PS Audio - Surround Sound not more popular with Audiophiles?

[esimms86]

I went to a symphonic performance of Holst’s “The Planets.” There is a chorus that is off-stage and shows up very late in the piece. In that show, the chorus was in the balcony, above and behind my seats. It was magical!

But more to your point, I know many rock stereo recordings where various instruments get panned around the sound field. And I don’t recall a drummer flying back and forth between the wings of the stage, but if you listen to Rita Coolidge’s “We’re All Alone,” it happens.

Do they still include Pluto?

 

[esimms86]

I went to a symphonic performance of Holst’s “The Planets.” There is a chorus that is off-stage and shows up very late in the piece. In that show, the chorus was in the balcony, above and behind my seats. It was magical!

But more to your point, I know many rock stereo recordings where various instruments get panned around the sound field. And I don’t recall a drummer flying back and forth between the wings of the stage, but if you listen to Rita Coolidge’s “We’re All Alone,” it happens.

Angus Young likes to traverse the stage in an L-C-R kind of way.

 

[barfle]

Do they still include Pluto?

The original composition came out before Pluto was discovered, so it never did. I've seen a couple of "updates" to the piece that included a "Pluto, the [whatever]" but Holst wouldn't have recognized it.

 

[PK]

Is an investment in yourself and your wellbeing :~)

 

[esimms86]

The original composition came out before Pluto was discovered, so it never did. I've seen a couple of "updates" to the piece that included a "Pluto, the [whatever]" but Holst wouldn't have recognized it.

Of course. I used to know that (and I haven't listened to "The Planets" since the pre-pandemic days).

 

[Akaiquadster2]

Do they still include Pluto?

No - Holst didn’t compose a movement as Pluto wasn’t discovered at that point?

“Holst had not wanted to include the Earth in his suite because the suite was based on astrology, and Earth has no astrological significance. Pluto was discovered in 1930, four years before Holst's death, and was hailed by astronomers as the ninth planet. (In 2006 it was redesignated as a dwarf planet.)”

 

[par4ken]

The redesignation of Pluto was "political". IMHO there is no reason for politics in science. Pluto will always be a planet as far as I'm concerned! Yes, Pluto Is A Planet

 

[esimms86]

The redesignation of Pluto was "political". IMHO there is no reason for politics in science. Pluto will always be a planet as far as I'm concerned! Yes, Pluto Is A Planet

Now that’s just Goofy! And there’s absolutely no reason for fear of a blank planet!

 

[barfle]

Of course. I used to know that (and I haven't listened to "The Planets" since the pre-pandemic days).

I probably have ten different recordings of the piece. The Bernstein SQ recording is probably my facorite, but I also have the Tomita and Wakeman versions, which are all worth the time.

 

[DaveLaPorte53]

well I must correct my self. After watching the film " The Dirt, the Mootly Crue story" according to it their drummer raised up above the stage, and rotated like in a barrel. lol