I had it, and it did have Hi-Rez stereo, but, ...and this is a major BUT in my estimation, it's a horrid fold-down job!

Posted by Audiophilander (A) on July 13, 2004 at 13:30:02

In Reply to: Yes, and there is a problem with the labeling posted by DAT on July 12, 2004 at 18:56:06:

Unfortunately, at least where stereo is concerned, the DVD-A of Brain Salad Surgery sucks major pond water. When I wrote a scathing buyer's review of this release and submitted it in the form of a query to the High Fidelity Review site the engineer was contacted and responded directly, admitting, somewhat sheepishly, that this release was indeed a fold down.

He did apologize, saying that the mislabeling failure was a Marketing error and that the decision not to do a high-rez version of the original stereo mixes was a time related issue as they didn't have ready access to the original stereo master tapes, but I found this excuse lacking, especially for an important title that they were hoping to use to push the new format. It also told me that the DVD-A format was heavily being pushed to surround format folks only, and that as far as the format's promoters were concerned stereo listeners (audiophiles) could go take a hike.

AuPh

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Topic - Anyone Heard DVD-A of ELP's Brain Salad Surgery? - DrD 17:00:21 07/12/04 (7)

Yep, I've got it... - rw 10:30:11 07/13/04 (0)

Yes, and there is a problem with the labeling - DAT 18:56:06 07/12/04 (5)

I had it, and it did have Hi-Rez stereo, but, ...and this is a major BUT in my estimation, it's a horrid fold-down job! - Audiophilander 13:30:02 07/13/04 (4)

Okay, so the DVD-A is toast, where do I find the re-master Redbook version? - DrD 14:12:52 07/13/04 (3)

Why is the DVD-A toast? - head_unit 16:28:29 07/24/04 (1)

I think he meant that the original stereo mix is toast, and sadly that is the case. (nt) - Audiophilander 10:47:09 07/27/04 (0)

The version I still have is the '96 Rhino remaster. - Audiophilander 14:36:51 07/13/04 (0)

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I had it, and it did have Hi-Rez stereo, but, ...and this is a major BUT in my estimation, it's a horrid fold-down job! - Audiophilander 13:30:02 07/13/04 (4)

Okay, so the DVD-A is toast, where do I find the re-master Redbook version? - DrD 14:12:52 07/13/04 (3)

Why is the DVD-A toast? - head_unit 16:28:29 07/24/04 (1)

I think he meant that the original stereo mix is toast, and sadly that is the case. (nt) - Audiophilander 10:47:09 07/27/04 (0)

The version I still have is the '96 Rhino remaster. - Audiophilander 14:36:51 07/13/04 (0)

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