Brian Gaff
2023-05-02 09:34:19 UTC
When I play tracks on Amazon in the last day or so it claims to support
special audio. Having played a few of their play, about the only thing I
hear different to the original tracks is a vague out of phase reverb. This
reminds me of the old Quadraphonic recordings they used to put out in QS,
which as far as I could deduce was a matrix that used partial separation for
rear speakers. Sometimes it was OK, sometimes dire.
The only true surround at the time was CD4, which used special cartridges
and styli, and the records owre out and became noisy with dropout after a
while.
So is this yet another Matrix like the BBC HJ which was quite good at
ambience, or is it just another con to get us to buy more kit. To me the
only worthwhile thing if you have the space is Dolby Atmos or the true
surround formats.
I must try rigging up an old hafler design in here and see if that works.
I do wish though, that the tracks used by the demo had some realistic
dynamic range and did not sound like Radio 1 on a bad day. There really is
no need to make the quiet parts nearly as loud as the loudest parts with
days high quality kit.
Brian
special audio. Having played a few of their play, about the only thing I
hear different to the original tracks is a vague out of phase reverb. This
reminds me of the old Quadraphonic recordings they used to put out in QS,
which as far as I could deduce was a matrix that used partial separation for
rear speakers. Sometimes it was OK, sometimes dire.
The only true surround at the time was CD4, which used special cartridges
and styli, and the records owre out and became noisy with dropout after a
while.
So is this yet another Matrix like the BBC HJ which was quite good at
ambience, or is it just another con to get us to buy more kit. To me the
only worthwhile thing if you have the space is Dolby Atmos or the true
surround formats.
I must try rigging up an old hafler design in here and see if that works.
I do wish though, that the tracks used by the demo had some realistic
dynamic range and did not sound like Radio 1 on a bad day. There really is
no need to make the quiet parts nearly as loud as the loudest parts with
days high quality kit.
Brian
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