RHINO QUADIO batch #6 - Speculation Extravaganza!

[kenm]

Dam you Rod Stewart, was also hoping for a James Taylor. Not my fav batch, just buying one. Spent money on C. Simon and Chicago month before. Med bills and Christmas is coming..

 

[Quadlover]

I'm pretty much the same, even if I had more money to "upgrade", I'd feel it was wasted because my hearing (like everyone else at 65) has naturally degraded with age, and I'm unlikely to notice any significant increase in quality (certainly in the high frequency range) by spending vast sums of money on audiophile upgrades ... so I'm resigned to the fact that my best ears are behind me.

I am surprised how much hearing aids can do. I told my audiologist that I like music, so she gave me a MUSIC setting.

I don't have to turn the volume up too high, and I can tell if something is lossy. I can also tell which direction a sound is coming from, so I still enjoy surround sound.

Bose makes hearing aids that are cheaper and come with an equalizer app. I haven't tried them.

 

[Quadlover]

I would like to see a quadio version of the first two Steely Dan albums.

 

[OldAsMono]

Back on Hearing Aids. Had them a couple years now and besides always having Bluetooth to my phone for calls and very noticeable audio quality sound improvement (of the highs) I love going to someone's house and making my own personal treble and bass adjustments without them knowing. Was their hi-fi setting wrong or is it just my ears. WHO CARES? I can fix it for myself, and no one is the wiser.

 

[tlake6659]

I would like to see a quadio version of the first two Steely Dan albums.

Not on the Rhino label.

 

[Steve Bruzonsky]

I knew that what you are saying can't possibly be true. A DR of only 4 or 5 would sound terrible! I had to rip this disc to see for myself (the box set version). I already had the other albums on the hard drive but originally skipped this one as all the tracks are on the other discs.
It shows a DR value of 13!

I don't know how you got such a low DR value but if a rip includes silent channels that will lower the DR value significantly. On the other hand digitally silent channels are ignored and won't reduce the DR value. I'm not familiar with ROON but it must be adding silent channels for compatibility.

I haven't analyzed dynamic range other than what ROON says. However, I do have lotsa multi-channel albums, and a quick review of a number of my favorites show dynamic ranges all the way up to 18. I'd be interested in others chiming in what their rips of the multi-channel Chicago IX shows in terms of dynamic range.

 

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[Matt Wilson]

So when can we pre-order these?

 

[ForagingRhino]

So when can we pre-order these?

There is no pre-order with the Quadios.
Rhino announces when they are available to buy, which in this case, is Friday 10/18.