Rush in 5.1 surround

Shadorne, you should have a listen to Counterparts remastered. Actually if you like the band you should hear all the remasters. They have done a great job with them.

Ben, I have everything by Rush and love it all. The replay was a nice treat

Zigonht, I thought Carress of Steel was an amazing album. It is one that I play on a cold winter afternoon. I am not sure why this one did not do well with Radio. I love Geddy's voice on this one. The shrieking pitchy screem is filled with intense emotion which I love. Heck in saying that I think he is a great vocalist not because he has perfect pitch and smooth range but for the fact that his expression of the thought or mood is spot on, in my world anyway. I am picking up my new canvas transfers of 2112 and the 30 aniversary print with all the albums. Check out my virtual room in a couple of days.

Zignot, I have just tuned in after getting my PC up an running again and I have the following comments to make. I find that I am to big of a fan to criticize any of there work but I as far as the timing goes I am baffled. I have allways found the band to be tight and on the money. All of the recordings are excellent and yes Exit Stage Left is a little more analogue sounding. I actually find Rush in Rio and the R 30 tour to be excellent recordings. But I think after reviewing both of your systems, it probably does have something to do with the set ups we have. And by the way, can I see a close up of the Hemispheres autographed pic on the wall? That is awsome.. I heard Rush may be putting out 5.1 SACD's of there older stuff, I wonder what happend to that project, sure would have been nice..

I was just checking on a few emails and read this post. I had come downstairs wondering what I was going to listen to tonight. After reading your post I think I am due for a little Hemispheres. As far as the concrete blocks go it serves two purposes. I find the speaker gets further away from the box sound when sitting on concrete and I highly recomend you try it out. At 5 bucks a block it cant hurt and I think you will be pleased. Also I have used several blocks under the speakers, these adjust the height so my ear is centred between the mid and tweeter. I also have blocks under my sub and will be adding two more to the top this weekend. Again I think it helps a great deal with the speaker sounding less like the box. My sub is a Yamaha and is certaily the weekest link to the system. ( Gotta get that fixed) As for the prints, I had them custom made, the process is called a canvas transfer where a print or poster is transfered to canvas. You sacrifice the poster so only one copy can be made. I like them I think it is alot better sounding than to have glass frames on the walls. I do have lights from the ceiling on them. Let me know how the concrete works for ya.And I have been busy with christmas stuff but over the holidays I will be reposting my system with updated pics. You should check back to see the other prints.

Cheers