Stuff that sounds amazing with the Surround Master

[Sonik Wiz]

The complete Lotus SACD quad set from Japan came in for a fair bit of (rightful) criticism regarding the rather dead rear channels (mostly just applause), but the 4(.1) setting on the SMv3 has been revelatory. It now sounds truly like a quad recording should, particularly with so much percussion now in the rears. Lotus would get a 10/10 and a koala stamp from me if the SACDs had been done like that to start with; but now it's a fabulous live fusion album with all four channels so discrete.

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Yes Sir. I've found many times discrete 5.1 (or whatever) sounds better down mixed to 2.0 & played back by the Surround Master. Netflix is a strong example of this.