For what it's worth, I bought a 5.1 mix version of "Joshua Judges Ruth" from Lyle Lovett. I far and away prefer the original stereo mix. Perhaps it's because my time spent listening (I've heard that cd too many times to count) of the original had conditioned me to think that's how it "should" sound? I don't know. I haven't bought any SACD/DTS audio cds since, but maybe it is time that I revisit.
I'm way out of my league here (hear?) opining on this, but I think it must be a supremely difficult task to remaster truly good-sounding sources originally recorded for stereo listening to a surround environment. Again, maybe this is my listening prejudice. Also, my 5.1 kit is a very nice amp/speaker combo but it is setup for home theater; it isn't in nearly as nice of a "music" environment as my 2 speaker rig. I remember many years ago listening to cds on Mark Robert's home setup; it sounded incredible. His is basically the method I've tried to emulate since regarding stereo listening; "natural" speakers, "natural" amp, whereas my focus on the 5.1 theater was different, at least as far as I know what that means. Michael On Dec 1, 2006, at 4:17 PM, John Francis wrote: > On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 11:02:26PM +0000, Peter Lacus wrote: >> John, >> >>> The 30th anniversary SACD Dark Side was a significant factor >>> in my decision to upgrade our home DVD player to the Sony 875V >>> (a 5-disc DVD changer that also plays SACDs) >> >> can you hear any difference then? I've got the same SACD so I am >> in the >> market for a SACD player now I guess. > > Even with my aged ears, and the onset of deafness, I can still hear > the difference between a stereo mix and full 5.1 surround sound. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
