In a message dated 3/2/01 8:18:35 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Where are the musicians in the 5.1 mix? Are they all over the room? Is there reverb from the room? Details man! >> The musicians are sound staged reasonably well from left to right. Joni's guitar has a very large ambiance, picking up a great deal of the studio's size in it's resonance. It sounds as though Joni may have had a 'stereo' amp set up for this concert. There is definitely room 'presence', but it very believable in it's dimension and impact, and not 'artificially reverby' at all. And the mix places you within the audience in a row close to the stage. Very pleasing. The 5.1 DVD mix of PWWAM is not as superb as the DVD 5.1 mix of 'James Taylor LIVE At the Beacon Theatre' (still the most remarkable 5.1 mix I've ever heard with regard to a realistic experience of being in the audience) - but PWWAM's 5.1 mix is better than that of the 5.1 on Steely Dan's Two Against Nature Live Concert DVD. The Dan's DVD is best enjoyed in two channel Stereo, as the 5.1 mix is artificial. PWWAM's 5.1 DVD track is definitely on par with Santana's 'Supernatural' Live DVD 5.1 mix as well as with Sting's 5.1 track on his 'The Brand New Day Tour - Live From the Universal Amphitheatre' DVD. You know, since I've been buying live concert DVD's I find myself spending more time enjoying these, if I'm sitting down for 'attentive' listening, than I do with my CD's. Still love my CD's, but man, seeing as well as hearing my favorite music artists displaying their 'chops' in 'real time' is awesome. So personal and intimate, and well, as close to real as one can get. TIA, Artheo NP - 'Night of the Living Dregs' by: The Dixie Dregs
