Do you like 5.1 surround sound albums?

How many do you own?

Which ones are your favorites?

Which albums would you like to hear in 5.1 surround sound?

Hmm... not sure but it would have to be something by a band or something "live" so I can feel like I'm at a concert.

Id like to hear kind of blue or songs in the key of life in surround sound

You all know what it is. HANDS DOWN. Probably the only surround sound album I have and it is an eargasm.

motownlover said:

Id like to hear kind of blue or songs in the key of life in surround sound

Actually both of them are SACDs...

motownlover said:

Id like to hear kind of blue or songs in the key of life in surround sound

I own the Kind of Blue dual disc which has a 5.1 surround sound mix. It sounds pretty cool to me although I have read reports that the SACD surround sound release is better.

sexton said:

motownlover said:

Id like to hear kind of blue or songs in the key of life in surround sound

I own the Kind of Blue dual disc which has a 5.1 surround sound mix. It sounds pretty cool to me although I have read reports that the SACD surround sound release is better.

How do i know wich copy i have ? ( i dont have a surround system at home so i cant test it)

friends have it

motownlover said:

sexton said:

I own the Kind of Blue dual disc which has a 5.1 surround sound mix. It sounds pretty cool to me although I have read reports that the SACD surround sound release is better.

How do i know wich copy i have ? ( i dont have a surround system at home so i cant test it)

friends have it

The dual disc being a dual disc is recorded on both sides. And it should blatantly say "dual disc" on the cover:

silverchild said:

You all know what it is. HANDS DOWN. Probably the only surround sound album I have and it is an eargasm.

I don't have an SACD player so all my surround sound albums are DVD audio and a few dual discs.

Not many people are into listening to albums in surround sound apparently.

sexton said:

Not many people are into listening to albums in surround sound apparently.

I'm interested in hearing OutKast's Stankonia in 5.1 quality. Never picked up the DVD-A version of that title.

I have a couple. I have a Sam Cooke, Norah Jones, Ray Brown, Diana Krall and recently Jazz At The Pawnshop. I have not hooked up my 5.1 yet though. I bet the Stevie one is expensive.

Yes, but I'm an audiophile. I like 5.1, SACD, Bluray audio, MFLS..all that stuff.

I have more of them than I need, to be honest. It's definitely not something I really care about as most of my music listening/playing is done wearing headphones or on vinyl. But I have an SACD player (randomly), dvd player, blu-ray player and a 5.1 system (because I love movies), so I can play them if I choose to.

The ones I have, that I can remember, are...

Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here. Don't get me wrong, I think they did a great job with both of these! I know that a lot of people absolutely love them. But my brain is so used to the way I've been hearing these album for so many years that they sometimes sound wrong to me. The new (and newish) stereo mixes sound off to me, too. I really prefer the sound of the original 70s vinyl mastering.

Depeche Mode, Music for the Masses and Voilator. MFTM sounds good, but Violator will make panties wet in a 500 yard radius when played at the appropriate volume level. Probably the kind of music that it is, but it sounds absolutely stunning. Like Depeche Mode is hanging out in your livingroom playing the album for you.

NIN - The Downward Spiral. Eh, it's good. But I'm not sure it was really necessary for this album to be sonically improved. It's an album that's most effective in headphones or played loudly in a car, anyway (imo). The original mix is still my favorite for this one. But this is also one that I listened to A LOT, so my brain already thinks it should sound a certain way.

King Crimson - In The Court Of King Crimson. I used to work in a head shop back in my Dead Head days (late teens, early 20s) and the manager would play this album all the time. I meant to buy it for years but never got around to it. Walked into Amoeba one day a couple years ago and there on an end cap sat the remastered 5.1 CD. Bought it - mind blown! Probably not everybodies cup of tea, but this may actually be the best sounding 5.1 release that I own. Definitely the biggest improvement in sound from the original mix.

Metallica - The Black Album. This is one that I know for sure is DVD Audio, and it kicks ass. Improves what was already a really great album, imo. But it's another of those, "should I be sitting in the right place in the room to get the full effect of this mix, or should I be bouncing around the room, headbaning, playing air guitar?" Not that I do either of those last two things. It just seems like a strange album to sit and listen to for it's finer sonic qualities, even though it does sound quite stellar.

