HiRez Poll Talking Heads - STOP MAKING SENSE [Blu-Ray Audio (Dolby Atmos)]

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Rate the BDA of Talking Heads - STOP MAKING SENSE

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Please post your thoughts and comments on this new edition of the classic Talking Heads live album "Stop Making Sense", featuring a brand new Dolby Atmos mix of the album.

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I was and I'm still excited to finally listen to this (or THE live masterpiece?) in high resolution, and in Atmos! Well the stereo layer hides no particular treasures but sounds clean as one expects; the multichannel is right to my ears, fresh but without forgetting to deliver that groovy almost danceable eighties feel. The mix itself now: discrete enough in certain parts especially the interplay between lead vocals and chorus but lemme tell you all singers move around you (for example if leads are now in fronts and chorus in backs, then immediately after ,lead is in center and ladies are in fronts...) creating a real vertigo around you but in a positive way -relaxed and with soft and tasteful transitions-. You have the sensation to be in the middle of the audience but also in the mixing room playing around a bit. I do love this approach. Now the heights, they are never completely silent helping the mains to recreate depth but they never DOUBLE what the other speakers do (something that usually I dislike) but they light up when a guitar solo needs to be elevated above you, to then again disappear to let the music play natural as it should when you listen to a live gig. What? We don't get the movie here? Who cares😆!
Don't miss this release, honestly I consider 1 of the best Atmos remixes so far (neither suffers from those low volume issues that in certain cases put my sub in 💤 sleep mode). A bit pricey yes but aren't we getting used? I didn't compare to the other 4K restored blu-ray freshly released , maybe others who own both can tell me if or where they're different in the spacial mixing .
This release is not putting me to sleep 😴 mode 😉,both me and sub are having fun, so it's an 11 😳, sorry I meant a 10 for me.
 
I rated the atmos mix a 10. I've had several listens over the past couple of months and can't hear anything I don't like. This mix can be blasted and the louder I turn it up the better it gets. I could damage my hearing with this with this one so I have to be careful not to go above 79 db!
 
I hate to be the lone dissenter here, and I might change my mind later, but... I'm really disappointed with this mix, and I'd love for someone to help me out in appreciating it more.

I wish I could reference a single track as a culprit, but every track sounds so lifeless and un-live, to me.

I'm trying to be mindful of nostalgia and such, as the previous mix sounds wonderful to me, but I've held off commenting to be sure I feel this way: this mix simply sounds dull. All the life is gone.
 
I hate to be the lone dissenter here, and I might change my mind later, but... I'm really disappointed with this mix, and I'd love for someone to help me out in appreciating it more.

I wish I could reference a single track as a culprit, but every track sounds so lifeless and un-live, to me.

I'm trying to be mindful of nostalgia and such, as the previous mix sounds wonderful to me, but I've held off commenting to be sure I feel this way: this mix simply sounds dull. All the life is gone.
Maybe you need to crank it up? It sounded better to me the louder I turned up the volume. It did not sound muddy or dull on my system. But I play this one pretty loud. I'm sorry your not having the same experience I am because I really enjoy this one.
 
I'm happy to stick with my old DVD of this. It's got two 5.1 mixes and a stereo mix, with passable video. More than enough for me.
 
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