Back catologue in 5.1 / DTS

[negative1]

Originally Posted by super saint

After purchasing the Depeche Mode remasters & releasing what a difference it makes, I long for the day that Underworld remaster their back catolgue in glorious 5.1 / DTS sound.

Anyone else agree ?

welcome to the board super saint,

yeah i have all those depeche mode releases...not needed,
the videos were good though...

surround is too gimmicky in some cases to make it worth the
effort..

so to answer your question, doubt it will happen..

later
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[chems1919]

Nice to know there's some depeche mode fans here. I've always loved their sound and for some reason, Dave Gahan's voice shares a simliar liking to Karl's. I'm excited to hear their new album.

And I know it sounds strange, but I like the older "underground" sound of Underworld's previous albums. While it would be cool to hear it in a better format, I'll always appreciate the subliminal sounds and whispers along with some heavy bass lines in dubno and second toughest of the infants.

[mondokat]

I always kind of figured STITI sounded that way because it was mastered for vinyl first and no one bothered to re-master it for CD release. Either way, if it was mastered like more modern pop music, it would definitely sound like crap. Songs like Rowla totally depend on the ebb and flow, rise and fall of the music. It would sound like ass if it were compressed...

[34958hq439-qjw9v5jq298v5j]

dubno in need of serious repair? Really? Honestly I've never had much of a problem with it, except in order to play "River of Bass" loud, you need a really good system or it sounds like garbage. But it's fine either way. I too noticed that STITI was a good deal 'quieter' than my other CDs. Honestly I prefer it that way. I really don't think there's any problem with UW's releases sound-wise. They are some of the best sounding CDs I own.

[joethelion]

just to put my two cents in...

it is a bit frustrating to try and throw in an older UW track into a mix set (especially from Dubno... and well - I've only ever tried using "Rowla" off of STITI) only to find how incredibly quiet the tracks are, and even when you up the gain (a lot) there's still not that much 'power' in the tracks, compared to more recent works

you really don't notice it when you're just listening to Dubno, or hell - even other electronic albums from that time period, but when you compare the 'classics' to more contemporary stuff... it's a bit of a difference

[lowbit]

I'd setting for the Riverrun suite being released in something a little higher quality than MP3, like FLAC or (dare I say it) actual, physical CD media. I mean, MP3 at the higher bit rates is decent for a lossy format and all, but this is Underworld we're talking about here, not the Boredoms. Fidelity matters.