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Howdy all. 1st time posting in DVD audio. I have very few DVD-audio discs. The Alan Parsons I Robot, Porcupine Tree In Absentia, and ELP's Brain Salad Surgery to be exact. I have about 15 SACD's. I own the cheapy Pioneer SACD/DVD Audio player (588 or something..don't feel like getting off my lazy ass to look). I have read some archives stating that the DVD-A of Fleetwood Mac Rumours is one of the better DVD-A discs. I have also however heard that the regular recent remaster of the same title with extra tracks was excellent sounding as well. Anyone that has compared both versions care to help me decide which to get? Thank you all.
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Hi Fatbosco:I heard the DVD-A in the studio it was mixed in. The mixer (Gary Lux? Or was it the other fellow? anyway...) said the band members felt the multichannel mix was much better, and that sound elements were added in compared to stereo. These were sound elements recorded during the original sessions, but dropped because the stereo mix became too crowded. In 5.1, they felt the elements could all be used without interfering with each other.
Soooo, I'd say the DVD-A has the highest fidelity as far as the band and technicians are concerned. The 5.1 sure sounded way better than plain 'ol stereo to me!
In 2-ch in the car, the DVD-A sounded cleaner than my original CD. But sorry, I haven't heard the newly remastered CD.
I can't vouch for the remaster because quite simply, I haven't heard it. That said, in today's modern climate of over compressing the music on the remasters to make them louder...well I'd be worried that this one has the same thing done to it. The DVD-A rocks!I'd have a very hard time believing that the CD remaster can even come close to the sonics of the DVD-A
I like the disc in stereo vs. multi-channel - but then again I prefer about 85% of my discs that way. I've not heard the remaster but find it hard to believe it will be as good.
I too have been using a cheap Pioneer universal player - the 563A. I have the Rumors DVD-A and it is very good. I have not compared it to the remastered redbook version, but the DVD-A has higher sampling and bit rates. I would be very surprised if the DVD-A was not (at least) as good as the redbook disc.FWIW I think the two best sounding (?) DVD-A's I have are Neil Young's Harvest and Grateful Dead's American Beauty. This may be ue in part to my rig and that I only listen in 2 channel, but both discs are noticeably higer rez than their CD counterparts.
The Fleetwood Mac DVD-A is indeed a great sounding disk. But then, so was the LP release when it first came out. I have not compared the various formats, but you probably can't go wrong with any of them.The DVD-A does give you introductions and/or discussion by the band members regarding the specific tracks. I believe there are additional tracks and a few mixes that are different from the original. It also provides you with a 5.1 surround format which is top notch.
I cannot vouch for the 2 channel rendition of the DVD-A Mac disk. If that is what interests you, you might want to check to see if its a "fold down" stereo track, If so, I'd avoid it and go with the CD. Also, I was not at all happy with the multi channel "Harvest" format. Reminded me of music processed through an ambience extractor. Not that thats so bad, but its not why I buy MC DVD-As.
The stereo is not a downmix - it isn't on most DVD-A.This disc really is very well made, even though it is one of the early releases.
Well worth buying.
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I forget, what is "fold down?"
Not a perfect process
None of that in my listening room!
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