Soundgarden Superunknown box set coming with 5.1 mix on Blu-ray

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dobyblue said:
It was not meant to be a blanket statement that the HFPAs are all rubbish, only that if there are "plenty of Blu-rays that are loud", when talking about audio Blu-rays, they are most likely HFPAs. The problems with the HFPA releases are complete lack of transparency about the source material but I agree that some are great, the 5.1 mix of Beck's Sea Change is DR12, very nice.

In my experience discrete 5.1 mixes are generally dynamic. The chances of us getting an open dynamic 5.1 Soundgarden mix, if it's being done from the multitracks and not just the stereo mix with reverb like some have suggested happened with The Pixies Minotaur collection, are far greater than us getting an open dynamic mix of Superunknown in stereo. Would you agree?
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I respect that doby :) I'd be the first one to say way too many HFPA's are compressed, which is just daft.

The Beck is terrific (I'm guessing its pretty much identical to the SACD/DVD-A?) and the Marvin Gaye: What's Going On HFPA's pretty respectable too (DR 11)..

http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/view/59155

..but these are among the exception rather than the rule!

I do agree, the chances are high that it will be dynamic etc.. it's just that whatever remasters up on iTunes (I flicked thru the other day to refresh my memory) sounded dreadful to me and it just made me judder at the thought of another Universal balls up!
 
I finally found what should be the right contact email address.
http://www.ilovethatsong.com/soundgarden/releases/detail?id=15229

At the bottom of the above page you will find: "Have a question about an artist, album, song, concert tour, new release or catalog offering? Email us here at [email protected]."
I asked the following questions but you might want to send your own inquiry.

  1. Who mixed the 5.1 mix – the actual person
  2. Who mastered the 5.1 mix – the actual person
  3. Where (which studio) was it mixed and mastered
  4. Content: what are the different mixes on the disc (5.1, stereo)
  5. Content: what are the different formats of each mix (DTS HD Master Audio, LPCM)
  6. Content: what are the bit/sampling rates (24/96kHz, 24/48kHz)
 
wavelength said:
I finally found what should be the right contact email address.
http://www.ilovethatsong.com/soundgarden/releases/detail?id=15229

At the bottom of the above page you will find: "Have a question about an artist, album, song, concert tour, new release or catalog offering? Email us here at [email protected]."
I asked the following questions but you might want to send your own inquiry.

  1. Who mixed the 5.1 mix – the actual person
  2. Who mastered the 5.1 mix – the actual person
  3. Where (which studio) was it mixed and mastered
  4. Content: what are the different mixes on the disc (5.1, stereo)
  5. Content: what are the different formats of each mix (DTS HD Master Audio, LPCM)
  6. Content: what are the bit/sampling rates (24/96kHz, 24/48kHz)
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Good stuff.
I am presuming since it is not mentioned it will be an inexperienced newbie. If the master himself ES was doing this it would of been advertised.
 
Are some of you still getting this?
With no information on this, I have cancelled my preorder as not paying this kind of money unless it is a absolutely stellar 5.1 release.
Still hoping they do a stand alone bluray on this one.

peter
 
I've ordered it & will report once I get & hear the (yet another) box....
 
peterzach said:
Are some of you still getting this?
With no information on this, I have cancelled my preorder as not paying this kind of money unless it is a absolutely stellar 5.1 release.
Still hoping they do a stand alone bluray on this one.

peter
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I'm on the fence too Peter, but I haven't cancelled my pre-order yet. I preordered it at CDN$74, and now it is going for CDN$90. So, I will kick myself if I cancel it and it turns out to be stellar. But, it is too much money for a poor 5.1 mix. I may let Amazon ship it and just sit on it, unopened, until I read some reviews. Amazon will let me return it if it is unopened.

fredblue and LizardKing, I can count on you both for a review right? You wouldn't have the willpower to let a 5.1 mix go unopened, would you? ;)
 
SMS said:
I'm on the fence too Peter, but I haven't cancelled my pre-order yet. I preordered it at CDN$74, and now it is going for CDN$90. So, I will kick myself if I cancel it and it turns out to be stellar. But, it is too much money for a poor 5.1 mix. I may let Amazon ship it and just sit on it, unopened, until I read some reviews. Amazon will let me return it if it is unopened.

fredblue and LizardKing, I can count on you both for a review right? You wouldn't have the willpower to let a 5.1 mix go unopened, would you? ;)
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Maybe I should have done the same as I had the same $74 preorder and then similar preorder at amazon uk but my guess is that this will be a typical 90's brickwalled release and the fact there has been zero information on this as far as reviews just makes me think the worst as if this is such a stellar release you would have thought we would have gotten a review to drum up more sales. Again I hope I'm proven wrong on this as people that have done preorder should expect something good for the price being charged for this.

peter
 
peterzach said:
Are some of you still getting this?
With no information on this, I have cancelled my preorder as not paying this kind of money unless it is a absolutely stellar 5.1 release.
Still hoping they do a stand alone bluray on this one.

peter
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Hey Peter once i receive it, I will do a review!
 
SMS said:
I'm on the fence too Peter, but I haven't cancelled my pre-order yet. I preordered it at CDN$74, and now it is going for CDN$90. So, I will kick myself if I cancel it and it turns out to be stellar. But, it is too much money for a poor 5.1 mix. I may let Amazon ship it and just sit on it, unopened, until I read some reviews. Amazon will let me return it if it is unopened.

fredblue and LizardKing, I can count on you both for a review right? You wouldn't have the willpower to let a 5.1 mix go unopened, would you? ;)
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Mine will be opened within minutes of getting it...:D

I hate things being left unused in the wrapper....

I'll report as soon as I have it.
 
peterzach said:
Are some of you still getting this?
With no information on this, I have cancelled my preorder as not paying this kind of money unless it is a absolutely stellar 5.1 release.
Still hoping they do a stand alone bluray on this one.

peter
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You could buy it for the Blu Ray, then sell the rest on Ebay.
 
keenly said:
You could buy it for the Blu Ray, then sell the rest on Ebay.
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True, I thought of that but I have enough things on order right now as ordered Marillion,Lori Lieberman,Anathema,The Who,Peter Gabriel(concert BTF),Beatles(Criterion AHDN) so I have enough things coming in next few weeks so I will wait and let some other people test drive it and then see what's happening, might go the other route as someone might sell the bluray as I got a few titles that way from people at SHF.
 
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