If your room/setup doesn't call for it, you're not really missing anything. I've gotten to experience wides in various rooms. If you have a large gap to fill between the fronts and rears along with speakers that don't have a wide soundstage, they are excellent additions. If your front speakers throw a wide soundstage and you don't have a discernable gap in the front to rear imaging, they tend to be superfluous.
HiRez Poll Storm Corrosion - STORM CORROSION [Blu-Ray Audio (Dolby Atmos)]
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If your room/setup doesn't call for it, you're not really missing anything. I've gotten to experience wides in various rooms. If you have a large gap to fill between the fronts and rears along with speakers that don't have a wide soundstage, they are excellent additions. If your front speakers throw a wide soundstage and you don't have a discernable gap in the front to rear imaging, they tend to be superfluous.
I recieved this a few weeks back but just got to audition it..
This is a completly new record for me. I never heard any of it before. I do have most of Wilsons catalog, and a smattering of Opeth though, the non-growl stuff anyway.
If there were an award for most active mix, this would certainly be a contender. Mixwise it's demo material. (5.1.4 here). Lots of discreet elements in the heights. Very noticeable. Very cool.
Im still trying to digest the content. It has some great moments. Very proggy, with nice sonics. But sometimes it drags a little and I need to figure out what the lyrics are about. It's at least an 8 so far.
This is a completly new record for me. I never heard any of it before. I do have most of Wilsons catalog, and a smattering of Opeth though, the non-growl stuff anyway.
If there were an award for most active mix, this would certainly be a contender. Mixwise it's demo material. (5.1.4 here). Lots of discreet elements in the heights. Very noticeable. Very cool.
Im still trying to digest the content. It has some great moments. Very proggy, with nice sonics. But sometimes it drags a little and I need to figure out what the lyrics are about. It's at least an 8 so far.
What can I say, the mix is wonderful, not quite revelatory. It's nice to have the heights but I don't feel it is leaps and bounds over the old 5.1. I haven't listened to the whole album in ages and this recent listen kind of reminded me why. It's not bad, just not super-interesting. I've always really like the closing track and will probably listen to that one on occasion, but less so to the rest of the tracks. I give it an 8.
without a doubt one of the top 10 Atmos mix of this year. I vote 10
I agree on the content. I find the album hard to get into, and even a little disjointed in places. Weird sometimes even. I decided on an 8.
I personally think to love this album you have to be a huge Steven Wilson and Opeth fan, it is a very strange, weird and wonderful album that could be the soundtrack to a horror movie.
I have to be in the mood and it helps having heard it prior to 'know what I was getting myself into'. Once that expectation is set, as an audible work of art, it succeeds.
I encourage anyone who's lukewarm on the album to revisit it sometime. Wish I had taken this advice myself on the original release, I probably would have listened to it more than twice in surround.
To be honest, and even though I can see why this album is kind of a 'mood piece', I don't need to be in any special mood to enjoy it. I just love it immensely, to the extent that it's probably in my personal top-5 of albums released in the 21st century. Musically it's a 10/10 for me, and so it's been since the day it was originally released.
I'm not sure about the Atmos mix yet, though. It is clearly very good, but there are some speficific instances that, to me, sound better on the (already excellent) 5.1 mix. Again, it's really good but I was expecting to be blown away after reading most of the reviews and so far (2 listens) I'm not. I'll give it a couple more spins before voting.
I absolutely love the demo tracks though. Super interesting, and noticeably different from the definitive versions.
I'm not sure about the Atmos mix yet, though. It is clearly very good, but there are some speficific instances that, to me, sound better on the (already excellent) 5.1 mix. Again, it's really good but I was expecting to be blown away after reading most of the reviews and so far (2 listens) I'm not. I'll give it a couple more spins before voting.
I absolutely love the demo tracks though. Super interesting, and noticeably different from the definitive versions.
I've been a SW and Opeth fan for a long time. When this album came out, it did nothing for me. I wasn't expecting a creepy lullaby soundtrack type album. I was expecting a PT/Opeth mashup. I bought this one blindly since it was cheap, as I didn't remember the music much at all, but I did remember enough to know that an Atmos mix could be very interesting. Happy to say that I was right - this album is very enjoyable in Atmos.
I'm not keen to buy atmos titles of stuff I already think are great on 5.1. Instead I'm hoping they will one day show up on Tidal. Just checked - nope, still not there. I'm assuming it's long been on Apple.
Anyway, I'm fascinated by the different opinions re this album musically. I would never in a million years have thought of this as a 'creepy lullaby soundtrack type album' but now can see how some might view it that way. I mean, for me, Tubular Bells will always be wonderful, beautiful, inventive Tubular Bells, yet most people in the world sadly view one of its main themes as creepy too!
For me, Storm Corrosion is a lovely album, akin to the lighter side of Opeth (Damnation, I think the album was - must drag it out again sometime), so the album was not something I was all that surprised about initially, either.
Anyway, I'm fascinated by the different opinions re this album musically. I would never in a million years have thought of this as a 'creepy lullaby soundtrack type album' but now can see how some might view it that way. I mean, for me, Tubular Bells will always be wonderful, beautiful, inventive Tubular Bells, yet most people in the world sadly view one of its main themes as creepy too!
For me, Storm Corrosion is a lovely album, akin to the lighter side of Opeth (Damnation, I think the album was - must drag it out again sometime), so the album was not something I was all that surprised about initially, either.
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It's not on Apple Music either. KScope is hit-or-miss when it comes to uploading Atmos mixes to streaming services, the only titles available appear to be The Pineapple Thief - Nothing But The Truth, Bruce Soord - Luminescence, and The Pineapple Thief - It Leads To This.
For me, that's something of what makes both Wilson and Akerfeldt special. Many seem to make a distinction between 'creepy, dark, unsettling' and 'beautiful' music. I think music can absolutely be both things at the same time, and this album (and many other moments in their music) is a perfect example.
SURROUND MIX - 3
AUDIO FIDELITY - 3
CONTENT - 3
OVERALL PACKAGE - 1
I loved it. Spooky and Macabre. Sublime. A masterpiece. 10 from me.
AUDIO FIDELITY - 3
CONTENT - 3
OVERALL PACKAGE - 1
I loved it. Spooky and Macabre. Sublime. A masterpiece. 10 from me.
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