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    A Surround Sound Speaker, Not a Dartboard

    Beatles Remastered: A Reminder of Why It Will Probably Rock

    Sony WEGA Concept 51K All-in-One Stereo

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    Image of BergenCountyJC BergenCountyJC
    11/03/09

    In reply to A Surround Sound Speaker, Not a Dartboard
    Mod it for a shower head and I'd buy it. My current shower music set up consists of my laptop and of course the lead vocals by Me. #eopsi24r3portable
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/03/09

    In reply to A Surround Sound Speaker, Not a Dartboard
    Suspend it in a frame so it looks like a giant gong. I'll buy 3 #eopsi24r3portable
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    11/03/09

    In reply to A Surround Sound Speaker, Not a Dartboard
    Screw the surround sound, I'd buy one of these just to convert to an awesome shower head. #eopsi24r3portable
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    Image of Xagest Xagest
    11/03/09

    In reply to A Surround Sound Speaker, Not a Dartboard
    I'm trying to figure out how you mount it. Does it hang from above the center of the room like a light fixture? Stick a light bulb in the thing and you have something really snazy. #eopsi24r3portable
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    Image of pexy pexy
    09/08/09

    In reply to Beatles Remastered: A Reminder of Why It Will Probably Rock
    I won't mind getting hold of the FLAC via torrent if they've released limited versions. Paul's got enough cash hasn't he?
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    joetato promoted this comment pexy was starred pexy was unstarred
    Image of joetato joetato
    09/09/09

    @pexy: I heard that Michael Jackson bought the rights to the Beatles catalog back in the 90's. Paul got shut out by one of his biggest fans. When Apple corps finally lost the rights to the music, Michael Jackson stepped in with the winning bid to own them.
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    Image of skierpage skierpage
    09/08/09

    In reply to Beatles Remastered: A Reminder of Why It Will Probably Rock
    The new stereo CDs are just remastered, not remixed. NY Times says they sound better than the 1987 stereo CDs because EMI used better A-D converters and took more time (four years?!).

    Reading the beyond-obsessive Beatles fans on Amazon forums, some maintain that the bestest knobs-at-11 sound would be to make new stereo mixes of the albums. This sounds like sacrilege, but George and Giles Martin have done it for the Yellow Submarine soundtrack, One album, and Love album. EMI could even consider 5.1 surround mixes on Blu-ray.

    No doubt for some Beatles anniversary EMI will go for it. Meanwhile I bet fans will remix the Rock Band tracks as they did with Metallica. When people love songs this much, some will go to extreme lengths to get the "master tape" sound.
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    Image of Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach
    09/08/09

    In reply to Beatles Remastered: A Reminder of Why It Will Probably Rock
    My earphones must have some precognition, or something, because the left one just died. I'm stuck with one channel now. _<;
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    Image of frigg frigg
    09/08/09

    In reply to Beatles Remastered: A Reminder of Why It Will Probably Rock
    That the Beatles cared more about the mono mixes than the stereo ones isn't surprising. It's similar to the way artists care about stereo mixes these days and don't spend much time on the surround mix, and why early 5.1 sounds as goofy and exaggerated as early stereo.

    But the world is in stereo. We have two ears. Once engineers realized the second speaker wasn't just where you put the tambourine, creating stereo soundfields made reproduced music come alive.

    The mono mixes may be historically important, but I'm betting the stereo remixes will sound way better.
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    Image of ludwigk ludwigk
    09/08/09

    @frigg: I realize that we have two ears and all, but can you make a stereo mix from a mono original that is superior to the mono mix?
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    Image of skierpage skierpage
    09/09/09

    @frigg: As I wrote elsewhere, the stereo CDs haven't been remixed, just remastered. But there have been Beatles remixes on recent compilations and soundtracks, to general approval.
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    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    09/08/09

    In reply to Beatles Remastered: A Reminder of Why It Will Probably Rock
    I have been waiting for Mono CDs to come to the States for a long time. I waited too long to preorder it seems, B&N was not able to fulfill my order that I placed August 2nd. I'll have to tough it out in Retail.

