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Not sure how many folks know about this (not seen it mentioned here yet) series of immersive 24/192kHz high-res reissues that Rhino is releasing quarterly now as of this past summer. I'm so completely in stoked about these "Quadio" discs finally coming out now - four at a time every three months or so. Originally mixed to quad in the 70's and issued on various formats back then including LPs, 8-Track tapes, and sometimes Reel-to-Reel tapes. These are of course all-analog "period" mixes, and often with the original album producers and engineers involved. These Blu-Ray discs feature not only the 4.0 Quadraphonic 70's mixes in 24/192kHz, but new Hi-Resolution remastering of the stereo mixes as well. They come in SACD style "Super Jewel" cases which I think is pretty cool. And in my opinion the previous releases have been very high-quality, and solid musical choices, with no duds in any way. Great music - and all with very fine sounding 4.0 quad mixes that hold up well next to the more modern 5.1 surround things we've seen over the past decade plus. A great thing here is the series has been (since June '23) releasing 4 titles every three months with the next four Quadio BRs coming up for us on Jan. 19th 2024. Not only that, but look at the strong artist/album titles that they have issued below. It's all about the music for me really regardless if it is in immersive surround or just high-res stereo. These titles really do hit the spot imo. In fact I think that Rhino's "Quadio" series qualifies as the finest reissue series of 70's original quad masters ever undertaken by any label. Title for title the quality of the 4.0 mixes, mastering and choice titles from Warner, Reprise, Atlantic labels is pretty stellar. Randy Newman – Good Old Boys (coming Jan. 19th 2023) Reprise – MS4 2193 Quadraphonic 1974 Rhino BA2 2193 War – The World Is A Ghetto (coming Jan. 19th 2023) United Artists – UA-DA178-H Quadraphonic 1973 Rhino BA2 726002 Average White Band – AWB (coming Jan. 19th 2023) Atlantic – QD 7308 Quadraphonic 1974 Rhino BA2 7308 Gil Evans – Svengali (coming Jan. 19th 2023) Atlantic – QD-1643 Quadraphonic 1973 Rhino BA2 1643 America – Holiday Warner Bros. Records – W4 2808 Quadraphonic 1974 Rhino BA2 2808 Spinners – Spinners Atlantic – QD 7256 Quadraphonic 1973 Rhino BA2 7256 Gordon Lightfoot – Sundown Reprise Records – MS4 2177 Quadraphonic 1974 Rhino BA2 2177 Charles Mingus – Mingus Moves Atlantic – QD 1653 Quadraphonic 1974 Rhino BA2 1653 Black Sabbath - Paranoid Warner Bros. Records – WS4 1887 Quadraphonic 1974 Rhino BA2 3104 Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies Warner Bros. Records - BS4 2685 Quadraphonic 1974 Rhino BA2 2685 J. Geils Band - Nightmares and other tales from the vinyl jungle Atlantic – QD-18107 Quadraphonic 1975 Rhino BA2 18107 Jefferson Starship - Red Octopus Grunt - BFD1-0999 Quadraphonic 1975 Rhino BA2 585303 Aretha Franklin – The Best Of Aretha Franklin (now a long out of print title) Atlantic – QD 8305 Quadraphonic 1973 Rhino Handmade - RHM2 8305 Chicago – Chicago Transit Authority (now a long out of print title) Columbia - GQ 33255 Quadraphonic 1974 Rhino Handmade – RHM2 520771

I have now been enjoying music in glorious surround for almost a year. I urge everybody to share good surround experiences, whether the source is SACD, DVD/BluRay, ripped or from disk or any other source. State source, way of playback and number of channels. Let me begin with my surround album from last night: Emil Richards - Joe Porcaro Allstar Big Band - Odd Men In 24/96 5.1 download from AIX Records - DVD Premium - The Emil Richards/Joe Porcaro All Star Big Band - Odd Men In Played with Decibel from internal HD on system listed below. Almost overwhelming big band experience, thanks Aix PS. This thread is inspired by Chris' thread Album of the Evening. I hope we surround connoisseurs can give the CA community a similar list of great surround experiences.