Hey fellow Klipsch Cornerloaders,

I am interested in hearing your latest thoughts on multichannel audio.  Do you have DVDA's.  If so what DVD Audio Disc do you have and why do you like it?  Is it a live or studio recording?

Are the speaker requirements different for Multichannel Music VS Movies?  WHY?

Stick it in your ear!

Klispsch Headphones that is...

Best: Grateful Dead -American Beauty remixed by Mickey Hart

Not only is the mix a revelation uncovering what are seemingly new instruments over the original mix, but Hart has definatively defined the point of view that serves as a reference for the mix - in other words, he provides a reasoned perspective from which the mix engineer attempts to position the staging and the subsequent acoustical positioning of each component part...in this case from the position on stage of the drummer, a role he filled for most of the band's history.

Not only does this make the mox spectacular, but he provides a coherent approach to the methodology relating to the surround cponcept that is dramatically absent in the majority of the surround sources available. This is to my knowledge the best example of the potential for surround sound in any of the commercially  accepted formats.

Worst...Now this is a bit harder, not because it is hard to find one, but precisely because there are so many! Just because you now have additional channels in which to place the various voices does not mean that it makes sense to simply randomly assign them in an attempt to be trendy and clever. If only so many engineers would discover this... But my vote goes to The Doors- LA Woman. I almost defy anyone to get all of the channels to reproduce at the same time.  An otherwise spectacular album reduced to a karaoke disk.

I only have a couple DVD-A  " Riding with the King "  Eric Clapton and BB King, very good recording.

Also "Rumours"  Fleetwood Mac

I also like the SACD "October Road"  James Taylor

I need to get some more , bud concert DVDs kind of ruined me being able to watch the show also. But the DVD-A and SACD sound much much better.

I HAVE THE - BLUE MAN GROUP DVD , AND U GET 2 SIDES ; ONE WITH DVD AUDIO ON DTS AND SECONED WITH LIVE SHOW

THEY ARE PLAYING VERY COOL TOOLS THAT SOUND VERY GOOD ON MY RS52 SET

ANJOY 

I prefer DVD Audio over SACD or concert video - when the mixes are done nicely. 

 Favorites:  Fleetwood Mac - Rumours, Steeley Dan - Two Against Nature.

Worst:  I actually agree with MAS (gasp) and vote for The Doors - LA Woman.  I will demo the title track for those who are not used to well-mixed audio just to show what the medium can do, but that does not mean that I think the mixes are "good."  Instead, Jim Morrison's voice floats around different speakers arbitrarily.  Wish someone would remix another version of the album for DVD-Audio because its a shame, given the music.

As for rear speakers, I disagree with some of my Klipsch brethren and wholeheartedly prefer floorstanders in the rear/sides to the infamous sprayers (even THX-rated ones).  In my experience, there are a fair number of DVD-Audio and SACD mixes that require substantial participation from the surrounds beyond "helicopter effects" or crowd noise.  I tried various sprayers, including RS-7s, and large bookshelves, including RB75s, and I ended up going back to floorstanders.  Of course, just my opinion and your mileage may vary, etc., etc.

Carl.

cjgeraci:

I actually agree with MAS (gasp)

Yea nave...  prepare to be banned...

Jay481985:

whose professor thump's real name?

Considering what you won in Indy you would be glad to know........ 

Mark Blanchard,  Sr. Acoustic Development Engineer  (Professor THUMP)  

Fleetwood Mac

Eagles (Hotel California)

Neil Young (Harvest)

Queensryche (Empire)

R.E.M. (Automatic for the people & Best of)

Natalie Merchant (Tigerlily)

Mike Oldfield (Tubular Bells 2003)

Seal (Best 1991-2004)

All of these sound GREAT here!

Take care

Mike

I accidently picked up a DVD-A copy of Morph The Cat by Donald Fagen. It sounds great. If I can use the term 'airy' that's how I'd descibe it over the regular version.

jerol

I'm going to have to listen to L.A. Woman in multichannel mode now. In 2-channel it sounds terrific!

OMG...what did they do to Jim? The best thing about it in multi-channel, it was like listening to the album for the first time. Definitely cutting edge, but without Jim's vocals front an center...it was a mess. 

I've been listening to DVD-Audio & SACD's for about 4 or 5 years now.

I agree with the above opinions, but I enjoy the difference in the sound quality. The sound is much better then what I hear

from CD's and DVD-Vidios. It is more analog sounding, cleaner, and more open sounding. There seems to be more space

between the instruments. I hope that the new formets like Blu-ray & HD DVD's with HDMI audio will sound as good.

My collection is limited, because there arn't many Blues and old Rock discs out there. That's all I listen to.

I suggest full range speakers for every channel.

Yea, unfortunately some are great and some are god awful.

The Beatles LOVE is one of the best sounding DVD-A recordings out there. I played it on my system at the Lake Country get together this summer.

JM