Justin_P
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The other day I picked up Koch's new(ish) SACD release of Muswell Hillbillies by the Kinks and was surprised to see that the back of the packaging listed the disc as having SACD stereo AND SACD surround mixes. My understanding from the information I found online (which I found to be pretty sketchy- no reviews at all of the Koch releases and very little discussion outside of this forum), I was expecting that all of them would be SACD stereo hybrid discs with no multichannel mixes at all. Looking at all of the new discs that Tower Records had in stock I found that all of the Koch hybrid SACD discs but three litsed only SACD stereo, but was very surprised to find Muswell Hillbillies, Give the People What They Want, and one other album listing surround options.
Woo-hoo, I thought, and bought Muswell, only to take it home and find only a two channel mix. I'm not disappointed in the quality of the disc at all, but I am a little dissappointed by the misleading packaging...
Has anyone else bought any of these discs that say they have surround sound options? DO any of them have surround options, or is this simply a mistake in packaging design by the folks over at Koch?
Also, I'm just kind of curious what some of the people around the forum with better ears and/or equipment than mine think of the sound quality of these discs. I liked how the disc sounded to my ears, but my ears aren't as trained as some of yours. Any thoughts?
Justin
Woo-hoo, I thought, and bought Muswell, only to take it home and find only a two channel mix. I'm not disappointed in the quality of the disc at all, but I am a little dissappointed by the misleading packaging...
Has anyone else bought any of these discs that say they have surround sound options? DO any of them have surround options, or is this simply a mistake in packaging design by the folks over at Koch?
Also, I'm just kind of curious what some of the people around the forum with better ears and/or equipment than mine think of the sound quality of these discs. I liked how the disc sounded to my ears, but my ears aren't as trained as some of yours. Any thoughts?
Justin