[kj] (OT) Dukes remasters

[Brendan Quinn]

PT's Trains is the best song I've come across all year - I've got Darren to
blame for that, thank you.transcendental is the word, even though I'm
listening to it on headphones. Fear of a Blank Planet is killer as well.

 

5.1 sound - I'm keen to try but scared off by the brackets and cables and
screws and metres of cables etc etc :-) Then again I'm on an upgrade buzz at
the moment so I might go ahead with it.annoy the surrounding apartments.

 

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Darren A. Peace
Sent: Wednesday, 22 April 2009 07:37
To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'
Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Dukes remasters

 

My setup copes with SACD and DVD-A. Also high-res 24-bit stereo.

 

Do you have a surround speaker setup connected to your computer, with
something like PowerDVD or WinDVD? You can experiment yourself.

 

The Porcupine Tree discs are a fantastic example of how an album can be
mastered in 5.1 and be transcendental. I've heard some 5.1 mixes that are as
gimmicky as (most) quadraphonic releases. The fact that Steven Wilson is
working on King Crimson 5.1 mixes causes me a great deal of excitement. I'd
estimate I have 30 or so surround discs, from Depeche Mode (middling mixes)
to Bjork (petty good mixes) to PT and No-Man (fantastic mixes).

 

To hear the difference, get someone to play you the re-recorded Philip Glass
"Koyaanisqatsi" in standard CD and SACD and DVD-A. Worlds apart. And then
the Porcupine Tree "Fear Of A Blank Planet" in stereo and then 5.1.

 

This is badly off-topic even for me (imagine a 5.1 mix of Hosannas! Eurgh!),
so mail me off-list if you have specific questions.

 

Darren

Hungerford, UK

 

From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of The Exorcist
Sent: 21 April 2009 22:12
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Dukes remasters

 

You use SACD or DVDA? Either way, I'd love to hear your impressions as
opposed to 2.0 stereo.
I haven't met anyone yet that has 5.1 audio (dvd live concerts don't count.)

At 02:33 PM 4/21/2009, Alexander Smith wrote:



Oh goddamn -- something else I feel compelled to buy. I don't like that
they've appended the XTC to the sleeve. 

CHIPS FROM THE CHOCOLATE FIREBALL was literally the first compact disc I
bought when I made the big jump over from LPs.

Alex in NYC


On Apr 21, 2009, at 2:25 PM, Darren A. Peace wrote:



Also, for any other XTC fans on the list:

 

http://new.ape.uk.net/acatalog/XTC_as_The_Dukes_Of_Stratosphear.html#a454 

 

 They are fantastic; hardbound with excellent booklets, but unusually for
Ape not autographed. If you get both you get some badges.

 

Badges?

 

Badges.

 

I'm unimpressed that the covers now read "XTC as The Dukes Of Stratosphear",
though.

 

Now I'm waiting on the 5.1 Nick Cave remasters...

 

Darren

Hungerford, UK

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