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In Reply to: I don't see how we could have hybrid products before September... posted by Eric LeRouge on January 31, 2003 at 10:43:19:
Bought it about six months ago. I like listening to those relaxation nature discs (I own four from Laserlight-the best so far) while reading or trying to go to sleep. I saw this title at Best Buy in the dvd-video section in a huge (super-duper?) jewel box. It said it was done by Chip Davis, it was only $15, it had DTS on it, so I bought it. It's very well recorded--the animal sounds are very realistic--but sometimes the music gets rolling too fast for me to relax!And the disc has a 1 minute long, totally unneccesary & but fun as hell surround demo involving a "comet" racing around your room from speaker to speaker. NEAT!
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Interesting...I'll investigate this one further.
I enjoy nature sounds, I have a lot of the Ryko series on CD, those are the best quality nature recordings I have found so far (there's also a lot of cheap crap in nature recordings, IMO).I use those for fun, relaxation, but also as reality check for hifi equipment.
Nature sounds are probably built into our genetic heritage, they are the safest psychoacoustic references we have (that's my theory :-)
In fact, I would really like to get some high-rez nature recordings (both in DVD-A and SACD). I think that if we heard thunder, rain, ocean waves, a bird, a dog or a cat in DSD or in 24/92 LPCM, we would know instantly whether it sounds "right". And most likely, our pets would know also.
Are there any 'audiophile' nature recordings?
Best
Eric
....."Tropical Surf". A very good recording (the guy even lists how he recorded it & with what equipment) and it's very relaxing. But I have a hard time finding them. Laserlight's nature CDs have consistently sounded good and are mixed/produced well. Some really cheesy brands I've tried ($4-$7) just plain stunk: lame music and/or irritating nature sounds (one actually used synthesized animal and wind noises!).One of my favorite Laserlights is Thunderstorm at Night . It's coolest feature is the haunting electric guitar notes that drift through the storm sounds (they start about 5 minutes into the disc). In the dark or while driving at night its a really neat experience. Though for extreme relaxation, it's too "loud": www.deltamusic.com (check out all the music-including lots of classical-this label deals with!)
My latest vegetable music :) find is by Brian Eno. It's called Music for Airports . Except for one overly-electronic sounding track, this disc really takes you to different places.
Music for Airports at cduniverse.com:
http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?style=MUSIC&pid=1153775&cart=136372478Not that I'm complaining, but anybody else wonder why there are so many relaxation recordings available these days?
Hi HFC***"Tropical Surf".***
This is one of the most difficult to drive in the series (I think it's Hawai). The waves are extremely difficult for my system.
In the series, I would recommend Dawn Chorus (Amazonian Rainforest) as one of the most interesting nature recordings, although in this case I have no idea what the reality sounds like. But it's a fascinating listen, with litterally hundreds of insects and birds waking up and building into a gigantic chorus. Pretty wild, excellent sound.
And also I would recommend the Cape Cod series (Babbling Brook, Shower Rain, etc).Thunderstorm (not in the same series, but also on Ryko) is one of the best tests for woofers and subwoofers (I could never get the thunder to sound right with less than 30cm woofers, and had the best results on old Celestion and Spendor speakers).
***Laserlight's nature CDs have consistently sounded good and are mixed/produced well.***
I bought several box sets from them, but I find that the recordings are 'dramatized' a bit in some of them. The Ocean one is also very difficult to drive on my system. I enjoyed a Frogs disc (no kidding)a lot for a while, but it used to drive my girlfriend crazy :)
*** Thunderstorm at Night.*** I have it, but I prefer the Ryko one, no special effects, just days and days of patience to obtain the best possible sound.
***My latest vegetable music :) find is by Brian Eno***.
Good grief, you could get lynched for calling Brian Eno 'vegetable music' in some circles. That was one of the first Ambient records (he actually coined the word). He's done a lot of better stuff after that, one of my favourite is The Pearl, with Harold Budd (but beware, it can fry your sub). Music for Airports was published in SACD, I never found it though.***Not that I'm complaining, but anybody else wonder why there are so many relaxation recordings available these days?***
I don't know what you call relaxation recordings, but the main problem is quality, not quantity. There is a lot of pretty spaced-out Electronica stuff going on in Europe, especially in the Scandinavian countries: if you liked Future Sound of London (Lifeforms), try anything by Mum (eg "Finally we are No One"), Boards of Canada (esp. "Music has the Right to Children"), Biosphere (esp. "Substrata"), and many, many others. It's definitely not trip hop or lounge, it's a lot deeper and continues to build upon the works and ideas of people like Brian Eno.
There's also some pretty tripping stuff in the "glitch" movement (sometimes called "bleep hop"), mainly in Berlin and in Scandinavia. But that's a more experimental route to explore. If you want to test the waters, there's Pole ("2"), and good compilations on Mille Plateaux: Clicks & Cuts (I, and II). But beware, this is no easy listening...
All of that is available on Amazon. If you need more precise suggestions, let me know.
Best
Eric
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