The Endless River

hochpt21

I just pre-ordered the new Pink Floyd album from Soundstage Direct.

Has anyone been following the news of this release?

chumlie

No Roger Waters so I'm gonna pass. Not real fond of the band without him.

hochpt21

Yea, not as good, but I'll still take a post Waters PF album over a lot of stuff coming out these days.

gudnoyez

I ordered it off amazon in honor of Richard Wright. I was not a big fan of Momentary Lapse Of Reason but Do enjoy the Division Bell. Come on Roger and David pull your heads out your a,,,des make amends and give us one last one.

hochpt21

The cover art is a little different. Also, I thought I read only one track has vocals.

voltz

^^^^

that is what I have heard also, mostly instrumental.

hochpt21

Also just bought the Division Bell and a better copy of my Wall.

I now have 10 of the 15 studio on vinyl...although my Meddle needs replaced.

Goal is to get all 15 in NM condition.

voltz

Nice! though i wish they would release "The Wall" in 5.1 SACD also! I have DSOTM & WYWH in the 5.1 SACD's and they are pretty sweet on the HT set up

hochpt21

They released the whole catalog on cd a couple of years ago.....can't figure out why they don't do a LP box set?

gce

hochpt21 wrote: »

Also just bought the Division Bell

I just got Division Bell on Vinyl a couple weeks ago. They did a excellent job on it...it sounds great.

hochpt21

Just got my division bell and listened last night. Really good sound. Has me excitedfor the new one.

voltz

I was really happy with "Division Bell" also, the only one that I never grew to like so much was "Atom heart mother". but thats me.

Orange

I was lucky enough to see Waters in Atlanta a couple years ago. Best show I have ever been to.

Whats the best way to get quality sound from my desktop? Is it still not possible to get SACD on your pc?

voltz

1st you can rip your music into loss less formats like FLAC or ALAC etc... you can also buy & download HD music in higher rez.

then you can use a external DAC for your music so your sound card doesn't do the decoding. and it can be done as simple as add a "Dragonfly" that plugs into a USB port. check out this link

http://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=AQDRFLY2#.VCgOzBZ7M5g

but that leads to buying better speakers to really show off the sound Quality or what your now playing... or good headphones.

check out the section going digital and scan thru those threads as there are some great threads there - just takes some digging

oh I do not think you can rip you SACD's to disk, but there are many HD track sites like this one:
http://store.acousticsounds.com/superhirez

voltz

A local radio station was playing some of these songs on the radio...heard one of the guys at working talking about it, wonder if they got a advanced copy?

voltz

I got the vinyl and what I've heard I have enjoyed. havent had enough time to sit back & relax when I listen to it.

gudnoyez

Just got back from deer camp picked it up at Best Buy in Brainerd Minnesota listened to it on the drive home great mood music they got a sh..load of snow around the St Cloud area nice drive home winter scenery and the new Floyd. I got the CD Blu Ray combo can't wait to hear it in 5.1 this weekend. I it sounds like an extension of Welcome To The Machine, Meddle, and Obscured By Clouds, and the More soundtrack, than it does The Division Bell. IMHO.

I don't care if your a Gilmour, or Waters guy, I like Water less Floyd, Solo Gilmour, solo Waters old Floyd with Syd, so I really enjoy this set nice old style Floyd, worth your hard earned dollars , for all you Floyd Fans. Hey Roger go F yourself (kidding) just wish you would of been a part of this.

voltz

I like both, loved Animals which was pure Waters & I really like its idea for a LP. But I really liked the last 3 without him also. and yes Gilmour's solo is very good stuff.

Polkie2009

Thanks for the info on this Mike and all, appreciate all of your opinions on this cd. I'm guessing that the recording quality is top of the mark like most other PF albums? Definitely worth getting for any Pink Floyd fan.

hochpt21

Listened to the vinyl tonight for the first time. I think I need to listen to it with more volume. It is a lot of ambient music without a lot of gripping moments. I wan't expecting prime Floyd, but I think I need to listen a few more times to properly evaluate.

mhardy6647

I heard some clips from it on (ahem) NPR a few days back -- it sounded perfectly pleasant...but also sounded perfectly like outtakes from Wish You Were Here.

FWIW (and not that my opinion or tastes have any particular legitimacy), I think I'll stick with Shine on You Crazy Diamond (which is pretty striking, affecting music).

The unfortunate thing about Pink Floyd, I'd opine (at this late date), is that "it" got hung up on two things -- Syd Barrett's drug-catalyzed psychic demise and Roger Waters' father's death (and the futility of war) and could just never get past them.

Erik Tracy

mhardy6647 wrote: »

The unfortunate thing about Pink Floyd, I'd opine (at this late date), is that "it" got hung up on two things -- Syd Barrett's drug-catalyzed psychic demise and Roger Waters' father's death (and the futility of war) and could just never get past them.

You succinctly described exactly why I could never get into "Amused to Death" by Waters....too much wallowing...

PSOVLSK

I pre-orderd from amazon, so I had it in hand on Monday. I haven't had a chance to really sit and listen to it for any length of time, but I like what I've listened to so far. Like Paul I need to listen a little more, but I would probably agree with his statement about "ambient music without a lot of gripping moments." Very good ambient music though Also, the BR disc has phenomenal SQ in my opinion.

FTGV

I have been listening to it on spotify to see if the material is worthy of getting the CD/BD combo.Only 1 vocal track???I love Gilmores melodic playing but it may be too much of a good thing.

hochpt21

I agree, I would love a few more vocal tracks!!

gudnoyez

Blu Ray 5.1 its times like this very moment when things sound so good that you appreciate the work you put into this hobby, I love this new Floyd and my modest, but very well put together Dual HT rig, thanks to what I've learned while hanging out here thanks to all.

hochpt21

That's a very nice looking set up you got there, and glad you're enjoying the music!

outlander

I checked it out on Spotify, there is some nice classic Floyd guitar work from Gilmore but after a while it started to bored the hell out of me. I felt like I was having a bad trip on an “Endless” elevator ride.