A year ago, Jean Michel Jarre released his album Oxymore, an album designed for spatial sound rendering. In addition to stereo versions (vinyl, cd, streaming), it was also available in binaural and Dolby Atmos (Apple, Amazon, Tidal streaming). Today, Jean Michel Jarre is back with a reworked version of the album, featuring artists such asContinue reading “Jean-Michel Jarre – Oxymoreworks – New Oxymore version – Review – (Test: vinyl record, Tidal MAX FLAC 24 bits 48 kHz and Deezer 16 bits 44.1 kHz)”
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Stray Kids – 5 Star – review (test: CD, Amazon Stereo, Tidal Dolby Atmos)
When my child asked me why you didn’t try out a K-pop group, I told him why not! K-pop, or “Korean pop”, is a musical genre born in South Korea in the 90s, combining pop, hip-hop, rap, rock and R&B. K-pop is distinguished by its polished production, synchronized choreography and artistically elaborate video clips. TheContinue reading “Stray Kids – 5 Star – review (test: CD, Amazon Stereo, Tidal Dolby Atmos)”
Sinéad O’Connor – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got – Review (Test vinyl, CD, Amazon, Qobuz, Tidal, Apple and Qobuz Deluxe)
Irish artist Sinéad O’Connor, whose recent death has left the music world in mourning, made a stunning international breakthrough with her second album “I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got”, unveiled in 1990. The critically acclaimed opus included the iconic single “Nothing Compares 2 U”, a poignant cover of a Prince song. With itsContinue reading “Sinéad O’Connor – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got – Review (Test vinyl, CD, Amazon, Qobuz, Tidal, Apple and Qobuz Deluxe)”
Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells – Review (test : vinyl, vinyl quadraphonic, vinyl Abbey Road, Amazon UltraHD and Tidal Dolby Atmos, HDCD, SACD, SACD 4.0, Blu-ray stereo, quad mix, 5.1 mix and Dolby Atmos, 50th anniversary, SDE)
“Tubular Bells” is Mike Oldfield’s first studio album, released in 1973. This emblematic album is often considered a pioneering work of progressive music. This is an opportunity to compare the new mixes produced for the 50th anniversary (stereo, 5.1 and Dolby Atmos) with original and other mastering. The emblematic track, “Tubular Bells Part One”, becameContinue reading “Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells – Review (test : vinyl, vinyl quadraphonic, vinyl Abbey Road, Amazon UltraHD and Tidal Dolby Atmos, HDCD, SACD, SACD 4.0, Blu-ray stereo, quad mix, 5.1 mix and Dolby Atmos, 50th anniversary, SDE)”
Dynamics of the media and music
The dynamics, i.e. the difference between the lowest and the highest level, is an important element of music. However it is important to distinguish the dynamics of the media (CD, vinyl, tape, SACD, digital file) and the dynamics of the track of music itself which can be independent of the media. Let us start withContinue reading “Dynamics of the media and music”
From tape to Dolby Atmos, SACD, visit of DES Studio (Part1)
Today Poussin (artist name) welcomes us in his studio to present us the different parts of his work as a sound engineer in his different activities such as mixing, Dolby Atmos Mix, Mastering and Audio Preservation. Poussin’s Digital Encoding System Studio exists since 2000 and is specialized in : the digitization of tape preservation, moreContinue reading “From tape to Dolby Atmos, SACD, visit of DES Studio (Part1)”