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Saying goodbye to Santa Cruz '99 Bottles' a Covid-19 victim, along with 30 employees.

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just got my ass kicked in another thread, lol....reminds me of this one, so i had to turn on my 7.1 system, subs and all...

 
just got my ass kicked in another thread, lol....reminds me of this one, so i had to turn on my 7.1 system, subs and all...



SACD? DVD-A?
I've got the DVD-Audio version of the album. It's fun to listen to but I haven't set my surround system up in a few years. Our current house isn't really surround friendly, unfortunately. All my surround discs are just collecting dust.
 
just streamed off youtube, i tried a DVD-A...just sounded like a crappier version of a mp3....

Well, if it sounded worse than mp3 my guess is you were most likely not hearing it on an actual dvd-a player. DVD-a is (was) a lossless audio format, with no video, but magnitudes higher resolution than any cd. For comparison, a cd has magnitudes higher resolution than any mp3, a lossy (compressed) format. Enjoying dvd-a in full resolution requires a format-specific player, which is likely the main reason they never took off. They were eventually replaced by blu-ray which can have similar audio resolution, but with the added benefit of high-definition video as well.

Also, keep in mind discreet surround is actual surround. Blu-ray, sacd, and dvd-a players all offer discreet surround, exactly as it was meant to sound, with discreet audio going to each speaker, be it 5.1 or 7.1, or whatever configuration the audio engineer intended. Some audio equipment makers offer faux-surround in which they use some algorithm on stereo recordings to mimic actual surround. They aren't very good at it compared to the real thing.

Sorry to get off on a tangent. Now I'm jonesing to setup my surround system again. When recorded with the right hands, and played back on a proper system, true surround audio can be mind blowing.
 
dvd-a player. DVD-a is (was) a lossless audio format,

i bought a corrosion of conofmirty album....i play it on a computer, i see the file size and hear it.....and lol, i know it's faux, i got it set to ext. stereo.....and to keep it on topic, from music match...

 
should there be a 'waiting list' like toilet paper now for how often you can post here? lol

 
Just listened to CD1 from the 50th anniversary release of King Crimson's In the Court of the Crimson King. It's wonderful. I'm really looking forward to the hi-res 5.1 Bluray version
 
Came across this favorite again...



fwiw, for those not telecommuting these days, this is a good time to clean up your music libraries and fix all the ID tags that Media Player and/or iTunes stepped on because they are oh so much smarter than humans :drunk:

4300+ songs took a few hours to straighten out. I recommend MP3tag for this stuff...

Cheers!
 
Just turned on Pandora nd on comets Pink Floyd's Great Gig in the Sky, of course from their Masterwork, Dark Side of the Moon. One of my favorite zoning out songs - just wish it wasn't so short.
 
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