Pink Floyd - The Later Years (1987-2019) [CD/DVD/Blu-Ray Box Set]

[SHB]

Box set is impressive. A lot of girth to it. I will get to AMLOR 5.1 later today. Still need to finish listening to Be Bop Deluxe Modern Music. Friday 13th, 2019 best surround day for me in ages. Received two new releases and two preorders announced!!

 

[Mcallister]

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[Quad Linda]

Good News: Mine showed up yesterday.

Bad News - I was out the entire day yesterday. Didn't even get to eat lunch, let alone open or watch/listen/fondle the chachkies. No marbles?!?? Today is another day. Yay!!

 

[Sixtyten]

Can anyone confirm if the stereo mixes on the Pink Floyd YouTube Channel are indicative of what the new version of A Momentary Lapse of Reason sounds like on disc?

 

[César]

On first listen to AMLOR thanks to a gentle QQ buddie that lent me a copy until mine arrives on Tuesday, halfway through the record. It's niiiiice! Not such a revelation as TDB was, but the mix is really good, classy, tasteful, like the rest of Andy's mixes. And nobody has to worry about compression or clipping or mastering. It sounds excellent, and I even turned up the sub a couple of dBs (the intro of YAM shakes up your foundations a little bit).
I'll report back when I find the time to listen to all of it in a row.

 

[César]

Can anyone confirm if the stereo mixes on the Pink Floyd YouTube Channel are indicative of what the new version of A Momentary Lapse of Reason sounds like on disc?

With all due respect, YouTube is never representative of sound or image quality. So far I've only listened in stereo through headphones the Amazon content (streamed thru Heos) and I don't have a single complaint about sound quality. I only listened once yesterday night and was very tired, so take my opinion with a grain of salt.

 

[Sixtyten]

That's not quite the question I was asking. The mixes on YouTube sound like half-finished demos with weird over saturated bass. Leaving aside the caveats about the quality of the delivery are the mixes the same?

 

[César]

That's not quite the question I was asking. The mixes on YouTube sound like half-finished demos with weird over saturated bass. Leaving aside the caveats about the quality of the delivery are the mixes the same?

I think we must assume mixes are the same and only difference should be mastering and YouTube compression. Amazon is ok, no overbloated bass, from my point of view. I still don't have a well formed opinion about the new stereo remix, need some more time for that.
Surround is really good, I'm on Sorrow right now and sounds crisp and clean despite all the underlying low frequency information

 

[edisonbaggins]

AMLoR sounds great, on this system, to these ears.

 

[Beefalo]

On first listen to AMLOR thanks to a gentle QQ buddie that lent me a copy until mine arrives on Tuesday, halfway through the record. It's niiiiice! Not such a revelation as TDB was, but the mix is really good, classy, tasteful, like the rest of Andy's mixes. And nobody has to worry about compression or clipping or mastering. It sounds excellent, and I even turned up the sub a couple of dBs (the intro of YAM shakes up your foundations a little bit).
I'll report back when I find the time to listen to all of it in a row.

Thank you for eliminating my fears of clipping. Another website had critical remarks concerning AMLOR.

 

[perzon57]

Broke down and ordered it tonight from a Norwegian retailer to be sure of delivery before Christmas.Set me back a whopping $477! Better be good!

 

[JonUrban]

Mine arrives Monday. Unfortunately I am totally swamped at work this past week and next week, so I won't have a lot of time for listening and ripping, but I will give it a shot. I hate the end of the year as every customer wants everything done so they use up their budgets and stuff. It's the most wonderful time of the year - yeah!

 

[perzon57]

I will get it late next week.Will work until Thursday and then it's Christmas vacation which will go on forever.
Will retire the 1. of january 2020. Plenty of time to go through this box.

