![]() All mixes are a tad harsh to my taste, as I prefer warmer presentations of any music genre, even rock. The next thing I did was to compare the original mix to the new remix, and I have to say that both are quite good. I am not overly impressed by old mixes where instruments are placed a little bit all over the place, but this is a good one to have, and it definitely suits the music and the period it was made. Then, I listened to the 1973 quad mix, which is discrete and fun. I started my listening session today with the Atmos mix, and I was initially underwhelmed by what I was hearing. Keep poll threads pure, please post your listening experience to the disc in question only. Ten Years After was no stranger to using sonic effects and noises in there recordings, a perfect band for someone to take on a re-mix into surround, maybe some day that will happen, in the meantime this release, hands down the best of 2023, for all the reasons above. I know this album intimately so it is easy for me to love all there is about it. I will say, I am sorry some of you didn't get a chance to purchase this. I ripped all 5 selections, the 5.1 in the car, wow man! Ripping: I used MKV and MMH, very easy no issues. Discrete, elements moving, ambiance of Atmos, strength and power, the steroid muscle man of all the mixes. 2023 Dolby Atmos mix: My favorite, no doubt. Note: rear side of plastic box, it does not mention a 2023 5.1 mix, but does on the menu. Things still swirl like the 4.0 but differently, different parts. 2023 5.1 Mix: Love it, more so than the 1973 Quad mix, man, really in your face, and now more to hear with the extra speaker, albeit the center speaker is not used ala Steven Wilson for pure vocals, the vocals have this great reverb/echo effect. But today, the trend seems to be vocals dead center. We have to remember back in 1971 it was very popular to pan vocals between two front speakers, I kind of like. Yes, Track 1 vocals dead center, However, Track 2 Here They Come has vocals starting front with an echo rear left, I said, oh no, did they forget a little, are more tracks going to be like this, no, the rest is center vocals. I had no doubt that this new Blu Ray would have the backwards vocals corrected. 4.0 Quad 1973 Mix: I of course own the original combo set, LP and DVD with the vocals in rear. Stereo, 2023 Remix: Not a whole lot different, but, the clarity more prevalent and there was an extra punch to the mix, not just cleaned up but re-mixed by bringing things forward, Chris talks about this in the liner notes and it is easy to tell. I was immediately pleased with the sonic clarity. Stereo, 1971 Original Flat Transfer: My first listen of this disc, I wanted to do it justice and listen in order. Having Ric, Leo and Jasmine adding a bit was great also. Having the original engineer able to be there again 52 years later is a God send, like Eddie Kramer and Jimi Hendrix when Eddie did Electric Ladyland. ![]() He talks a lot about clarity and EQ, this really comes through as the sonic clarity of what ever version you might be listening to is superb. Liner Notes: Learned a lot from Chris Kimsey. Blu Ray Menu: Simple, easy to use, no moving pictures. ![]() As a very long time TYA fan, I would love to hear more SDE releases like this. Well certainly hit this one out of the park, it has all. SDE simply has got to find a way to produce more copies.Īs my good friend said, "it has everything".Īs a long time member of QQ, I hear over and over, "just give us the stand alone", then they do and others say "why didn't they include this or that". So that is it: Three mixes, all with very high quality sound, that differ enough from each other to offer three unique listening experiences. I marginally preferred the former to the Atmos mix. So I was bouncing back and forth between the 5.1 enhanced with Auro 3D and the Atmos. This affords a real-time direct comparison between the two mixes. The disc is authored such that one can flip back and forth between the new 5.1 and the Atmos mixes while the songs are playing. I especially like it enhanced with Auro 3D.įinally, the Atmos mix is very nice. The 5.1 brings out different elements of the mix compared to the quad. Second, the new 5.1 mix differs from the original quad, yet it is still aggressive. (I corrected the channel reversal when I ripped that DVD-V disc.) It does not take an A/B comparison to hear this difference. ![]() Sorry to be the bearer of bad news folks, but it is a travesty of epic proportions that SDE could only make 1000 units of this set.įirst, the original quad on the bluray is noticeably cleaner sounding than that on the DVD-V produced some years back. ![]()
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