Ahhh, the operative words "done properly". It's difficult enough setting up a 5.1 system "properly" in one's home. Add to that the difficulty of an audio engineer going back to the orginal master tape of a recording (if hopefully, that's available), and re-doing it for a 5.1 channel mix, especially to an older recording that people know well in a two-channel mode. Certainly it can and has been done, but quite often it's not done well. The biggest problem seems to be, that quite often you don't have the orginal engineer/producer to oversee the new mix and mastering process. Just my .02 cents.
Best 5.1 surround recordings?
I gave up on developing a 'hi-fi" 5.1 system quite awhile ago, and settled on my 2 channel system, which I'm very happy with. I do have a couple of 5.1 surround sound SACD's that I recently stuck in my home theatre system through the Oppo just for kicks. It was kind of fun to listen to, even through the smaller surround speakers and subwoofer. So, what does anyone recommend. I'm thinking along the lines of rock music as, in my mind, it lends itself to tweaking more than classical. I suppose, as I've got the Oppo universal player, that DVD audio surround recommendations would be okay too, though I've only gone with the 5.1 SACD recordings so far.
I remember reading, someplace in the past, that many recordings are poorly remastered in the surround format, so to help me avoid wasted purchases I'm throwing the question out on the list.
Thanks,
Rolloff
I remember reading, someplace in the past, that many recordings are poorly remastered in the surround format, so to help me avoid wasted purchases I'm throwing the question out on the list.
Thanks,
Rolloff