    If I can't purchase it from a store, I will have NO problem with downloading flac rips.
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    Image of Cam/ron Cam/ron
    09/08/09

    In reply to Beatles Remastered: A Reminder of Why It Will Probably Rock
    My stereo receiver from the earliest 80's has a "mono" switch, I wonder how many current models have them.
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    Image of Chris Churchill Chris Churchill
    09/08/09

    In reply to Beatles Remastered: A Reminder of Why It Will Probably Rock
    Why go through all that trouble and then not release it on DVD-A or SACD? Then it might actually be worth the hundreds of $$ they're asking. Otherwise, they offer no reason for me to not just download it in FLAC.
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    Image of MikeK MikeK
    09/08/09

    @Chris Churchill: Easy answer: stereo SACD offers absolutely no benefit over CD. There was a very nice study conducted that showed that no "golden-eared" listeners could tell the difference between an SACD source, and the same SACD source passed through a 16-bit/44.1kHz A/D-D/A.

    What matters on SACD is the attention to detail and quality of the masters, which are typically much more carefully done. But, once that careful mastering has been performed, a standard CD can reproduce it indistinguishably.

    Of course, if you meant surround, then that's a different story, but I would question the benefit of introducing surround to this particular set of recordings.

    [theaudiocritic.com]
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    Lizard_King promoted this comment MikeK was starred MikeK was unstarred
    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    09/08/09

    @MikeK: Mono 5.1 SACD FTW!
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    Image of frigg frigg
    09/08/09

    @MikeK:
    It's easy to generate all sorts of results in studies, even nice ones.

    My experience is that people can distinguish between 16 and 24 bit resolution, although the difference is less noticeable between 44.1 and 96 kHz. And of course, a better converter at a lower resolution can sound better than a crappy converter at a higher resolution.
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    Image of unstable23 unstable23
    09/08/09

    In reply to Beatles Remastered: A Reminder of Why It Will Probably Rock
    Somewhere upstairs, I pulled out of the attic some original copies of the White album, Abbey Road and so on that one of the previous owners of the house left behind. I haven't looked to see if they're mono or stereo.

    Anyone know how to unwarp vinyl that's been left in an attic for a generation?
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    skierpage promoted this comment unstable23 was starred unstable23 was unstarred
    Image of skierpage skierpage
    09/08/09

    @unstable23:

    Here are two links, in fact they work for all of your questions.
    * [lmgtfy.com]
    * [justfuckinggoogleit.com]
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    Image of unstable23 unstable23
    09/09/09

    @skierpage:

    The snark is strong in this one.

    That was actually an off-hand question because I didn't think it was possible. I fear the person who tried this technique the first.
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    Image of skierpage skierpage
    09/09/09

    @unstable23: Sorry about that. The sheets of glass in the oven is risky, I've never tried it.

    Furutech will gladly sell you their DVF-1 Record Flattener for $1480.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    09/08/09

    In reply to Beatles Remastered: A Reminder of Why It Will Probably Rock
    And the mono version is limited to 10,000 copies which sucks more cock than Max the Blue Meanie.
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    Image of Matt0505 Matt0505
    09/08/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: That # isn't accurate, there are more than 10,000 being produced. If you REALLY want one, just be on the lookout for the next month or two.
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    09/08/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: I'm actually excited to see what all the hubub is about the mono versions of the tracks. I'm planning on getting the remastered Sgt. Pepper's in stereo, but I'll see if I can "aquire" the mono one to see if it's really as good as they say.
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    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    09/08/09

    @Matt0505: I hope this is true... missed the preorder.
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    Image of Justin Williams Justin Williams
    09/08/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Are you, er... blueish? You don't LOOK blueish.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    09/08/09

    @Matt0505: Here's hoping. I may have to go to a certain bay frequented by pirates to tide me over until my actual copies arrive. It's not like I'm not buying the remasters and mono versions.
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    Image of Crazytree Crazytree
    07/16/09

    In reply to Sony WEGA Concept 51K All-in-One Stereo
    I am LOVING these retro posts. Wish more tech sites did the same... love to see technologies that I would never have had the opportunity to see otherwise.
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    Image of berbar berbar
    07/16/09

    In reply to Sony WEGA Concept 51K All-in-One Stereo
    What a beautiful piece of electronics art.
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