Multi channel music recommendations

[Brad]

What stuff are you guys feeling? I always recommend BT's "This Binary Universe" to people. It might not be everyone's cup of tea, musically, but as an example of surround music it is awesome. Its a downtempo electronica album that was written specifically for 5.1, and has tons of discrete effects and activity in the surrounds.

BT is an incredible musician and a great engineer, so listening to this on a proper sound system is an amazing experience. Try it in the dark!

[Suave]

I love demonstrating multi-channel music in my home theatre to friends. Everyone that has any interest in music is usually blown away when listening to multi-channel albums.

A couple of discs that I like to use:

Dark Side of the Moon (30th Anniversary Edition) [Hybrid SACD]
http://www.amazon.ca/Dark-Side-Moon-...0039090&sr=1-1

Legends of Jazz With Ramsey Lewis: Showcase [Blu-ray]
http://www.amazon.ca/Legends-Jazz-Ra...0039026&sr=1-1

I also heard this SACD at a friend's house a couple of days ago, and it sounded so good that I immediately bought it on ebay:

Brothers In Arms (20th Anniversary Edition) [SACD]
http://www.amazon.ca/Brothers-Arms-2.../dp/B0009A21R6

[Brad]

DSOTM is on sale at HMV right now for $9.99 IIRC...the hybrid disc with SACD and CD

The HMV on Yonge near dundas had the Brothers in Arms SACD forever. I almost bought it soooo many times and never pulled the trigger and now their (albeit tiny) SACD section is gone completely! #$%

Even in stereo Dire Straits made some really well produced, great sounding music

BTW to everyone else, if anyone is interested in checking out that BT dvd i was talking about earlier, Suave might have a copy for sale haha

[Brad]

first time in ages i have actually had the time to sit down with my feet up and listen to a little music for no reason other than my own enjoyment...just plowing through DSOTM and marvelling at what an amazing mix (and album) this is.

[pharsyde]

Dark Side of the Moon (30th Anniversary Edition) [Hybrid SACD]

i have this CD as well. it's impressive, although i am bottle necked with my speakers (soon to upgrade)

i also have Roxy Music, Avalon. huh .. weird though when i link to it ..on amazon .. what ? one left @ $ 150 ? odd, i didn't pay this price.

here's what i see on the case (i'm no expert here)

- PCM & DSD Stereo
- Multi-channel Stereo (same thing i guess)
- Has a bonus track - DSD Multi-Channel .. tack title "Always Unknowning"
- Made in Holland (may mean something)


Brothers in Arms .. cool.

[SoundGame]

So given that SACD is essentially going the way of the do-do and Blu-Ray is new an up and coming, would it make more sense to pursue the Blu-Ray space for surround audio?

How does the sound on SACD compare to Blu-Ray - strictly from a sound quality perspective? I would expect the Blu-Ray would win and it's really about the number of titles out on Blu-Ray that would be the limiting factor.

[Suave]

I'm a huge fan of multi-channel music and really wish that more modern artists would utilize it more in their releases.

Blu-ray may soon replace SACD altogether, since it can deliver the same quality (if not better) of audio and a high res video to match. Not that everyone wants to release multi-channel music with video. But there are some lables that began releasing Blu-ray "audio only" discs.

For the time being, some of the greatest multi-channel albums (Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, Nine Inch Nails) in my opinion have only been released on SACD or DVD-Audio. These are all studio recorded albums.

Blu-ray releases on the other hand are mostly (if not all) concert recordings... and while these can be very entertaining to watch/listen, they just don't deliver the same experience as an in-studio made surround mix. That's just my five cents...

[audit13]

Good price for Brothers In Arms, even with shipping: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brothers-Arm...2574842&sr=8-9

Another good deal:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Girl-Other-R...8&sr=1-1-spell

[Donnie]

I would really like to hear The Downward Spiral in Multi-Channel, but I don't think I'll go beyond 2 speakers in my system any time soon. First step is to get a blu-ray player that can play SACDs, I guess.

[Suave]

I would really like to hear The Downward Spiral in Multi-Channel

First step would be to get that universal Blu-ray player we talked about in the other thread The Nine Inch Nails "Downward Spiral" is an awesome disc to listen to in surround sound - one of my favourites really. Better yet is the Nine Inch Nails "With Teeth" multi-channel SACD.