currygoat11 Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 (edited) Just one example of how the audio is crap on Rush Replay X 3 DVD Compare: The snare at the word 'bang' is completely drowned out in (either) some kind of horrible compression effect or digital clipping. Now listen to the original laserdisc audio: And this isn't youtube compression. I listened to the DVD too. I know it's been many years since this 'remastered' DVD came out (2006) but thought I would remind. Edited November 17, 2021 by currygoat11 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 Just one example of how the audio is crap on Rush Replay X 3 DVD Compare: The snare at the word 'bang' is completely drowned out in (either) some kind of horrible compression effect or digital clipping. Now listen to the original laserdisc audio: And this isn't youtube compression. I listened to the DVD too. I know it's been many years since this 'remastered' DVD came out (2006) but thought I would remind. Yup. It's shame. The original recording will likely be lost forever in the not too distant future. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Didact Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 The entire Replay set has utterly atrocious audio. Blame Rick Chycki, the man butchered it. Just torrent a copy of the laserdisc and watch that. The video is only a slight downgrade, while the audio is a MASSIVE upgrade. Plus, you get Lock and Key. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
currygoat11 Posted November 26, 2021 Author Share Posted November 26, 2021 Yes good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemistry1973 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 Ok I agree with all of the above - but I kinda like what they did with ESL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGhostRider Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 I really wish they just did a remaster of the film footage and left the original audio mixes intact. Grace Under Pressure Live and A Show Of Hands sounded great and Exit Stage Left was awesome too. But it’ll never happen. All the money is being made on the anniversary editions of the albums. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Didact Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 I really wish someone who cared about the band were in charge of their catalogue. ESL was shot on 35mm film, and according to someone over at the Steve Hoffman forum who worked on the Lighted Stage documentary, the original film elements still exist, sitting in cans in a warehouse. It's a prime candidate for an HD (or even 4k) restoration. Yes, it would cost some money, but that kind of work is being done all the time for all sorts of old films, most of which have far fewer guaranteed viewers than ESL would have. But we'll never see that, because Rush for many years has been a minimum expense, maximum revenue sort of operation... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMan Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 But we'll never see that, because Rush for many years has been a minimum expense, maximum revenue sort of operation... Even Kiss would be impressed at how Rush have abandoned all pretense of being anything other than a corporate greed machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 I really wish someone who cared about the band were in charge of their catalogue. ESL was shot on 35mm film, and according to someone over at the Steve Hoffman forum who worked on the Lighted Stage documentary, the original film elements still exist, sitting in cans in a warehouse. It's a prime candidate for an HD (or even 4k) restoration. Yes, it would cost some money, but that kind of work is being done all the time for all sorts of old films, most of which have far fewer guaranteed viewers than ESL would have. But we'll never see that, because Rush for many years has been a minimum expense, maximum revenue sort of operation... Prime candidate for someone in venture capital to get involved. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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