Must Have Music for 5.1

crazy
crazy Posts: 443
edited February 2009 in Music & Movies
Greetings, I thought of creating this thread to explore the best music that's available for 5.1 enjoyment.

It would be great if everyone can enter their favorite 5.1 specific music here using the formating below, i.e. specify the genre first as a category and then the Album/ Artist under the specific genre category. Make sure to incude the type of media (SACD, DVD-Audio etc.)

Thanks and looking forward to a great collection here!

Example:

Smooth Jazz

1) Winelight - Grover Jr. Washington (DVD-Audio)

Rock

1) Hell Freezes Over - Eagles (DTS)
2) In Absentia - Porcupine Tree

Electronic

1) Audio - Blue Man Group (DVD-Audio)
Distant Dream - A New Beginning
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  • Driver
    Driver Posts: 137
    edited January 2006
    Electronica

    1) Maximum Minimum - Kraftwerk (SACD, DVD)

    these guys are the grandfarthers of electronica music, they have been around sicne the early 70's, and have very clean structured sound, no one sounds like Kraftwerk.
    now im not too sure about the sacd version, but the dvd is outstanding, the dts mix is quite impressive and they still know how to put on a show. well worth a listen.
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited January 2006
    another thread? aren't there like 10 of these already or somethin'?
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  • Driver
    Driver Posts: 137
    edited January 2006
    yeah but it makes us look :D
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited January 2009
    Driver wrote: »
    Electronica

    1) Maximum Minimum - Kraftwerk (SACD, DVD)

    these guys are the grandfarthers of electronica music, they have been around sicne the early 70's, and have very clean structured sound, no one sounds like Kraftwerk.

    now im not too sure about the sacd version, but the dvd is outstanding, the dts mix is quite impressive and they still know how to put on a show. well worth a listen.

    Anyone want to pay $765.00 for the SACD??!!

    I will let mine go for half that price. :D
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2009
    I don't think it even needs mentioning, but just in case : Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon. SACD.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited January 2009
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    I don't think it even needs mentioning, but just in case : Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon. SACD.

    I think that's the only CD I ever listen to in surround sound anymore.
    The nirvana inducer-
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited January 2009
    comfortablycurt wrote: »
    I think that's the only CD I ever listen to in surround sound anymore.

    Yep:)
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    Thanks
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited February 2009
    ben62670 wrote: »
    Yep:)

    I think it's the only CD even worth listening to in 5.1 anymore IMO.

    I used to prefer multi-channel for everything, but that was before I actually got some half decent equipment. I think the only reason I preferred multi-channel before was because having many bad sounding speakers was better than having two bad sounding speakers...lol...it helped to disguise how bad my system really sounded.

    Now that I have some half-decent equipment though...I've realized that music sounds MUCH better in two channel.

    Personal preference comes into play though obviously.

    I do like listening to some of my live Grateful Dead CD's in 5.1...but those are few and far between anymore. Those are usually 2-channel these days as well...
    The nirvana inducer-
    APC H10 Power Conditioner
    Marantz UD5005 universal player
    Parasound Halo P5 preamp
    Parasound HCA-1200II power amp
    PolkAudio LSi9's/PolkAudio SDA 2A's/PolkAudio Monitor 7A's
    Audioquest Speaker Cables and IC's
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited February 2009
    Blue Man Group The Complex
    Audio

    Porcupine Tree...Any
    Doobie Brothers ...The Captain and Me
    Donald Fagen...Morph The Cat
    Sting...Any
    Spyro Gyra...Any

    I love my two channel vinyl but still love great surround music as well. The above are only some of my very favorite. I have somewhere around 500 surround selections in SACD DVD-Audio or DTS cd formats. I also have many analog transfer (4 channel LP) to dts cd's.
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited February 2009
    Sorry I forgot about the formatting.
    SDA-1C (full mods)
    Carver TFM-55
    NAD 1130 Pre-amp
    Rega Planar 3 TT/Shelter 501 MkII
    The Clamp
    Revox A77 Mk IV Dolby reel to reel
    Thorens TD160/Mission 774 arm/Stanton 881S Shibata
    Nakamichi CR7 Cassette Deck
    Rotel RCD-855 with modified tube output stage
    Cambridge Audio DACmagic Plus
    ADC Soundshaper 3 EQ
    Ben's IC's
    Nitty Gritty 1.5FI RCM
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  • LessisNevermore
    LessisNevermore Posts: 1,519
    edited February 2009
    Peter Gabriel -UP
    Elton John -Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
    Who -Tommy

    curt, hearing these through a set of LSi's might change your mind about MCH/2 CH.....:D
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited February 2009
    LessisNevermore wrote: »
    Peter Gabriel -UP

    I've got a copy of that on vinyl and the sound is superb. I didn't even know there was a surround release. I've got to check it out.
    SDA-1C (full mods)
    Carver TFM-55
    NAD 1130 Pre-amp
    Rega Planar 3 TT/Shelter 501 MkII
    The Clamp
    Revox A77 Mk IV Dolby reel to reel
    Thorens TD160/Mission 774 arm/Stanton 881S Shibata
    Nakamichi CR7 Cassette Deck
    Rotel RCD-855 with modified tube output stage
    Cambridge Audio DACmagic Plus
    ADC Soundshaper 3 EQ
    Ben's IC's
    Nitty Gritty 1.5FI RCM
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited February 2009
    LessisNevermore wrote: »
    Peter Gabriel -UP
    Elton John -Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
    Who -Tommy

    curt, hearing these through a set of LSi's might change your mind about MCH/2 CH.....:D

    Well in that case...Machesney Park isn't to far from where I'm at(Dixon)...Maybe I'll have to come see if you can change my mind sometime.;)
    The nirvana inducer-
    APC H10 Power Conditioner
    Marantz UD5005 universal player
    Parasound Halo P5 preamp
    Parasound HCA-1200II power amp
    PolkAudio LSi9's/PolkAudio SDA 2A's/PolkAudio Monitor 7A's
    Audioquest Speaker Cables and IC's
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  • TNRabbit
    TNRabbit Posts: 2,168
    edited February 2009
    Dianna Krall: The Girl in the Other Room
    Holst: The Planets
    TNRabbit
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    Ashly 1001 Active Crossover
    Rane PEQ-15 Parametric Equalizers x 2
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    Klipsch RT-12d Subwoofer
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