Best 5.1 surround dvd and blu-ray audio mixes? & what are you personal favorites?

Okay so was finally patient enough to set up my small 5.1. surround system after almost three years.

Have Pink Floyd DSotM & WYWH + Beatles Sgt. and some others. Just took a first listen of Eagles "Hotel California" and it sounded fantastic.

While I've noticed that surround speakers mainly include guitar + percussion and "atmosphere" sounds, I was wondering are there surround mixes where music is more equally divided to every speaker?

Also I would LOVE to hear your personal surround audio favorites. Let's exclude live shows and concentrate on studio albums, shall we?

 

Yoshimi vs. The Pink Robots

Probably the most insane surround mix ever.

 

Quad mixes made available on a modern/digital format

Start there! Quad mixes are usually more balanced than the majority of 5.1 mixes.

Large full range rears will make a huge difference in the way you perceive multichannel mixes.

Every Steven Wilson 5.1 mix is very balanced. Steven Wilson 2.0/5.1 mixes

 

Too bad it is so loud and compressed Great tunes however!

 

Pink Floyd -- Meddle
The Beatles - Yellow Submarine
Mike Oldfield - Crises

 

Smoke enough weed and you just get enveloped in the madness and don't worry about the sound!

 

based on the stuff you listed, i would get fleetwood mac rumours also.

There are so many great surround mixes available now it is awesome

5.1
Jethro tull
Talking heads
King Crimson
Nick Cave
ELP
Yes
Moody Blues
Genesis
Gentle giant

4.0
Chicago quadio
sly and the family stone greatest hits
best of bread
alice cooper muscle of love
gentle giant free hand and interview (if you can find them)

I could go on and on. There are a couple that aren't so great, but mainly older ones (kind of like some early stereo mixes, just not quite right.)

 

A few that I like.....
Pretty much all of the Elton John 5.1 mixes
Rush -Farewell To Kings (Wilson)
XTC 5.1'mixes
Fleetwood Mac (Rumors & Mirage)
Pink Floyd -Meddle
REM- Automatic For The People

 

I agree but I would listen to it more and at a louder volume if it wasn't so damn compressed. I still recommend it!

 

yea those elton john mixes are great too...

has meddle come out, or is it a burn from the hidden boxset thing?

 

Pink Floyd. The Division Bell.

 

That Genesis doesn't belong in that list of premium multichannel mixes in my opinion. Sorry to nit pick.

 

Thanks to all of you for your great answers! Keep 'em coming!
The list including QUAD to DVD/BD is interesting. Also forgot about Zappa: hope ZFT / Travers will give BD treatment to those 70s albums (Overnite... & Apostrophe' at least) which were originally released in QUAD.

 

that's cool, i like them

 

there are only two zapa dvd-a's i know of.
Quadiophiliac and Halloween, they are ok. I would prefer overnight and apostrophe

 

yup! Just ordered the latter and got Halloween from library!

 

The Zappa Quaudiophiliac DVD-AUDIO disc is excellent!

 

The live Halloween mix is nothing to get excited about but the performance is top notch!

 

The Jethro Tull ones are very good generally.
A Night At The Opera by Queen
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John
Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd
Love by The Beatles
Some of The Doors 40th Anniversary DVD-A

 

I am going to double down on the Talking Heads recommendation...

 

If you like the album, anything mixed by Elliot Scheiner and/or Steven Wilson.

 

i was really happy with them.

 

night at the opera was the first surround mix to make me fall in love with the idea

 

Mine was Dark Side of the Moon, quadraphonic mix...

 

Im itching for them to get animals out!

Im disappointed when stuff isnt in surround these days