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DS-21 is off the scale
Cream Live at Royal Albert Hall Blu-Ray - anyone else find the surround mix gimmicky
Overall, this is a great performance (though I wish they had played "Strange Brew") and quite well-captured.
However, the surround mix is just gimmicky. "Toad" is unlistenable in DTS Master HD, because the surround engineers thought it would be a good idea to swirl Ginger Baker's drums through all five channels, rather than giving us a high-fidelity mix of drums on the stage with ambience around.
I actually prefer the disk in 2-channel with DPL2 to matrix it out to 5-channel. It's just more convincing that way.
3db (05-04-2012)
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3db should be listened to
Thanks for the feedback. I'll be sure to avoid this one.
Senior Audioholic
djreef should be listened to
...or just listen in 2 channel.Originally Posted by 3db
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Minimalist Dedicated 2.2 Channel Fully Balanced, Fully Active Music Only System
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OPPO BDP-105
Emotiva Airmotiv6es
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Sonic Euphoria 10ga balanced XLR interconnects
Audioquest and Signalcable power chords
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