I don't think Cold Roses sounds like a Dead album as much as Adam's guitar sounds like Jerry's. If that makes any sense. :) I think the Dead vibe, however, was intentional. Even the album art is a nod to American Beauty. Ryan played with Phil Lesh recently, so there's definately a connection...
I have an older ('96) GM factory slot load CD player and a Pioneer 5-disc DVD changer. NIN's The Downward Spiral is the DualDisc I've had issues with. Truth be told, my DVD player has issues with a lot of CDs recently, so maybe I'm not giving DD a fair shake. I'd still prefer a 2-disc set to...
The point is, I shouldn't have to make a copy to have a listenable disc. I should be able to open the case, take out the disc, put it in my CD player and push play.
It's definately a function of the DVDs, not the reciever. In reality, an explosion or gunshot is much louder than someone talking, so that's how they do the sound for films. If it is the change in volume bothering you, use the night time mode as previously pointed out and turn up the volume...
Most music is recorded in the studio at 24/96 or 24/48. If the master recording is 24/48, it doesn't get anymore "hirez." That's why I agree with Kris' asertion that DVD-A is better for rock & pop than SACD. The native recordings are PCM, converting them to DSD won't improve them. A lot of...
I can answer for Kris. The SACD is a Deluxe Edition with a second disc of remixes and rarities. The Dual Disc does not include the second disc, but the DVD side has 3 videos and a photo gallery in addition to high Rez stereo and surround. Of course, the videos will all be on the Closure DVD...
Well, I'll be buying the Nine Inch Nails Dual Disc next week to play on my Pioneer DVD player. Hopefully all goes well! Maybe it will be a collector's item someday after they do away with this format! :laugh:
It's very much mood music - brooding and pensive. That being said, it fits my mood lately so I'm listening to it alot. I agree that Imagine and Passive (formerly a Tapeworm song called Vacant) are the best tracks. Since it's basically all covers, I don't think it's fair to compare it to the...
I have the first CD "The Music." It's good, but honestly I haven't listened to it in about a year. A couple great tracks and a lot of OK ones. I always thought they sounded like a cross between Led Zeppelin and Jane's Addiction, with just a little electro ala Jamiroquai thrown in. The 80's thing...
Are you planning on listening to the radio? If not, you could check out integrated amps. I got an Onkyo AVR-400 for $45 bucks (plus $27 shipping) on Ebay and I think it sounds better than my $500 Onkyo 5.1 reciever. There are a lot of good used deals out there, and they hold their value, so...
Get Dave Matthews Band: The Central Park Concert, if you haven't already. The "Jimi Thing" with Warren Haynes is worth the price alone - both performance and sound quality wise.
Lee - if you're wanting CD quality (or better) you should look for a digital audio player that supports FLAC (free lossless audio codec). I think the new Rio and Dell players do. .flac files are smaller than .wav, but not as small as .mp3, however, the compression in lossless. There are also...
Warren Haynes plays guitar on that track w/ DMB and is responsible for much of the sound. Check out his work with Government Mule and The Allman Brothers Band.
Not a bad idea for DVD-A. The best thing Sony could do for SACD is stop releasing CDs of their artists! If everything were hybrid SACD there would be no problem!
That's disappointing. I'm looking forward to picking up the DVD next week. Hopefully it's not as bad as the last Dave Matthews Band DVD (Folsom Field). The editing is so quick and choppy I get nausea.
Billboard Article via Yahoo! Peter Gabriel Seeks Audio Upgrade Thu Oct 16, 8:46 PM ET By Juliana Koranteng LONDON (Billboard) - Rock icon Peter Gabriel (news) has declared that if he has his way, he will record in only 5.1 surround sound from now on. He made the comments...
Last week Best Buy had the DVD/CD for $9.99, so it was a no-brainer. The videos alone are worth the price. I'm still digesting the new songs, but I'm liking it. After their tour they're suppose to record a proper album. Les is a busy man!
I have to disagree with the premise of this thread. I don't think people are listening to less music now, just buying less. Concerts are still well attended, despite the grossly inflated prices, and mp3 downloads abound. So maybe the question should be re-phrased. ;)
PC100 RAM is getting increasingly difficult to find, and expensive when you do find it, so updating may not be viable. I'd say install Win2k and don't look back! I run it on my PII 350 w/ 128MB RAM and it's great, much faster than Win98. The only drawback is it takes forever to shutdown and my...