing off what Surround can do. My favorite surround mix overall. The mix is AMAZING. I have the Immersion versions of DSOTM and Wish You Were Here and this one blows them away, The packaging is first-rate as well (though it would have been nice to release it in a similar box to the Immersion versions. It's slightly bigger so it's a bit odd on the shelf with the others... but as a stand-alone, it's pretty amazing.

 

[quicksrt]

Price was kept in check, so sometimes it’s better to not have a bigger more expensive package or box.

 

[Nyad]

Bought it when it came out, played it twice, but I got disappointed by Sheep my fav track, felt that Sheep lacked balls, and anyway, with the impending Atmos release pulled it out and put it on Neural X to check my FOMO. What struck me was the depth of Dogs, the textures of Pigs (still felt Sheep was weak though the vocoder no longer tears my nightie), the bookends I can appreciate but leave me unmoved, HOWEVER as a totally new version it is extremely engaging.

 

[ar surround]

...but I got disappointed by Sheep my fav track, felt that Sheep lacked balls...

For me, overall fidelity and the proper amount of 'balls' is what makes or breaks a surround sound release. The mix is actually tertiary to those characteristics.

 

[Jim.olga]

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AT LONG LAST, please post your thoughts and comments on the long-awaited 2018 remix of the classic Pink Floyd album "ANIMALS".
This brand new remix in 5.1 surround and stereo from the band's long-time producer & engineer James Guthrie is available as both a Blu-Ray Audio disc and a Hybrid Multichannel SACD, which is exclusive to Acoustic Sounds: Pink Floyd-Animals-Hybrid Multichannel SACD|Acoustic Sounds
(A deluxe edition featuring CD, vinyl, Blu-Ray and DVD will also be available starting October 7th, 2022.)

Pre-release discussion thread: Pink Floyd - "Animals" 5.1 Surround Sound Mix (Blu-Ray & SACD editions out in September 2022!)

Hybrid Multichannel SACD Edition:

Blu-Ray Audio Edition:

I had forgotten to rate this 5.1 mix of Animals. I voted a 10.

This is a great improvement from the initial stereo mix. Great 5.1 mix and so much more clear and I Like how the 1st and last tracks are remixed and sound so much more acoustic.

I got the 3 disc/LP set. The set is great! I like the book/Album format. It fits in nice with my albums and this LP is of very good quality with surface noise only noticed between transitions and very low musical sections. So I don't hand out a lot of 10s but here it is. A 10 all around.