PaulT

Keb Mo - Just Like You - SACD
Hootie/Blowfish - Cracked Rear View - DVDA
pre-Order Porcupine Tree - Deadwing - DVDA

"One of the problems of taking things apart and seeing how they work--supposing you're trying to find out how a cat works--you take that cat apart to see how it works, what you've got in your hands is a non-working cat." -- Douglas Adams

Paul_Stachniak

Beck - Guero (DVD-A) which is amazing, BTW.

I also ordered NIN - Downward Spiral and With Teeth Dual (DualDisc)

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Scott Lawrence

Foreigner - "4" (DVD-A)
Blue Man Group - "Audio" (DVD-A in a DVD case)
Aerosmith - "Toys in the Attic" (SACD)
Don Henley - "End of the Innocence" (DTS-CD I think they're called)

Plus the newly re-release Hell Freezes Over DVD-V that contains DD5.1 in addition to the DTS5.1 and PCM stereo.

Paul.S

PaulT: How is the Cracked Rear View DVD-A? -p

PaulT

Paul.S - don't know yet, it should be at my house when I arrive home in 4 days. Ordered it on a whim and have read mixed reviews. I'll be reporting back.

"One of the problems of taking things apart and seeing how they work--supposing you're trying to find out how a cat works--you take that cat apart to see how it works, what you've got in your hands is a non-working cat." -- Douglas Adams

Paul.S

Scott:


Trippy--hadn't heard of this re-release. Where'd you hear of/buy it, Scott?

DVDEmpire doesn't appear to have/list it, but IF the release date (April 12, 2005) is any indication, Amazon appears to have the new release.

-p

Scott Lawrence

Paul, I got it at a western Canadian retailer called A&B Sound. I also saw it at Canadian retailer Future Shop. Both had it for around $15-16 Canadian, vs usually around $30+ for the original release.

It's hard to tell the difference with the re-release other than a sticker on the front mentioning that it now includes DD5.1, and if you look at the back at the specs it's listed there as well. But otherwise the packaging looks pretty much identical IIRC.

Cheers,
Scott.

PaulT

Home to report on some old posts:



Matt - The Juritz mix of 4 Seasons is excellent, 24/96, as per the liner notes the sound stage is spread out over the front 3 channels while the rear channels contain the natural ambience of the Church it was recorded in. I cannot commment on comparing the Mutter vs Juritz violin work as I have not heard the former.

The bonus on this disc is the addition of 2 Concerto's for violin and double orchestra (and a different mix) which puts Juritz (and you) in the middle of both orchestras, one on front, the other behind. Makes me want direct radiating speakers instead of dipoles for surrounds. Very very interesting mix and quite well done. 15$ well spent.


Paul.S - I have listened to the Advanced Res Surround mix so far and it either it has been a long time since I listened to these songs, or they have done a bit of work with the Masters for this one. Surrounds not overly used, and I would prefer more material from them (a la Porcupine Tree In Absentia) for music such as this. It sounded a bit thin but I was suffering from jet lag when I listened to it. Not disappointed, but nothing special up to this point.

"One of the problems of taking things apart and seeing how they work--supposing you're trying to find out how a cat works--you take that cat apart to see how it works, what you've got in your hands is a non-working cat." -- Douglas Adams

Rachael B

Beck's Guero DVD-A

and

RPWL's World Through My Eyes M/C SA-CD. Folks, if you're ordering from Europe, get this one too! This is one of the better rock Sack-Dee's out IMO.

Rachael, the big disc cat! I used to be looking for Hi-Vision Laserdiscs & D-Theater tapes, now I'm looking for HD-DVD's and Blu-rays.

I survived the AFI top 100 Film Challenge! I've seen them all.

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