Best sounding music dvd's

mhw58
mhw58 Posts: 359
edited December 2005 in Music & Movies
I'm compiling a Christmas list of some great sounding music dvd's. What's your opinion of the sound quality of the live Cream dvd? Some of the
better sounding ones I've heard are:
Steely Dan-Two against nature live
Eagles-Live from Australia and HFO
Concert for George
Diana Krall
Music for Monserrat
Elton John-One night only

Any other suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks, Mike
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited December 2005
    In what context? Are you asking for multi-channel; 5.1; 7.1, Dolby Digital; DTS; PCM.

    I'm a 2-ch guy but very much enjoy well recorded concert DVD's. I hvae no use for multi-channel ratings. I will say some music DVD's leave much to be desired on the 2-channel (primarily PCM) output. Personally most music DVD's are all over the board SQ wise.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • polksda
    polksda Posts: 716
    edited December 2005
    Toto - Live in Amsterdam
    Blackmore's Night - Castles & Dreams
    Blind Guardian - Imaginations Through the Looking Glass
    Opeth - Lamentations
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  • mhw58
    mhw58 Posts: 359
    edited December 2005
    heiney9 wrote:
    In what context? Are you asking for multi-channel; 5.1; 7.1, Dolby Digital; DTS; PCM.

    I'm a 2-ch guy but very much enjoy well recorded concert DVD's. I hvae no use for multi-channel ratings. I will say some music DVD's leave much to be desired on the 2-channel (primarily PCM) output. Personally most music DVD's are all over the board SQ wise.


    I'm mostly interested in multi-channel dvd's. The 5:1 mixes by Elliott
    Scheiner on the Eagles and Steely Dan dvd's are my favorites. He's
    a very aggressive mixer, puts a lot of vocals and instruments in the rear channels. Sounds fantastic to my ears.
    Mike
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited December 2005
    Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited December 2005
    -James Taylor Live at the Beacon Theater (24 bit)
    -Sara Mclachlan Afterglow Live
    -Eagles Hell Freezes Over Live
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  • Driver
    Driver Posts: 137
    edited December 2005
    Jean Michel Jarre - jarre in china (live)
    steely dan - two against nature (live)
    Queen - greatest hits vol 1 and 2
    peter gabriel - play, the videos
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  • McLoki
    McLoki Posts: 5,231
    edited December 2005
    Elton John - Dream ticket (at least the first disk is pretty good and second is excellent. Not a big fan of the third)

    Fleetwood Mac - The Dance.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited December 2005
    steveinaz wrote:
    -James Taylor Live at the Beacon Theater (24 bit)
    -Sara Mclachlan Afterglow Live
    -Eagles Hell Freezes Over Live

    +1 on Sarah McLachlan

    Mirror Ball is just as great.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited December 2005
    mhw58 wrote:
    I'm mostly interested in multi-channel dvd's. The 5:1 mixes by Elliott
    Scheiner on the Eagles and Steely Dan dvd's are my favorites. He's
    a very aggressive mixer, puts a lot of vocals and instruments in the rear channels. Sounds fantastic to my ears.
    Mike

    Great. My favorites are from the POV of a 2-channel set-up.

    Jewel-Live @ Humphrey's By The Bay. The acoustic solo section is simply fantastic.

    Stevie Ray Vaughn-Live @ The ElMacambo Club

    No Doubt-Tragic Kingdom

    Led Zep-DVD (goes without saying, but I said it ;) )

    Norah Jones-Live in New Orleans

    Legends-Live @ Montreaux

    King Crimson-Eyes Wide Open

    Cross Roads Guitar Festival

    Sarah McLachlan-Mirror Ball and/or Afterglow

    Depeche Mode-One Night In Paris: The Exciter Tour 2001 (note this has no 2-ch setting) I listened on a friends multi-ch system and it sound awesome plus the video was done by Anton Corbin)
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • cmy330go
    cmy330go Posts: 2,341
    edited December 2005
    I know it's late but some of my Favorites that haven't already been listed are:

    1) Phil Collins - Finally...The First Farewell Tour

    2) Chicago/Earth Wind & Fire - Live at the Greek Theatre (EWF is great....Chicago is not too hot)

    3) Harry Connick Jr. - Only You in Concert

    4) The Corrs - Live in London

    5) Stray Cats - Rumble in Brixton

    Anyone else out there got more suggestions? Would love to hear them!

    EDIT: Added #5
    HT
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  • fireshoes
    fireshoes Posts: 3,167
    edited December 2005
    I picked up a couple of dvd's earlier in the week and was playing around with them at work. 3 Doors Down - Live in Houston and Peter Cincotti - Live in New York. Both are under the Monster Music label (yes, our friend Noel Lee), but they sound really good from what I've heard so far. They both have Dolby Digital and DTS (full 1.5 mbps on 3DD and I think the Concotti disk too). Swing in the store if you want to check them out Dave.
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  • adam2434
    adam2434 Posts: 995
    edited December 2005
    Some of these were already mentioned:

    Eric Clapton - Sessions for Robert J.
    Roy Orbison - Black and White Night
    Norah Jones - Live in New Orleans
    Eagles - Hell Freezes Over
    kd lang - Live by Request
    Peter Frampton - Live in Detroit
    The Jazz Channel Presents B.B. King
    Randy Travis - Live
    Steely Dan - Two Against Nature
    James Taylor - Live at the Beacon, Pull Over
    Cream - Royal Albert Hall
    Alison Krauss and Union Station - Live
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,340
    edited December 2005
    +1 Diana Krall. Live in Paris is awsome in multi channel!
    Carl

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