HiRez Poll Spinners, The - SPINNERS [Blu-Ray Audio]

[edisonbaggins]

@ForagingRhino had intimated that Rhino might “make it right” somehow…not sure where that stands…I have not opened mine yet awaiting word…

I would stand by! @ForagingRhino is looking into the situation.

 

[Sal1950]

I hope we don't piss them off too much.
They're going thru a lot of trouble to make a very small
group of enthusiast happy.

 

[ar surround]

@ForagingRhino had intimated that Rhino might “make it right” somehow…not sure where that stands…I have not opened mine yet awaiting word…

I would stand by! @ForagingRhino is looking into the situation.

See post #47 on this page:

https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...dio-blu-ray-comments.35025/page-3#post-737974

 

[Sal1950]

I gave it an 8, I thought about going with a 7 due to the channel balance
problems but decided to hang in with the 8. I love much of the music and the recording
as to SQ was well done for a old 70s analog tape recording.
Wish my Audicity skills were good enough to know how to properly repair the channel issues.

 

[edisonbaggins]

Replacement disc sounds awesome.
Voted 9, just because there are albums that do it for me a little bit more, though this is strong material.

I'll be happy if @ForagingRhino makes my entire CD-4 collection obsolete. That would be some feat!

 

[par4ken]

I listened to this last week and the again recently. At first I had my Space and Image Composer on from a previous listening session, I was hearing the front channels decoded and thought that this is a rather strange mix it seems to be missing something. The fact that it sounded discrete is just another testimony to just how well the Composer works!

Getting back to proper "discrete" listening, surround wise the mix is excellent a ten for that! I like the base and drums in the rear, that was done a lot back then and for good reason. Q8's played in the car sounded best with the bass coming from the rear mounted 6x9 inch speakers rather than from the smaller door speakers. Subwoofers in vehicles were not yet common. I did feel that there was a bit too much bass, it sounded better with the bass backed off a bit. Actually set about flat, I normally run with a slight bass boost.

As for overall sound quality a seven. It has a sound character that I'm sure is just part of the Spinner's "Funk, Soul" sound. Sort of muddy and raspy at the same time.

As for content, I'm not a Spinners fan although in the dying days of Quad at a time when Larry Clifton in an editorial lamented that we were "hunting the last buffalo" I bought a CD-4 copy of "Pick of the Litter". I much prefer this release over that one (I have never really liked Disco). This album has something like four radio hits, which will be familiar to anyone who lived through the seventies.

So averaging the three results I get an eight.

 

[esimms86]

I listened to this last week and the again recently. At first I had my Space and Image Composer on from a previous listening session, I was hearing the front channels decoded and thought that this is a rather strange mix it seems to be missing something. The fact that it sounded discrete is just another testimony to just how well the Composer works!

Getting back to proper "discrete" listening, surround wise the mix is excellent a ten for that! I like the base and drums in the rear, that was done a lot back then and for good reason. Q8's played in the car sounded best with the bass coming from the rear mounted 6x9 inch speakers rather than from the smaller door speakers. Subwoofers in vehicles were not yet common. I did feel that there was a bit too much bass, it sounded better with the bass backed off a bit. Actually set about flat, I normally run with a slight bass boost.

As for overall sound quality a seven. It has a sound character that I'm sure is just part of the Spinner's "Funk, Soul" sound. Sort of muddy and raspy at the same time.

As for content, I'm not a Spinners fan although in the dying days of Quad at a time when Larry Clifton in an editorial lamented that we were "hunting the last buffalo" I bought a CD-4 copy of "Pick of the Litter". I much prefer this release over that one (I have never really liked Disco). This album has something like four radio hits, which will be familiar to anyone who lived through the seventies.

So averaging the three results I get an eight.

I assume that you’re reviewing the replacement disc?

 

[par4ken]

I assume that you’re reviewing the replacement disc?

Yes!

 

[J. PUPSTER]

I listened to this last week and the again recently. At first I had my Space and Image Composer on from a previous listening session, I was hearing the front channels decoded and thought that this is a rather strange mix it seems to be missing something. The fact that it sounded discrete is just another testimony to just how well the Composer works!

Getting back to proper "discrete" listening, surround wise the mix is excellent a ten for that! I like the base and drums in the rear, that was done a lot back then and for good reason. Q8's played in the car sounded best with the bass coming from the rear mounted 6x9 inch speakers rather than from the smaller door speakers. Subwoofers in vehicles were not yet common. I did feel that there was a bit too much bass, it sounded better with the bass backed off a bit. Actually set about flat, I normally run with a slight bass boost.

As for overall sound quality a seven. It has a sound character that I'm sure is just part of the Spinner's "Funk, Soul" sound. Sort of muddy and raspy at the same time.

As for content, I'm not a Spinners fan although in the dying days of Quad at a time when Larry Clifton in an editorial lamented that we were "hunting the last buffalo" I bought a CD-4 copy of "Pick of the Litter". I much prefer this release over that one (I have never really liked Disco). This album has something like four radio hits, which will be familiar to anyone who lived through the seventies.

So averaging the three results I get an eight.

Interesting about the Q8 and car speaker position relating to mixing style, I’ve never heard that before.

 

[par4ken]

Interesting about the Q8 and car speaker position relating to mixing style, I’ve never heard that before.

My personal opinion, I've mentioned it often!

 

[Quadmon]

My personal opinion, I've mentioned it often!

Have always used four of the same speakers. Even in the car.

 

[par4ken]

Have always used four of the same speakers. Even in the car.

The way speakers are now usually mounted in the back doors you can't properly hear them in the front. The rear deck of those old vehicles was a perfect speaker mounting location. The trunk provided enough cabinet space to provide good bass.

 

[kfbkfb]

A new Poll thread for the Spinners V2 Quadio?
(I changed my vote from 8 for "V1" to 9 for V2)


Kirk Bayne

 

[par4ken]

A new Poll thread for the Spinners V2 Quadio?


Kirk Bayne

Why a new poll? The defective disc has been replaced, anyone who cast a low vote because of the deficiencies can now change it! I only see one low vote of four anyway! We do not need two polls!

 

[Goona]

just had my replacement disc today we need a V2 poll this is totally a10 now.

 

[par4ken]

just had my replacement disc today we need a V2 poll this is totally a10 now.

We don't need another poll, vote in this one! V1 is now redundant so no poll is required for it! You can change your vote!

 

[Greg Z]

We don't need another poll, vote in this one! V1 is now redundant so no poll is required for it! You can change your vote!I

My vote of 4 has now been changed to a 10.

 

[jefe1]

I could never repay your love Rhino!
Thanks for the corrected disc.
This pushes this to a ten for me.

 

[Mark Anderson]

What a great company to respond so fast with a correction. Glad they included a new catalog number on the disc with V2 to identify the corrected disc

 

[JediJoker]

What a great company to respond so fast with a correction. Glad they included a new catalog number on the disc with V2 to identify the corrected disc

The catalogue number (on the spine/printed on the face of the disc) is the same. It's only the matrix (optical deadwax) that is different.