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  1. Alex Shk

    ur favorite Albums that last the test of time, and why

    ;) I wish I had I had your mental capabilities. If I could list 50 albums that never failed, it wouldn't be a tough call.:D
  2. Alex Shk

    I love vinyl!

    Aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! McSorley's!!!! I would sleep on the floor there - but they always had sawdust and peanut shells down there so that you wouldn't. Gotta admit - I haven't been there in 20 years.... I love vinyl - I like the high-rez sound (continuous analog). Yep - some pressings...
  3. Alex Shk

    Jeff Beck Anyone??????

    I have that 2 lp issue of Truth/Beck-Ola as well. Have you noticed that those albums are the blueprint for Led Zeppelin? Seriously - give them another listen with Zep I and II in mind. J.P. Jones even plays on some tracks.... as does Keith Moon (listed as "you know who" in the credits). I...
  4. Alex Shk

    Costello Fans, I Need Your Advice...

    Well... if you happen to be "vinyl enabled", I would also recomend "Taking Liberties" - which you can probably get used in great shape for $3-$5. Almost all of it is available as bonus tracks spread out through the first four CD's - but there is a real nice "flow" to this lp, and it covers 20...
  5. Alex Shk

    Costello Fans, I Need Your Advice...

    I think that Get Happy and Imperial Bedroom are as essential as the first three (Get Happy makes me think of his classic period as the "first four"). Trust came in-between those two and I can't dismiss it, many Costello fans feel it to be essential - but somehow it worked on a much lesser scale...
  6. Alex Shk

    Led Zeppelin backwards satanic message?

    Yeah, but it's WICKED cornbread.
  7. Alex Shk

    Led Zeppelin backwards satanic message?

    Strangely enough - I had a reel to reel back in the day, and we recorded several people clearly articulating the words "Number Nine". When you played it backwards it always sounded like turn me on dead man. It also sounded like "rerm me ahh ded ma", which is what it really sounds like on The...
  8. Alex Shk

    ***Official LOTR: The Two Towers DVD Discussion Thread*** -- All Posts Here; NO EXCEPTIONS

    Just to add a ditto - I also experience a "freeze up" and skip back about 10 seconds into chapter 51. Also a Sony - S530D. After running a fast forward over the spot, I experience a 3 or 4 second pause at the spot, and pick up in sequence, loosing about 5 or 6 seconds.
  9. Alex Shk

    What song do you use to show off your system to a friend?

    I really don'y have a demo favorite - but I do gotta (sorta) echo Frank S's sentiments. I had an old friend over a few weeks back, and I put on "Rubber Soul" by the Beatles... He said that it sounded great - he never thought that CD was any good. Before he started taking stock of my...
  10. Alex Shk

    Metallica Black Album DVD-A - Technical Question

    I think there are still some bugs in this whole 5.1 deal (not only hi-rez either). I have a Sony S530 that refuses to output the .1 channel on the dts CD of Wings Venus and Mars. Yeah, Yeah - I know that it is essentially the quad mix, but so is the dts CD of Wings Band on the Run, which does...
  11. Alex Shk

    Resolved: the "LFE channel" should never be utilized on SACD/DVD-A.

    As far as the topic goes, I agree - the LFE channel should not be utilized for SACD/DVD-A. That is NOT the same thing as saying a subwoofer should not be utilized in a music system. IIRC - subwoofers with internal crossovers for music systems were first introduced for home music systems in...
  12. Alex Shk

    Beatles: Pre-Rubber Soul

    There were 2 legitimate Beatle albums called Rarities - A UK version (Parlophone) with a blue cover that compiled songs that were not on the UK albums. A Capitol US Rarities, which was different animal. The UK version made little sense to release in the US as most of the singles, B sides...
  13. Alex Shk

    Beatles: Pre-Rubber Soul

    In reference to "Rarities"
  14. Alex Shk

    Help me get into Sinatra

    I'll also chime in as a Capitol Sinatra fan. I too am an ols rock n' roller who found pleasure in those 50's recordings. Another plus - the album titles accurately describe the tone of the music therein. You wanna swing, go for the "Swingin'" series of lp's. Mellow out, go for Nice n Easy. Sad...
  15. Alex Shk

    Beatles Anthology Review???

