Rhino Quadio Batch 5 for August 2024!

[fredblue]

what exactly are you trying to say?

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ok! you win! let's make up!

 

[scottm18]

I definitely would not include Summer Breeze in the list of "subpar" recordings. I do believe that that's a Val Garay production & loaded with some of the best studio musicians in the biz--- including much of Toto. I do wish the great "Windflowers" was on that album though. I' bet anyone who has it can confirm it sounds fantastic.

 

[fredblue]

I definitely would not include Summer Breeze in the list of "subpar" recordings. I do believe that that's a Val Garay production & loaded with some of the best studio musicians in the biz--- including much of Toto. I do wish the great "Windflowers" was on that album though. I' bet anyone who has it can confirm it sounds fantastic.

it's not the performances or arrangements of the "Summer Breeze" album i find lacking, it's just a murkier and more midrange-y sounding recording than the pristine sheen of the "Diamond Girl" album which is a real treat for the ears and should sound terrific if it gets the Quadio kid glove treatment

 

[scottm18]

I actually can hear the S & C quality difference even on regular streaming. Here's one that surprised me: the early 70s Black Sabbath album Paranoid has been getting raves for its Quadio treatment. Is it really that good?

 

[par4ken]

I actually can hear the S & C quality difference even on regular streaming. Here's one that surprised me: the early 70s Black Sabbath album Paranoid has been getting raves for its Quadio treatment. Is it really that good?

Yes!

 

[LuvMyQuad]

Yes!

Yes

 

[timbre4]

Yes

Yes

 

[scottm18]

Forgot about that. May have to have that one to my selections because I've heard the drumming in particular on there is just unbelievably great sounding when you have four full-range speakers going.

 

[quicksrt]

it's not the performances or arrangements of the "Summer Breeze" album i find lacking, it's just a murkier and more midrange-y sounding recording than the pristine sheen of the "Diamond Girl" album which is a real treat for the ears and should sound terrific if it gets the Quadio kid glove treatment

"Summer Breeze" is a stellar recording and mix. Quad opens it up further displaying it's first rate sound quality.

 

[quicksrt]

Yes

Yes

 

[GOS]

Yes

Yes!

 

[timbre4]

I definitely would not include Summer Breeze in the list of "subpar" recordings.

Sometimes I throw it on and queue up Say because it’s such a vibrant, exciting song. The QUADIO presentation is exhilarating.

 

[timbre4]

Forgot about that. May have to have that one to my selections because I've heard the drumming in particular on there is just unbelievably great sounding when you have four full-range speakers going.

I play these on a dedicated quad system as such.

 

[fredblue]

"Summer Breeze" is a stellar recording and mix. Quad opens it up further displaying it's first rate sound quality.

you're entitled to your opinion, of course in my opinion, it's not a patch on the sound quality of "Diamond Girl" or the albums that followed

 

[LuvMyQuad]

Fairies do wear boots..... Ya gotta believe me.

Check the alternate guitar part... Yeah or nay?

 

[fredblue]

I actually can hear the S & C quality difference even on regular streaming. Here's one that surprised me: the early 70s Black Sabbath album Paranoid has been getting raves for its Quadio treatment. Is it really that good?

ahh well.. that's a can of worms i'm unwilling to even shake the tin on at this time, let alone open up! for the sake of forum harmony, let's just say my response at this moment in time is "Yes"

 

[LuvMyQuad]

you're entitled to your opinion, of course in my opinion, it's not a patch on the sound quality of "Diamond Girl" or the albums that followed

Summer Breeze is definitely the warmest sounding of them. But I agree with Freddy, based on the Q4s

 

[fredblue]

Summer Breeze is definitely the warmest sounding of them. But I agree with Freddy, based on the Q4s

oh for sure! it's a warm Summer breeze alright! there's nothing badly wrong with it, it just has less of the sparkling clarity that i automatically think of when turning to their subsequent albums, especially the divine "Diamond Girl"

 

[fredblue]

at the risk of getting leapt on by the anti-Bette brigade..! i should like to say that "The Divine Miss M." is for me another quite murky and mid-rangey sounding old WEA Quad but i would still love it on Quadio as much as i enjoy the Quadio BDs of the likes of "Red Octopus", "Summer Breeze", "Nightmares..."

 

[4-earredwonder]

at the risk of getting leapt on by the anti-Bette brigade..! i should like to say that "The Divine Miss M." is for me another quite murky and mid-rangey sounding old WEA Quad but i would still love it on Quadio as much as i enjoy the Quadio BDs of the likes of "Red Octopus", "Summer Breeze", "Nightmares..."

The Divine one replies: Murky and Mid~Rangey, Adam: ANYTHING BUT!