Same here!
Some have such discrete effects I've wondered the same thing. Even with plain-jane Dolby Pro-Logic (no "II"), CDs like the Beastie Boys' Hello Nasty or Thievery Corporation's Cosmic Game sound almost like a true Dolby Surround encoded movie soundtrack - every 3rd or 4th time I listen to these albums I'll listen in that mode.
Here's a forum on quadraphonicquad.com for just this question:
Stereo Sounding Good in Quad
FYI: a lot of the members there are playing these stereo recordings through quad decoders, not just DPL, Logic7, etc, though suppsoedly DPLII works almost the same as an SQ quad decoder.
BTW: there are CDs out there that *did* use Dolby Surround encoding in their recording process.
Some have such discrete effects I've wondered the same thing. Even with plain-jane Dolby Pro-Logic (no "II"), CDs like the Beastie Boys' Hello Nasty or Thievery Corporation's Cosmic Game sound almost like a true Dolby Surround encoded movie soundtrack - every 3rd or 4th time I listen to these albums I'll listen in that mode.
Here's a forum on quadraphonicquad.com for just this question:
Stereo Sounding Good in Quad
FYI: a lot of the members there are playing these stereo recordings through quad decoders, not just DPL, Logic7, etc, though suppsoedly DPLII works almost the same as an SQ quad decoder.
BTW: there are CDs out there that *did* use Dolby Surround encoding in their recording process.