 

[marpow]

I went for a walk, came home and inside was a large box from Amazon, hmm' don't remember ordering something so big. Opened it and Pink Floyd was in it with tons of large bubble wrap.
Arrived in perfect condition, included was a plastic protective outer sleeve, not as form fitting as the Japanese do theirs but at least still there. I think it is the best box set I have ever seen, big, clean, simple, surely every Pink Floyd fan will want one.
I have no doubt that Momentary will be fantastic, going to save that for last, so My first is Disc 7, Blu Ray Delicate Sound of Thunder video concert in 5.1 DTS HD Mstr.
I have only owned the double CD when it first came out of Delicate and I always thought how sonically great it sounded.
Well of course this Disc 7 is spectacular in video appearance and to my absolute fascination it is discrete live music, my expectation was it was going to be ambient live but I was wrong.
I cannot explain how good the visuals are and how incredible the live surround is. Looking forward to Pulse next and a whole lot of other stuff.

 

[Beefalo]

I went for a walk, came home and inside was a large box from Amazon, hmm' don't remember ordering something so big. Opened it and Pink Floyd was in it with tons of large bubble wrap.
Arrived in perfect condition, included was a plastic protective outer sleeve, not as form fitting as the Japanese do theirs but at least still there. I think it is the best box set I have ever seen, big, clean, simple, surely every Pink Floyd fan will want one.
I have no doubt that Momentary will be fantastic, going to save that for last, so My first is Disc 7, Blu Ray Delicate Sound of Thunder video concert in 5.1 DTS HD Mstr.
I have only owned the double CD when it first came out of Delicate and I always thought how sonically great it sounded.
Well of course this Disc 7 is spectacular in video appearance and to my absolute fascination it is discrete live music, my expectation was it was going to be ambient live but I was wrong.
I cannot explain how good the visuals are and how incredible the live surround is. Looking forward to Pulse next and a whole lot of other stuff.

Glad to hear about the discrete sound on DSOT.
I watched an old Lazer disc transfer to DVD last night (stereo) and I was amazed at how good the audio was.

 

[marpow]

Glad to hear about the discrete sound on DSOT.
I watched an old Lazer disc transfer to DVD last night (stereo) and I was amazed at how good the audio was.

Ah, another collection, Laser Discs, that I sold for pennies to Amoeba Records in San Francisco. I had the ultra rare Disney- Song Of The South, which they saw immediately and put that under wraps.

 

[J. PUPSTER]

I will get it late next week.Will work until Thursday and then it's Christmas vacation which will go on forever.
Will retire the 1. of january 2020. Plenty of time to go through this box.

Congratulations @perzon57 on your upcoming retirement!!!
Thanks to the wonderful fellowship here at QQ, I keep plenty busy spending my money and keeping out of trouble.

 

[César]

On second listen, what stands out for me is the surround imaging and the different instrument placement compared with other mixes. First: you've got bass guitar everywhere, even in the center speaker. The mix is also very rear heavy, not only because some of the bass lines are in the backs, because also you've got some drums and not only percussion. You'd better have full range rear speakers for this beast.
At times, more than discrete, I would define this mix as enveloping. But don't get me wrong, it is discrete, but sometimes there's a very clear phantom image of some instruments between fronts and rears (acoustic guitars in YAM for example).
Regarding mastering, I've begun to find moments of brightness that I don't like (echoing vocals in the rears in ANM part 1 and 2, for example).
Anyway, this second listen is being the "cerebral" one and at lower volume than it should be.
More impressions about the mix tomorrow!

 

[JonUrban]

Mine just arrived. Same deal as marpow but it was from DeepDiscount. I had to sign for it (UPS). Holy crap! Big Box. Well packed.
Amazing quality inside. Ripping Momentary right now.

Woo Hoo! Finally something went right!

 

[marpow]

On second listen, what stands out for me is the surround imaging and the different instrument placement compared with other mixes. First: you've got bass guitar everywhere, even in the center speaker. The mix is also very rear heavy, not only because some of the bass lines are in the backs, because also you've got some drums and not only percussion. You'd better have full range rear speakers for this beast.
At times, more than discrete, I would define this mix as enveloping. But don't get me wrong, it is discrete, but sometimes there's a very clear phantom image of some instruments between fronts and rears (acoustic guitars in YAM for example).
Regarding mastering, I've begun to find moments of brightness that I don't like (echoing vocals in the rears in ANM part 1 and 2, for example).
Anyway, this second listen is being the "cerebral" one and at lower volume than it should be.
More impressions about the mix tomorrow!

What disc are you referring to?