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Townshend / Lane - Rough Mix dual disc Doug

Glad I checked in to the forum, as I wasn't aware that this was recently remastered and put on DVD-A. How does it sound? Thanks. Doug

Thanks for the suggestion, Rachael. I may try it to see how it changes the sound, but my observations weren't based on any deficiency in a center image / existence of a hole, if you will. I was simply going around to each speaker to hear what the output levels were and noticed the lack of center...

BTW, the Fleck disc does not have a 2 channel DVD-A presentation. The multi-channel is believable / realistic, though, and it seems to work well for this genre when many instrumentalists are playing. It helps that the visual material included with these discs reinforces placing you in the...

The Fleck and McEuen/Ibbotson discs are probably my favorite 2 DVD-A's. They are also 2 of the few multi-channel presentations to which I actually listen (yes, still a stubborn 2 channel'er). This will probably change with the arrival of the Moody's SACDs. Doug

New SACDs purchased: Natalie Macmaster - In My Hands Spyro Gyra - Wrapped in a Dream Romero - Live at Trinity Church The Tiptons - Surrounded by Horns Nickel Creek - Self-titled The Kinks - Everybody's in Showbiz Haven't heard much of any of them yet, but they generally have very good...

Re my Billy Joel Stranger SACD comments in this thread from the other day. To my ears, the deficiencies in this disc are not subtle. For the 2ch layer, the sound is particularly flat / 2 dimensional. The presentation is very much constricted to the plane between my speakers. Instruments are...

Regrettably, none in about a year, as I've not been listening to much music in that time period until the last 2 months. I am gearing up for a large purchase, though. Last year my "most recent" purchases included Bela Fleck's Drive, The Allmans' Fillmore East and Eat a Peach, Elton John's...