Three that I would actually like to check out...

Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Allman Bros. - Eat A Peach

Queen - A Night At The Opera

[Edited 8/15/12 20:35pm]

silverchild said:

sexton said:

Not many people are into listening to albums in surround sound apparently.

I'm interested in hearing OutKast's Stankonia in 5.1 quality. Never picked up the DVD-A version of that title.

I'd like to hear that one, too.

Cerebus said:

I have more of them than I need, to be honest. It's definitely not something I really care about as most of my music listening/playing is done wearing headphones or on vinyl. But I have an SACD player (randomly), dvd player, blu-ray player and a 5.1 system (because I love movies), so I can play them if I choose to.

The ones I have, that I can remember, are...

Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here. Don't get me wrong, I think they did a great job with both of these! I know that a lot of people absolutely love them. But my brain is so used to the way I've been hearing these album for so many years that they sometimes sound wrong to me. The new (and newish) stereo mixes sound off to me, too. I really prefer the sound of the original 70s vinyl mastering.

Depeche Mode, Music for the Masses and Voilator. MFTM sounds good, but Violator will make panties wet in a 500 yard radius when played at the appropriate volume level. Probably the kind of music that it is, but it sounds absolutely stunning. Like Depeche Mode is hanging out in your livingroom playing the album for you.

NIN - The Downward Spiral. Eh, it's good. But I'm not sure it was really necessary for this album to be sonically improved. It's an album that's most effective in headphones or played loudly in a car, anyway (imo). The original mix is still my favorite for this one. But this is also one that I listened to A LOT, so my brain already thinks it should sound a certain way.

King Crimson - In The Court Of King Crimson. I used to work in a head shop back in my Dead Head days (late teens, early 20s) and the manager would play this album all the time. I meant to buy it for years but never got around to it. Walked into Amoeba one day a couple years ago and there on an end cap sat the remastered 5.1 CD. Bought it - mind blown! Probably not everybodies cup of tea, but this may actually be the best sounding 5.1 release that I own. Definitely the biggest improvement in sound from the original mix.

Metallica - The Black Album. This is one that I know for sure is DVD Audio, and it kicks ass. Improves what was already a really great album, imo. But it's another of those, "should I be sitting in the right place in the room to get the full effect of this mix, or should I be bouncing around the room, headbaning, playing air guitar?" Not that I do either of those last two things. It just seems like a strange album to sit and listen to for it's finer sonic qualities, even though it does sound quite stellar.

Three that I would actually like to check out...

Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Allman Bros. - Eat A Peach

Queen - A Night At The Opera

[Edited 8/15/12 20:35pm]

Like you, I have a quite a few surround sound albums, but rarely have the time to play them. Some I haven't played at all yet, sadly.

I've listened to half of Björk's Surrounded box set and I like what I have heard so far.

I agree totally with you about Depeche Mode's Music for the Masses and Violator which are the only ones of theirs I own.

I played some of the Beatles' Love album recently and it was pretty amazing. I really should listen to the entire thing this weekend.

Other albums I remember sounding awesome are The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars and Serge Gainsbourg's Histoire de Melody Nelson. Love those.

If you can get anything that is remastered by MFSL it's usually real good.

MFSL = audiophiles dream.

Pink Floyd - the Wall

Pink Floyd - Darkside

GNR - Appetite

Nirvana - Nevermind

Also if you like Bowie has SACD that sound great:

Bowie - Reality ("loneliest guy" - sounds amazing)

Bowie - rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust

6.1!!! album:

Evanescence - Fallen 6.1 (ace)

sexton said:

motownlover said:

How do i know wich copy i have ? ( i dont have a surround system at home so i cant test it)

friends have it

The dual disc being a dual disc is recorded on both sides. And it should blatantly say "dual disc" on the cover:

Jamiroquai has a dual disc of "Dynamite" that sounds excellent.

