The Who Quadrophenia Blu Ray Audio

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That's where I finally got a good copy after going through 3 clunkers at Amazon.

 

Have had a Quad on Polydor/W. Germany in a double case forever but don't know much about it.

 

15 for the 2014 HFPABD Stereo layer - that's pretty good. Don't see a DR for the surround mix though. Now that I think of it I'm not sure its possible to calculate a DR value for a surround mix.

 

They don't get much higher than 15 (20 is the max). Very few get over 13.

 

I was wrong. Max on this chart is 32. I don't know what the absolute max is. Does anyone? (and the Who disc w/ the highest DR rating is...Join Together (bleccchh!!) with a 16).

 

Out of stock there.

 

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Finally, at last, I managed to rip the stereo original mix from the bluray disc
Lovely.

 

The stereo remix on this release is also wonderful. It's the 2014 mix I think. I know it's no the original mix, but sometimes I enjoy hearing my favorites in a different way. I think they use a different Pete lean vocal on "I'm One" and it's wonderful.

 

Is this a different vocal 'take' or different vocal 'mix'?

 

I wrote a different vocal did I not?

I can't remember off hand, as it's been over six months since I listened to it. But I recall a different vocal, so it might be two vocals or three all mixed together to create a much different (doubled-tracked) sound, or it is in fact one vocal and it's a different take for much of the song.

When you say vocal mix, what do you mean? The entire thing is a remix, we are clear on that. So vocal is going to be a different "mix" by nature of the song being a remix, same vocal or not.

 

Does anyone like those Classic Album video where they pull up different parts of a song and let you hear isolated vocals or guitar, or piano, percussion, etc.? Is it not cool to hear those parts sounding often very different? Well, when I hear the 2014 remix of Quadrophenia, I get the same feeling, it's different, and brings out things differently. And that alt. vocal on "I'm One" is a great example of that difference I sometimes like to hear. Plus Pete's guitar work - both electric and acoustic are rather good in this tune.

 

My BluRay audio in the "Quadrophenia Live in London" box set lists FOUR versions (to be found in the menu):

a)2014 stereo PCM
b)2014 surround DTS HD Master 5.1
c)2014 surround Dolby True HD 5.1.
d)1973 stereo

Vocals on "I'm One" on a)-c) are identical,d) is different from a-c!

 

Isn't it a great diff vocal! I need to study the reverb used on that track, it is also much different.

 

The different vocal does NOT have reverb,and is much more upfront,whereas the 1973 one is noticably more in the background and "surrounded" by rather discreet reverb.

 

It's great isn't it, to hear this different but still wonderful vocal take, and the dry mix on it. I think the guitar is different too, maybe that is the part that is doubled up. I need to listen to night to it again, it's been a while.

 

Are the two surround mixes the same or different?

 

I don't hear a difference between the two but, I don't have the best hearing anymore.

 

No difference to my ears as well!

 

There aren't two surround mixes. Just one mix with two different lossless coding algorithms.

 

Haven't read this thread in quite some time so have some rereading to do.

The Dolby True HD surround sound sounds quite louder and or brighter to me vs. the DTS 5.1 surround, though I am just trying to listen to the default fold down mix to stereo. The bass guitar and or sound is quite recessed or diluted, imo, in this manner too.

Both the Tommy SACD and the Tommy DVD-A surround mixes are a much, much more interesting downmix, imo, that could 'deserve' a thread of its own but now revisiting this Quad 'downmix' it hasn't revealed as much as Tommy in this way, imo.

A couple remarks meant as questions: The last line or maybe 2 lines of the last verse of Helpless Dancer that Roger sings sounds different to what I remember them...

I 'don't remember' the vocal transition from the LROM sections into the Had Enough sections to be so quick. I thought there was a longer instrumental based transition of the multiple guitars leading into those "Had Enough" vocal sections...

Perhaps that info is in the thread. Anyway, fwiw at one time at the time of release I enjoyed tbis downmix but not as much now. Too much vocal for me that is at the fore. "I'm One" sounded kinda nice though as mentioned, as did the Sea and Sand and Drowned outros. They both seemed a tad longer or didn't fade as quckly from what I remember. With so many mixes of Quadrophenia it can be difficult to remember all the specific things from them.

 

Tommy DVD-A is top notch.

 

I've noted exactly the same the first time I listened to it.

 

Thanks

 

Found this disappointing after the Tommy 5.1.