    Tom - you cannot replace the Anthology CD's with the DVD. Most of the songs are on the DVD, but they are often incomplete and sometimes used as background music under the narration. The DVD also features some songs in their "originally released versions" as opposed to the alternate takes often...
  16. Alex Shk

    Beatles Anthology Review???

    Any "Beatle-philes" notice that I Am The Walrus is in true stereo/surround all the way through the song?? For those that aren't aware, this song always went into "fake stereo" about midway through, because a radio broadcast of Shakespear was overdubbed live onto the mono mix. As that sequence...
  17. Alex Shk

    Best Live Concert That You Saw??

    Probably the best was Springsteen at Nassau Coliseum Long Island, late December 1980 (River tour). He also played there New Years Eve - it was his longest set ever. I saw him on few days earlier - and he was surely warming up for that show. It was his SECOND longest set ever. These shows were...
  18. Alex Shk

    Police "Every Breath you take" Hybrid SACD

    Yes - I think it is fair to lay the confusion retailers are having on where to stock these items at the manufacturer. The success of the Stones titles should have been a barometer - total overhall of the catalog with hybrid capability. Easy to stock and display. I mean really, Best Buy (and...
  19. Alex Shk

    Led Zeppelin: 2 Box Sets vs. Complete Studio Recordings

    I have the 2 box sets, and I have found myself programing the original album sequences in a multi-changer a number of times. It's a pain in the butt. Go with the complete studio recordings. The 1 or 2 "bonus tracks" on the box sets aren't really essential - and no-one ever needs to hear the...
  20. Alex Shk

    The Beatles Anthology DVD.

    I hope they present the sound taken from any mono source as 2.0. Faux surround sound is nasty (re - A Hard Days Night), and "center channel only" of a musical performance isn't very musical.
  21. Alex Shk

    *Dark Side of the Moon* on SACD!

    I may have been mis-interpreted (by my own words). I thought I emphasized a PERSONAL reaction to the value of an SACD vs. a DVD-A - but to make it MORE personal......... I am so much of a music lover, and find music sooooo involving, that I do not use portable equipment. I am of the "home...
  22. Alex Shk

    *Dark Side of the Moon* on SACD!

    DSOTM has been around for so long, it could attract sales from even disinterested fans (yawn). My own spin - - The SACD hybrid factor is only important if there is a market for Floyd fans for ANOTHER 16 bit re-mastering of this all-too-many-times-remastered classic (yaaaaawwwn). If we are going...
  23. Alex Shk

    DarkSide of the Moon in DVD A?

    I for one hope that the title is released in both SACD and DVD-A. Settle once and for all the question over which format is superior. P.S. - I own neither hi-rez formats. With 2 kids thatclose to entering college, extraneous purchases are the stuff of the future. I HAVE TO BE ABLE to afford...
  24. Alex Shk

    DarkSide of the Moon in DVD A?

    I agree that a DVD-A release would make the surround mix accesible to the greater amount of consumers. I think that the Stones have blazed quite a trail for SACD, I'm sure many artists with thick catalogs are looking at that deal in awe. If I were Floyd, and looking at the bottom line - a...
  25. Alex Shk

    DarkSide of the Moon in DVD A?

    As the live "Wall" and "Echoes" appeared under an existing format (CD's) re-negotiation wasn't necessary. Both of those releases smack of either contractual obligation or simply a money grab - an easy way to pick up some cash using vault material. Just as many bands DID NOT automatically appear...
  26. Alex Shk

    It's Looking Good - The Beatles In 5.1!

    Mono is mono (one channel) but all of the Beatles material was recorded on at least 2 track stereo. The majority of their work was recorded on 4 track. The final 3 albums were recorded on 8 track and 16 track equipment. Each "track" is the equivalent of a discreet channel. There is no real...
  27. Alex Shk

    It's Looking Good - The Beatles In 5.1!

    I would rather her the hiss as well. His does not reside in a single frequency, it exists in a "range of frequency". Any noise reduction technique that eliminates a a range of frequency is also removing musical information in that range. Analog noise reduction techniques out and out cut...
  28. Alex Shk

    DVD-A Forum considers CD layer

    Seems to me that - if adopted, this would signal the end of DD and DTS compatible surround mixes on DVD-A's. Unless the format is capable of supporting a THREE layer disc, where would you put the DD and DTS versions? On dual sided multi-layer discs? At what point does this become cumbersome to...
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