Paul.S
Senior HTF Member
John_Bonner, thanks for especially the first part of your post #46. Based upon my conversations with Catullo, I think it's very important to keep the adverse production circumstances under which this was shot and recorded in mind.
WRT to the audio quality--with the strong caveat that I still have not heard the CD or DVD--I would surmise that James "Jimbo" Barton's mixing might be an issue. I got that impression at the screening (even though there were technical problems there that had nothing to do with the original recording). He mixed Power Windows and Hold Your Fire and applies, IMO, way too high a compression threshold on the final master mix of his projects (instead of more judiciously applying compression/limiting to individual tracks). His work with Queensryche exhibits this problem as well.
Jamie Goff: I have many questions, but perhaps the best place to start is to ask for confirmation of the exact model number of your Sony TV. KV-34XBR800? Also, what is the make and model of your DVD player?
In recent years, many of Sony's better 4:3 sets feature what Sony calls "Auto 16:9 Enhanced Mode." It's my understanding that this feature is designed to enable one to view anamorphic program material at full resolution even though you have a 4:3 set. If your set has it (the KV-40XBR800 does), are you sure that this feature is turned off?
-p
WRT to the audio quality--with the strong caveat that I still have not heard the CD or DVD--I would surmise that James "Jimbo" Barton's mixing might be an issue. I got that impression at the screening (even though there were technical problems there that had nothing to do with the original recording). He mixed Power Windows and Hold Your Fire and applies, IMO, way too high a compression threshold on the final master mix of his projects (instead of more judiciously applying compression/limiting to individual tracks). His work with Queensryche exhibits this problem as well.
Jamie Goff: I have many questions, but perhaps the best place to start is to ask for confirmation of the exact model number of your Sony TV. KV-34XBR800? Also, what is the make and model of your DVD player?
In recent years, many of Sony's better 4:3 sets feature what Sony calls "Auto 16:9 Enhanced Mode." It's my understanding that this feature is designed to enable one to view anamorphic program material at full resolution even though you have a 4:3 set. If your set has it (the KV-40XBR800 does), are you sure that this feature is turned off?
-p