Hiigher volume listening

Mike-B posted:

Innocent Bystander posted:

As an aside Mike-B mentioned Roger Waters  ...............   The uncanny thing with that album is the spoken voice as if someone is sitting on the sofa just left of you, even though you know the speakers are in front!

I think you have the CD release with ‘Q Sound’,  this is a 3-dimensional sound process designed to simulate a surround sound effect with 2 channel to give a similar effect to the SACD (5.1) release.  It wasn't carried forward into the 2015 remix/remaster. 

Innocent Bystander posted:

I found the effect only happens if you sit dead centre - the seats of my sofa either side of me don't get that 'right beside you' voice. I recall Pink Floyd were experimenting with 'holographic' recording at the time of Final Cut, so I have assumed this was a progression from that - and that it was embedded in all of at least the original releases. 

I'm away now for a holiday- when I get back I'll see if my 192/24 version has the same effect.

I can now confirm that the effect is the same on both on my ripped original CD release, and the downloaded 24/196 remix. But it really is only when dead centre - a foot to left or right and the voice retreats closer to the speaker.

interesting comparing these two versions now, first time doing that since I have had Dave in the system: where the CD version sounds better is places like the drums on the bravery of being out of range which have more punch on the CD version, sounding more like a drumkit in front of me. But the differences are interesting - e.g.  the on Perfect Sence Part 1, where the hi res version has the voice of Hal from 2001 a Space Odyssey instead of what sounds like Bill Hubbard's voice.

30-40 on my 172 for usual listening but 40-50 if I want to crank it up for a certain track, but doesn't stay long at those levels