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I have seen it .There's a sticker on the front cover that states " Special 2 Disc Edition ... includes stereo CD and audio 5.1 DVD " .
In large print , at the top of the back cover is " CD & DVD-Audio Disc " . Logos for DVD-Audio , DTS , and Dolby Surround are , also , on the back cover . As well, there is this note : " To access the advanced resolution DVD-A option , a DVD-Audio player is required " .
The official release date , in North America , for The Beatles - Love DVD-A is November 21, 2006 .
So , it won't be long till the best Rock band ever , The Beatles , is released on the best Hi-Rez format , DVD-Audio .
It's going to be great to listen to The Beatles - Love in 5.1 DVD-A .
Yeah , Yeah , Yeah !!!!!
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I just got it from Circuit City and the surround sound is awesome!!!Vocals and instrument playing in the core of most of the songs are mostly left original but are extremely clear and articulate. Vocals are mostly stable front and center but vary in distance with backups to the sides or rears.
Any or even all original orchestration sounds completely replaced and are positioned all around the sound field. They took great liberties with the tape loops, organ, sound effects and synthesizer parts. And pushed it over the top during the transitions. There are some replaced organ and synth parts that have very deep bass at times.
The mashing takes place during transitions and consists of clips from original releases, anthology releases and new orchestration. This is where traditionalists will have their gripe.
Being a huge Beatles fan I can see how traditionalists won’t like LOVE. They can simply not buy it and listen to the half speed masters on vinyl. I own all my favorites on half speed vinyl. Also owning a reasonable MCH system I can see how MCH fans will love LOVE. The surround can be extreme but it always sounds great and is mostly very tasteful, a good showcase. However, traditionalist’s maybe open minded enough to look past the replaced parts and enjoy the excellent vocal articulation and gain a new appreciation for Beatles vocal performances.
Scott
Throughout all of London and many other cities this morning, commuters on our thousands of buses and trains could read in the free "Metro" newspaper (circulated at all railway & bus stations) the headline story in its MetroLife "CD-of-the-week" music section:"Fresh take on the Fab Four".
CD of the week — The Beatles: Love.Here's how it reads:
> > Remixing vintage rock'n'roll is tricky territory – attempts to update The Beatles recall the former London tourist spot Rock Circus, with its wobbly animatronic dummies of the Fab Four.
Luckily, the much-anticipated Love album involves a classier kind of circus – it soundtracks the new Vegas extravaganza from Cirque Du Soleil – and it's an incredible stand-alone listening experience.
Essentially, The Beatles' original producer Sir George Martin and his son Giles have honed a sophisticated mash-up, created from the complete Abbey Road master tapes.
Love is a technical feast (particularly in surround-sound DVDA), re-imagining and segueing classics: the sweet a cappella opener Because, a funky, stripped-down version of Come Together, Strawberry Fields Forever blossoming from acoustic guitar to percussive epic.
Perhaps some context is lost in condensing this legendary canon – but Love imbues legendary tracks with fresh clarity, besides haunting qualities.
By the finale – All You Need Is Love – it warrants a hearty ovation. < <
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b.t.w. With 1.1 million copies, Metro UK is the free daily with the largest circulation in the country.
I came off the train this morning, and I could see the "Love" DVD-A/CD pack prominently placed in the record stores at Victoria Station, London.
Nice article about George Martin and the "Love" album.
nt
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Who the hell cares if it's DVD-Audio or SACD if all we're getting is snippets, mashed together parts, and in other words not whole albums. Certainly not discrerning listeners. Tell us when whole albums come out on DVD-A. Then I'll buy.
C'mon Mr. Kakl, why are you touting this as a good thing? DTS and Dolby Surround are little more than gimmicks best used for sound effects in lousy movies. If this was well done, true hi-rez sound, THAT would be worthy of your usual blather.
Try Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops/King Singers "Music of the Beatles"bleaaahhhhh
It *is* well done. You get the 5.1 surround mix at 96KHz 24 bit, lossless; this track takes up more than half the dual-layer disc's capacity. No compromise has been made aside from the exclusion of a stereo version from the DVD-A portion of the disc.Incidentally, this particular work's primary format is 5.1 surround. The whole thing was conceived for surround sound.
...the rear channels? Crowd noise? Echo? Or, is the orientation of the recording done in a way that the listener gets the illusion that they are sitting in the middle of the band? I really don't get "surround sound" as a concept. I used to have a pretty decent HT system (Klipsch, Sunfire) and even bought a few DTS audio discs. After I got over the "wow" factor of hearing instruments coming from all directions, I realized it sounded very unnatural. Not to mention the actual instruments didn't sound very good. Call me an audio-saurus, but I like music in front of me. Just like it is when I go to a live performance.
A mess comes out of the rear channels.:)
This is surround ping-pong at it's best/worst.
Frankly I thought the whole album was a c***.
Imagine a really bad Beatles tribute band mated with Stars On 45.
It's already in stores in Australia (for nearly double the price of the CD-only edition - but hey, it's a UK import) and I picked a copy up this afternoon.The DVD-Audio disc is MLP 5.1 24 bit 96Khz only - no hi-res stereo version is included. The DVD-Video section contains the album in 48/16 PCM Stereo, and in 5.1 as both Dolby Digital and DTS.
nt
Wasn't going to squabble this morning for the dollar less at Best Buy. Nice packaging. I've spent more on other hi-rez recordings and got less. :)I listened to a few CD tracks on the way to the office afterwards (no DVD-A player in my car). Liked what I heard. I believe I'll be doing some toe tapping when I listen at home in DVD-A!
DD and DTS from what I understand also so folks can take advantage of that who don't own a DVD-A equipped player.
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Anthony, do you hear any difference between the stereo red book and the dvd pcm stereo? Only have two channel setup, wondering if its worth the purchase getting the DVD. thanks, joe
With a cursory comparison - when I first got it home, I had a quick listen to both formats - I'd say the DVD's PCM track sounds marginally "cleaner" than the redbook CD version; that might have something to do with the easier task of downsampling to 48KHz instead of 44.1, but it also may have something to do with my Sony receiver's tendency to introduce audible dithering noise at 44.1KHz (at 48KHz it is noise-free!)It would have been nice to have a 96/24 PCM version instead, but there quite literally isn't space for it on the DVD.
Oh, and don't forget the other advantage of the DVD PCM version (and indeed, all formats on the DVD) - it's about two minutes longer :-)
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah...I know for sure "Love" will sound great to you, as it always does...as long it is a DVD-A disc.
And , it's on DVD-Audio , but ... not on SACD .Yeah , Yeah , Yeah ... YEAH !!!!!
ZS KEKL
- http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003409588 (Open in New Window)
Well it disenfranchised one DVD audio enthusiast by not having it in stereo. I spent an awful lot of money to get the hi rez format with quality components and folks with less than 10% of the investment are getting the benefit. It's easy to purchase a $400 suround sound system. Clearly the record company was thinking more of them than the hi rez community. I find it odd that you think this is something that we should celebrate. joe
That is all Kakl is about. He couldn't care less about hi-rez. If he did he'd embrace both formats and give kudos to both for the great sound they both can give.
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