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New Doors box set

Just wanted to post a couple quick comments on the new Doors Box set 'perception'.

It is the real deal. Fantastic packaging, DVD audio of all albums in stereo and 5.1 with DTS and dolby versions if you need that, quality booklets that actually talk about the individual albums rather than the story of the band.

I have only listened in DVD audio 2ch so far and all I can say is wow. The Doors album have always been considered well recorded for rock, but it is kicked open on this one. The change in speed for the the fist album (correction for mis-calibrated tape deck)is more noticeable to me that that on Kind of blue. In comparing the old speed version to the the new it is clearly better separate from the sound quality difference.

Of course I have bought all this music numerous times, I now have all three box sets, and yes I feel used But I have to say this is the way to do a do a box set.
nikturner920
hudsonhawk
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Madhf,

I'm guessing that you have a DVD-Audio player that you're using as a regular DVD player.

DVD-audio players can't access the standard DVD content (the Dolby Digital and DTS mixes) on a DVD-Audio disc.

I'm not sure why it is, but it's a real pain point for users like myself who have a DVD-Audio player but lack 5-channel discrete input on their preamps.
nikturner920 OP
144 posts
 
Advanced Resolution Surround and Advanced Resolution Stereo are DVD-A, on the doors box they are 24/96 but can be different bit rates.

I never noticed that before about Dolby Digital and DTS. I only use stereo on my modified Denon but it does appear that I can only play the DVD-A stream and not the others.
hudsonhawk
137 posts
 
Yeah, it's a big problem on certain discs for people like me who have Dolby Digital but not 5-channel input. I'm usually a 2-channel DVD-audio listener but I sometimes like to check out the surround mixes.

FYI, if you're a 2-channel DVD-audio guy like me don't get the Beatles Love disc; there's no MLP 2-channel track, and the 48k / 20-bit PCM track isn't available as an option if you have a DVD-audio player. It's pretty dumb.

Back on-topic though - the 2-channel mixes on the new Doors box are amazing. Lively, dynamic, and just plain palpable.

I wish more people would do this, rather than digging up the same master tapes again and again for yet another tired remaster, just remix the whole thing on modern equipment. Mixers have come a long, long way - the net gain seems much higher than simply remastering the disc.
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phasecorrect
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I agree...if you are not into surround/dvd-a the remastered cds are not a substantial improvement over the previous 24 bit remasters to merit the investment...and the bonus tracks are nothing to write home about...that being said...the cds do sound very good...
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