Stuff that sounds amazing with the Surround Master

[atrocity]

Belafonte's first stereo album. Great recording with sparse arrangements that "quad up" very nicely through the SM. I streamed Qobuz's bloated 24/192 files, but no doubt sane bitrates would also work.

 

[Steve Bruzonsky]

Belafonte's first stereo album. Great recording with sparse arrangements that "quad up" very nicely through the SM. I streamed Qobuz's bloated 24/192 files, but no doubt sane bitrates would also work.

Great album esp w my SMv3!

 

[jaybird100]

That was such a classic episode of Fawlty Towers.

EVERY episode was classic!

 

[barfle]

Maybe I’ll get to post on this thread soon. My SMV3 has shipped. Just a simple crossing of the Pacific Ocean to go!

 

[Overture]

Hey all.

There's a little Aussie band called the Hoodoo Gurus that I love a lot, they've been around since the 1980s and are still going.
Anyway, the first track off their first album, Stone-age Romeo, "(Let's All) Turn On" has a lovely pub-noise intro, it's quiet but I hadn't noticed it before.
And the first track off their second album, Mars needs Guitars - It's called "Bittersweet" and has a great rear-supported introduction to the song.
I believe it's the 2005 remasters of those albums, Tidal plays those by default.

~D

 

[Clement]

I hadn't truly lived until i heard Nigel Lived through the Surround Master!

Murray Head - Nigel Lived
https://www.allmusic.com/album/nigel-lived-mw0000021540

 

[texeast]

Surround Master? I can only find a copy in stereo SACD. Is there another version out there somewhere?

 

[Clement]

Surround Master? I can only find a copy in stereo SACD. Is there another version out there somewhere?

It is a stereo SACD that i played through the SM v.2! That blue-eyed box changed my life!

 

[ar surround]

It is a stereo SACD that i played through the SM v.2! That blue-eyed box changed my life!

What Clement says is true @texeast . Since he got his little blue-eyed monster he has owned this thread.

 

[texeast]

Thanks guys. I see it is on sale on the intervention records site for $20. I think I will pick up a copy for that price.

 

[Clement]

Dude! Pick one of these up, too!

Quincy Jones - The Dude
https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-dude-mw0000192072

 

[Clement]

Just heard about the passing of Robbie Robertson. I immediately went for this disc. When i taught, i would often work Black Elk Speaks into the curriculum. I played almost all of this album for students throughout our study of the book. Some songs leant themselves to specific chapters whilst others provided good "background music" as students recorded their thoughts and reactions. This one sounds absolutely phenomenal through the SM v.2. Return in Power, Robbie. I weep as i type. It is a good day to die.

Robbie Robertson & the Red Road Ensemble - Music for The Native Americans Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic

 

[DuncanS]

Hey all.

There's a little Aussie band called the Hoodoo Gurus that I love a lot, they've been around since the 1980s and are still going.
Anyway, the first track off their first album, Stone-age Romeo, "(Let's All) Turn On" has a lovely pub-noise intro, it's quiet but I hadn't noticed it before.
And the first track off their second album, Mars needs Guitars - It's called "Bittersweet" and has a great rear-supported introduction to the song.
I believe it's the 2005 remasters of those albums, Tidal plays those by default.

~D

I had a Hoodoo Guru album, can't remember which one, don't now where it went, must have lent it to somebody years ago and you've just reminded me! I first heard then in a tiny flat in the centre of Paris when visiting a friend and she put it on, along with the Lime Spiders (which I still have on CD, I looked) another Australian export!

 

[Clement]

This one sounds absolutely exquisite through the SM v.2

Here's a good review

 

[Clement]

Making my way through this Unicorn collection. The first release, Blue Pine Trees, sounds lush and lovely through the SM v.2

Unicorn - Blue Pine Trees Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic
Edit: the second disc, Too Many Crooks, is just as tasty!
https://www.allmusic.com/album/too-many-crooks-mw0000428100

 

[jefe1]

Another group I never heard of. The magic basement provides again....

 

[Clement]

Another group I never heard of. The magic basement provides again....

I know you've heard a cover of this Unicorn song:

 

[jaybird100]

Dude! Pick one of these up, too!
View attachment 94906 Quincy Jones - The Dude
https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-dude-mw0000192072

I concur! There are effects, just in the first track ("Ai No Corrida") that sound so discrete, I had to listen in both Involve and SQ modes to make sure the disc wasn't encoded!

 

[DuncanS]

This one sounds absolutely exquisite through the SM v.2
View attachment 95033 Here's a good review

There was a 5.1 flac release with the CD

 

[Clement]

There was a 5.1 flac release with the CD

That explains why i bought it and just now opened it! I should find that flac and compare!