I've always wanted to check out the Bjork 5.1 boxset, but the thing is, I own everything she's ever done. And that's not much of an exaggeration. I own every CD, from the Sugarcubes to singles released as Bjork this year, I own all her DVDs and I own nearly every piece of vinyl, save a couple white labels that I will never spend what people are charging for them to add them to the collection. Like, a lot of my vinyl stuff is already doubles of CDs. For that reason alone I just can't make myself buy the Surround box. I've even had it in my hands at Amoeba, more than once, and put it back.

SuperFurryAnimal said:

If you can get anything that is remastered by MFSL it's usually real good.

MFSL = audiophiles dream.

Pink Floyd - the Wall

Pink Floyd - Darkside

GNR - Appetite

Nirvana - Nevermind

Also if you like Bowie has SACD that sound great:

Bowie - Reality ("loneliest guy" - sounds amazing)

Bowie - rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust

6.1!!! album:

Evanescence - Fallen 6.1 (ace)

Agreed. MFSL is the way to go on many albums. This one is the golden standard for audiophiles in my collection:

Did I forget to mention Audio Fidelity's 24Karat Gold reissues?

here is MFSL website and a list of all the cds they have. they usually go up in $$$ as they are discontinued. Some of the older cds go for $100's! I should have bought more when they were on the outs and sold for $5! way back when they discontinued selling them in the chains but sometimes its hard to predict.

http://www.mofi.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=1592

I have this one as well and it is drop dead goregous from sound to packaging!

MFSL

They make blank CDs, but they're way more expensive than regular ones.

SuperFurryAnimal said:

sexton said:

The dual disc being a dual disc is recorded on both sides. And it should blatantly say "dual disc" on the cover:

Jamiroquai has a dual disc of "Dynamite" that sounds excellent.

The big criticism I have heard about dual discs is that the audio is compressed unlike SACDs. I have a few dual discs and they sound fine to me. Maybe if I did a comparison test with SACDs, I'd hear a distinct difference, but until then, I'm okay with dual discs.

sexton said:

SuperFurryAnimal said:

Jamiroquai has a dual disc of "Dynamite" that sounds excellent.

The big criticism I have heard about dual discs is that the audio is compressed unlike SACDs. I have a few dual discs and they sound fine to me. Maybe if I did a comparison test with SACDs, I'd hear a distinct difference, but until then, I'm okay with dual discs.

I hate DualDiscs, only because a couple of them that I had would mess my computer up and wouldn't play on any player. The DVD side worked fine. It was just the CD side. Sony/BMG really thought that they could stop file sharing with those discs....

silverchild said:

I hate DualDiscs, only because a couple of them that I had would mess my computer up and wouldn't play on any player. The DVD side worked fine. It was just the CD side. Sony/BMG really thought that they could stop file sharing with those discs....

i remember going to a discussion about stopping the downloading/piracy at Georgetown U, the guys from Nirvana were in on the discussion. The panel was talking about technology that would stop downloading. I forget they had some cd back then that could not be copied but someone beat the tehnology by using a sharpie around the outside of the disc!!! LMAO!

Anyways, for me DualDiscs are defintely not a standard unless I really really like an artist and can't find in a superior format. Like Jamiroquai. I also remember the AC/DC dual of Back in Black sucked. I feel confident telling anyone MFSL is the stuff.

I forgot I have Seal IV in DVD audio 5.1.

http://www.amazon.com/Sea...words=seal

I want an SACD/DVD-A/all-region blu-ray player.

sexton said:

I want an SACD/DVD-A/all-region blu-ray player.

Wal-Mart had region free DVD players for $30 a couple years ago. They didn't say they were region free anywhere on the box, though. People figured it out later.

Amazon actually has a good number of region free blu-ray players (which also play dvds) and region free/up-converting dvd players. Not so much luck with the SACD being included, though.

I wish Valensia's "Kosmos" (1996) wasn't in surround, as I don't have the equipment to play it on LOL. Unfortunately all copies of the album are like this it seems. Don't be fooled by the cheap cover. It's an expensive sounding album LOL which leads me to say why possibly no modern albums seem to use surround as production values on albums in general are lot less now and thus won't sound good enough to warrent a surround sound setting LOL. (that and the compression of modern albums to sound like MP3's).

A shame how production budgets have dwindled since the 90's....

Only SACD album I own is Kenny Loggins' "the unimaginable life"