Rhino Quadios - Batch 7 - Speculation

[Blackwood]

I listened to the quad mix yesterday. After not hearing it for a long time, I was reminded that it wasn’t just Bolin who was a star on the album, although his playing was what had originally drawn me in. Cobham is all over the place (in a good way) and I spent a lot of time just focusing on his playing. And all the other players shine in their own ways.

It’s not that I didn’t know that, but until recently my listening tended to happen while doing other things... working, driving, etc. That still happens, but now that I have a simple 5.1 setup in a spare room without a computer or other distractions, quad (and vinyl) listening is a more focused experience that I’m really enjoying.

 

[quicksrt]

now that I have a simple 5.1 setup in a spare room without a computer or other distractions, quad (and vinyl) listening is a more focused experience that I’m really enjoying.

I have my main computer work station in my listening room now for the last five years or so. And I think it has sometimes diminished the intensity that I’m experiencing while listening. Need to fix that.

 

[dquad]

This is a sick BD.

I knew this album would sound killer in quad. Out of all the albums available in quad which Rhino could release, this is my number one pick. Hopefully eventually everyone will get theirs released as well.

My copy has not arrived yet. That is why I have not rated it yet. Here's hoping it comes tomorrow.

 

[scottm18]

i BUMPED Spectrum three times last night! All RIGHT!!!

Changed my tune on this one--gave it an extra chance once I saw it was a Ken Scott production. It's got some good stuff for sure even though I never heard it before. I bet that Snoopy tune (and one other) they had a surround field day with the opening swirling synths!

Ask for Pick of the Litter, even though I'm not a fan of the whole album in general (too slow) I can't get GPP out of my head now. I'm wondering how they surround-handled that deep baritone voice that comes in out of nowhere

 

[Quadmon]

I bought the first five quadio bundles. Out of the twenty discs I found there were only two or three that I listened to regularly. Most of them I have played only once and there are a couple I haven’t played as of yet. I am just getting the ones that interest me from now on.
So I ordered three from the last two bundles. Since it was over $50 the shipping was free. Total cost was $76.18 with tax.
Still a good deal imo.

 

[quicksrt]

I bought the first five quadio bundles. Out of the twenty discs I found there were only two or three that I listened to regularly. Most of them I have played only once and there are a couple I haven’t played as of yet. I am just getting the ones that interest me from now on.
So I ordered three from the last two bundles. Since it was over $50 the shipping was free. Total cost was $76.18 with tax.
Still a good deal imo.

I don’t listen to any of my discs Quadio or otherwise “regularly” - in fact I try to avoid listening to anything too much, and keep the freshness of the experience going for as long as I can. So the Quadios have each been played 2-3 times only. Then I’ll go back and play one again 6-9 months later and find something I didn’t notice before. If I do come across one that is just not my cup of tea, I’ll wait until it’s out of print and all sold out, and then list it for sale. I’ve never owned a surround disc that I could not sell in the used market for more than I paid for it.

I figure it helps the series going to keep buying them all. Then maybe selling a few some years later can help me in covering the cost of all this music collecting.
“God knows you ain’t taking nothing with you when you go”

PS I spent $700 on vinyl LPs last month when Uni had their 50% off sale with free shipping. I should actually be about tapped out by now.

 

[DuncanS]

PS I spent $700 on vinyl LPs last month when Uni had their 50% off sale with free shipping. I should actually be about tapped out by now.

I don't feel so bad now after last months 'I'm going to keep to a budget' after seeing that

 

[quicksrt]

I don't feel so bad now after last months 'I'm going to keep to a budget' after seeing that

It was 50% EVERYTHING on the entire site! So I was grabbing all of these colored vinyl deluxes, Lennon, Stones, Zappa, Impulse Jazz, and some things I'd never heard before. All reissues but there were analog cuts, audiophile, limited editions, and Bernie Grundman "BG" cuts, etc.
Beautiful things, and many of the single LPs were $15 each. I went back after a single purchase, and then back again.

 

[quicksrt]

@quicksrt inquired earlier about the quad mix credit for Billy Cobham's Spectrum. No one answered, but I’m curious too.
Ken Scott did the stereo, but did he mix the quad?

I'm wondering if anyone is going to take a good guess at the "engineer" initials shown on tape box photo in the booklet?
I figured someone would post the picture, or mention, or crack this mystery.