I saw L&GTRS at a Midnight Showing in a theater that was set up with proper speakers for it in 1976. It sounded great and was allegedly in quadrophonic. I so looked forward to getting the DVD just a few years back. I was stunned how poorly it sounded in 5.1 surround, like it was muffled. So recently I found L&GTRS for cheap on BluRay and bought it. Last night I wanted to see if I could hear the difference. I put on All Down the Line on BluRay and then straight DVD. The BluRay still doesn't have the presence I think it should, but it was miles ahead of the DVD version, which indeed had muffled vocals.

You're so right about the difference between dvd and blu ray.

I first thought that it was a lot of bull, but when I bought a blu ray player myself the difference between the dvd and blu ray versions was huge!

And it's not only for this L&G movie, but also with At the Max and LSTNT, which were on VHS and dvd a very dissapointing experience, but... on blu ray they look and sound exellent and so much better than the dvd versions.

Even if you don't like At the Max and LSTNT, try them on blu ray and you will be surprised in a good way.

Its still a disappointment.
If only the camera work was first class...

A disappointment both sound- and picture-wise. Mostly good performances, though.

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A disappointment both sound- and picture-wise. Mostly good performances, though.

Of course!
But its still so disappointing to think how much better that tour was...so we are left with L&G

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Even if you don't like At the Max and LSTNT, try them on blu ray and you will be surprised in a good way.

But we'd have to get them from Japan, ain't it?

Only the LSTNT blu ray. Bought it from Amazon.co.jp

Interesting info, 24FPS. Now the question is, can we rip the audio from the bluray somehow and create a new stereo or 5.1 mix for dvd or computer viewing? I can mix music in stereo (never done surround), but don't know how to get it from the bluray recording.

Would love to have the original quad mix of L&G, but it doesn't seem to circulate at all. (The quad mix of Brussels is available as a boot, and is supposed to sound great, but I don't have a 5.1 system to hear it through.)

I watched it again today and I have to say, even the sound on bluray is a bit disappointing at first, but as soon as you get used to it you can really enjoy the film.


And after that you return to Brussels Affairs and then it sounds even more awesome than usually!

I never said it sounded great on BluRay, because it still is lacking. You'd think they'd want to push the quad mix as a selling point. Like I said, maybe it doesn't exist.

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I never said it sounded great on BluRay, because it still is lacking. You'd think they'd want to push the quad mix as a selling point. Like I said, maybe it doesn't exist.

what exactly is quadrophonic sound? is it like a poor man's version of 5.1?

It's for people with four ears.




"As we say in England, it can get a bit trainspottery"

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It's for people with four ears.

i don't want to think about someone with 5.1 ears would look like.

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I never said it sounded great on BluRay, because it still is lacking. You'd think they'd want to push the quad mix as a selling point. Like I said, maybe it doesn't exist.

what exactly is quadrophonic sound? is it like a poor man's version of 5.1?

It's a four channel sound mix as opposed to 5.1 which is a sound mix of five channels plus a low frequency (bass) channel.

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I never said it sounded great on BluRay, because it still is lacking. You'd think they'd want to push the quad mix as a selling point. Like I said, maybe it doesn't exist.

what exactly is quadrophonic sound? is it like a poor man's version of 5.1?

It's a four channel sound mix as opposed to 5.1 which is a sound mix of five channels plus a low frequency (bass) channel.

so what i said, poor man's 5.1

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It's for people with four ears.

i don't want to think about someone with 5.1 ears would look like.

LOL! ><

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I never said it sounded great on BluRay, because it still is lacking. You'd think they'd want to push the quad mix as a selling point. Like I said, maybe it doesn't exist.

what exactly is quadrophonic sound? is it like a poor man's version of 5.1?

It's a four channel sound mix as opposed to 5.1 which is a sound mix of five channels plus a low frequency (bass) channel.

so what i said, poor man's 5.1

Okay. But it sounded really cool on my Sansui Quad Amplifier in the mid-70s. I had four speakers so it had a really circular sound.

Quad was a fun thing in the 70s. I remember being amazed by Dark Side Of The Moon in particular, the clocks going off was a highlight. Oh the good old days!

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I never said it sounded great on BluRay, because it still is lacking. You'd think they'd want to push the quad mix as a selling point. Like I said, maybe it doesn't exist.

what exactly is quadrophonic sound? is it like a poor man's version of 5.1?

It's a four channel sound mix as opposed to 5.1 which is a sound mix of five channels plus a low frequency (bass) channel.

so what i said, poor man's 5.1

Okay. But it sounded really cool on my Sansui Quad Amplifier in the mid-70s. I had four speakers so it had a really circular sound.

since when does 4 corners make a circle?!

Try Laserdisc. It seems to me, and I think it's a fact, that Laserdiscs have the best audio quality in optical media, at least with At The Max.

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Try Laserdisc. It seems to me, and I think it's a fact, that Laserdiscs have the best audio quality in optical media, at least with At The Max.

I may have forgotten where i left my player. Oh, i remember, i put it in top of my size 28 waist acid washed jeans, in 1987.

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Try Laserdisc. It seems to me, and I think it's a fact, that Laserdiscs have the best audio quality in optical media, at least with At The Max.

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LaserDisc usually was better than DVD for sound quality because DVD's almost always have compressed sound .... especially surround sound.

Blu-ray discs,on the other hand,USUALLY have uncompressed sound available. Lossless DTSHD-MA or Dolby TrueHD for surround and / or uncompressed stereo.

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I never said it sounded great on BluRay, because it still is lacking. You'd think they'd want to push the quad mix as a selling point. Like I said, maybe it doesn't exist.

what exactly is quadrophonic sound? is it like a poor man's version of 5.1?

It's a four channel sound mix as opposed to 5.1 which is a sound mix of five channels plus a low frequency (bass) channel.

so what i said, poor man's 5.1

Okay. But it sounded really cool on my Sansui Quad Amplifier in the mid-70s. I had four speakers so it had a really circular sound.

since when does 4 corners make a circle?!

You put two speakers in the front and two in the rear. A live album sounds like your there, with the audience behind you and the music up front, and the music moves all around the speakers like a phaser. That's when.