Clement! Go to your basement and dig out Bridge Of Sighs....you must have that one. I'd like to guess it sounds amazing with your SM!
Stuff that sounds amazing with the Surround Master
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I've got it on my wantlists in all the usual places. I'm hopeful it'll turn up soon. You reminded me that i have been blessed to see Midnight Oil live twice. At the first show, they invited the American Indian Center in Chicago to present; at the second, Garrett stopped the show early on to ensure that a young girl in the front row had proper ear protection. Great shows both. Really looking forward to finding a copy of Best of Both Worlds without prohibitive shipping costs!
Bought this CD after seeing Sufjan Stevens live. Listening to it through the SM v.2 makes it come alive and takes me back to that show of over a decade ago! AMAZING! Go BLUE lights!
https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-age-of-adz-mw0002043119
https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-age-of-adz-mw0002043119
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the sm's adventures beyond the clementworld – another winner through the SM v.2: a magical mixture of ambient and house with a dash of dub!
https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-orbs-adventures-beyond-the-ultraworld-mw0000675264
https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-orbs-adventures-beyond-the-ultraworld-mw0000675264
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This 2016 stereo CD really comes alive through the SM v.2. I wouldn't expect any less from the combination of Santana and Surround Master! Highly recommended for fans of the band.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/santana-iv-mw0002915683
https://www.allmusic.com/album/santana-iv-mw0002915683
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Chucky is a mean, cheap and miserable Dutchman! But I am good with favors and have a long memory.I hope Chucky is paying you commission Clem!!
Best sales pitch he's ever had!!
If only we could apply more emoji's Chucky...
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and to cover both statements.Clem's passion knows no bounds when he's using his eloquent, descriptive reviews.
Anyone would think he taught English!!
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I still struggle with English, before I met my wife when I was 22 (she is 6 generation Australian), I spoke with a thick Dutch accent and was incapable of pronouncing "TH". If I said the phrase "That thing over there", it would come out " Dat Ting over Dare"...............If only we could apply more emoji's Chucky...
I would have put
Clem's passion knows no bounds when he's using his eloquent, descriptive reviews.
Anyone would think he taught English!!
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My special and very personal venndicator may be going off, because I know some folks dislike this album. However, mi profesor, it is pure Quadraholic ear-candy blessings and miracles through the SM!
I've written of my LOVE for Parachute by the Pretty Things. I may never listen to it another way than this Japanese CD through the SM v.2!
https://www.discogs.com/release/4643435-The-Pretty-Things-Parachute
https://www.discogs.com/release/4643435-The-Pretty-Things-Parachute
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Hunh! Now whodathunk a compilation titled Mutant Disco: A Subtle Dislocation of the Norm would sound good through the SM? Oo! I would have! I would have! And i would have been right!
https://www.allmusic.com/album/mutant-disco-mw0000339277https://www.discogs.com/release/10101283-Various-Mutant-Disco-A-Subtle-Discolation-Of-The-Norm
https://www.allmusic.com/album/mutant-disco-mw0000339277https://www.discogs.com/release/10101283-Various-Mutant-Disco-A-Subtle-Discolation-Of-The-Norm
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In another thread, SQ matrix decoding (rather than QS) was recommended for creating fake surround sound from stereo in some cases, have you tried the SM SQ setting on any of this stereo content to see if the fake surround sound is any "better"?
Kirk Bayne
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No! But you've given me a reason to listen even more! Thanks! I'll try and report back. It's going to be kind of difficult to A/B (unless i get my wife involved) because the unit is in a different room–fun with running speaker wire! Thanks for the suggestion! Lord knows i don't mind listening to music through the Surround Master! Stay Surrounded, Comrade!
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...reo-recordings-that-sound-great-in-quad.1789/
(I still haven't gotten out and switched on my old Pioneer QX-747 to try out no logic SQ decoding for creating fake surround sound from stereo)
Kirk Bayne
(I still haven't gotten out and switched on my old Pioneer QX-747 to try out no logic SQ decoding for creating fake surround sound from stereo)
Kirk Bayne
another nice thread to go through, thanks Kirk, wondering if the OPer @dr8track is still hanging in there?
JVC, PROUD inventors of CD-4, would never admit to it anyway. I've played CD-4 records through the SM, and while they do sound good, they sound nothing like the mix you hear when the record is properly demodulated.
On a simple basic matrix SQ decoder lots of stereo information that doesn't belong there will pop up in the rear speakers. With full logic or Tate DES or the SM, very little would do that. You should hear a very dominant & wide stereo like front stage and the only thing popping up in the rears will be the odd random bits that appear to be center back to the decoder.
It just happens that the way stereo recordings are made that the amplitude/phase relationships that exist make a QS/Involve decoder most suitable for it.
I’ve always found SQ decoding of straight non-matrix stereo recordings to produce anything from weird to unimpressive results. I much prefer Involve mode.
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