From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V7 #29 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Monday, January 28 2002 Volume 07 : Number 029 Today's Subjects: ----------------- =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_[AVALON]_[AVALON]_((QUADROPHONY))=AE_?= SOUND ["R. Ja] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 22:50:13 -0800 From: "R. Jackson" Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_[AVALON]_[AVALON]_((QUADROPHONY))=AE_?= SOUND Well, just my two cents...there were more problems with quad than just having to stand in the middle of the silver duct tape "X." ;-) Surround sound is fun and entertaining, IMO. I find that the sweet spot of my surround system may be right in the middle of the "X," but almost anywhere in the living room is fine. You can certainly hear where things are coming from even if you're at the periphery of the room. Ditto for the computer-based surround system here in my office. I don't have an SACD player (or a DVD player specifically rated for the new DVD-Audio spec, though most of those discs will play on my DTS equipment). I think the concept is really wonderful, though. A 5.1 mix done properly can bring an entirely new dimension to your music. The DVD-Audio 5.1 remixes of The Grateful Dead's American Beauty and Workingman's Dead albums are a great example of the potential of the format. In time I imagine a lot of people will have 5.1 systems in their automobiles. I've been tempted to upgrade. I already have a four-channel amp feeding front and back speakers in my car and a subwoofer in the trunk. Upgrading to a 5.1 system would just be a matter of getting a new front end, unfortunately those new front ends are still a little pricey and the software to make use of the new hardware is still a little thin for me to make the jump. I need a lot more than a couple of dozen albums that make use of the format to justify going mobile with it. The point is, multi-channel audio is here to stay this time, IMO. I've certainly embraced it and sales of surround equipment are getting stronger all the time. The biggest problem is that there are several different surround standards right now and SACD is one that seems to be the most costly to get in on and the least supported by the recording industry. Hopefully it won't end up as the BetaMax of the digital audio world. Lord knows there must be 1000 times as many DVD players out there that can play back DVD-Audio remasters as there are SACD players. For me, I'd love to have 5.1 mixes of my favorite Roxy Music albums. I can't think of many bands who could do more with the format. - -Rob At 12:54 AM 1/28/2002 -0500, you wrote: >THIS is how people listened to music and no matter how wonderful the sound >was, they wern`t willing to lay out money for a system that required them to >stand on a silver duct tape "X", and this is just one of many problems that >face the SACD format. > >Gene ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V7 #29 *************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest