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What is the most affordable way to truly listen to a great Pink Floyd album. For example I have hear Dark side of the moon and Wish you were on a wide range of systems and it never sounds the same. Some better than others. Why did Pink Floyd produce albums in the 70s which seemed to require very high end gear to experience what they had mastered in the studio? Pink Floyd on my zaphs sounds pretty bad. I got a pair of vintage DBX sound fields and it sounds better. I can almost hear the intro of breath to me about 30 seconds into it. On better speaker maybe 5-7 seconds. Some of the best pink floyd I have heard when I was a kid was at my friends house. His dad had some DIY speakers and some carver m500 amps. I think he had 4 of them running to speakers. I have to go hear Pink Floyd on some statements before I build a set!
 
#6 ·
A lot of those tracks were recorded with very little ambience, mics set up close to instruments and amplifiers, so they can sound quite plain in a room without ambience or with poor speaker setup. A room with more natural ambience will add more warmth to the sound of the recording and may seem more friendly to you.

Do not negate the kid factor, we all heard things as kids is that sounded fantastic to us that might not sound so great to us now with more experienced ears.

Another possibility, you might be trying to experience those tracks the same way you did as a youth, wanting a more raw sound with lots of power behind it like when you first heard it. It might take a certain type of system to deliver that same sound. Just a thought.

The psychology of what sounds good to us and why is not always a simple mater.
 
#15 ·
I still remember going to the record store to pick-up Pink Floyd Pulse on CD. To this day the coolest CD I've ever owned. That blinking light on the CD cover was the coolest thing to me in my younger years. Come to think of it that may have been the beginning to my fascination with pretty lights. :)
 
#16 · (Edited)
I'll always remember the drum solo in Moby Dick... Oh sorry, wrong thread!
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EDIT: One of Pink Floyd's less-celebrated works is "Obscured by Clouds", the soundtrack to the film La Vallée and is a favorite of mine. But not as much of a favorite as "Animals." One more Pink Floyd title that gets a lot of airplay is their DVD of "Live at Pompeii," an outdoor concert with no audience!
 
#21 ·
I to love Pink Floyd. I have to listen to their music at least weekly. I use the Echoes cd as my reference cd ,if I make any equipment or setting changes to my system. It sounds awesome, very dynamic music. This may be a good time to ask a question about Floyd. What does your significant other think of Pink Floyds music? My wife does not like or get/understand most of their music. Actually finds most of it annoying. I understand it takes all kinds.
 
#23 ·
My wife says she is just beaten down by Pink Floyd because she has heard it over and over and ...well you see where I am going.
She feels the same way about The Alan Parsons Project and the The Eagles too.
Supertramp probably makes her beat down list, but they are a distant 4th.
 
#36 ·
I am a Floyd nut and still love listening to their music, watching their videos and just zoning as defined by said tunage.

I have seen the entire band 4 times live starting with the road show for Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals (Twice) then of course Roger Waters 3 times live stating with Pros and Cons with Clapton live on guitar. Ahhhhhh, the good old days.

It is my strong opinion that the best sounding music comes from when Roger was still part of the band and used his OCD for perfection to control the recording process. One needs only dip their ears into the lovely elegance that is the tune "If" from the Atom Heart Mother album. You can hear Rogers vocals and writing style start to allow itself to come forward not to mention Gilmours melodic style that does not include too many nor too few notes, just the right amount with a groovy atmosphere to the song that promotes spaciality to come in future recordings.
Should we discuss the best versions or all their albums ???

Oh an my wife is ok with it and even went with me to see Roger twice live when he was near us. My daughter loves em too.
 
#38 ·
I have seen the entire band 4 times live starting with the road show for Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals (Twice) then of course Roger Waters 3 times live stating with Pros and Cons with Clapton live on guitar. Ahhhhhh, the good old days.
Yes, the good old days. I was able to see them 4 times, Animals, The Wall, A Momentary Lapse of Reason and The Division Bell. All were very good shows, I wish I could have seen the Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here tours. I never saw Roger on a solo tour, I'm sure they were very good as well...
 
#44 ·
Late to the party here but NEVER late with Pink Floyd.

"Remember That Night" Blu-Ray (concert footage) is fantastic, It's David's standard touring band but Wright is there on keyboards.
With other special guests adding just the right amount to some of Pink Floyd classics. I highly recommend it!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remember_That_Night


A sleeper great 2-channel CD is "The Division Bell", Poles Apart has great dynamics and really shows off your 2 channel.

Hope everyone is having a great day!
 
#45 ·
Greetings to all of the Pink Floyd fans on here! I am a huge Floyd fan. My whole sound system has been built around the Dark Side of the Moon SACD, it's my reference disc for any changes made. Wish you were here on SACD sounds absolutely amazing also.

On a side note Wish you were here was the first Pink Floyd album I ever heard. I was around 9 or 10 years old and my friends Dad told me to listen to it, played off LP with headphones. Was absolutely amazing. Nothing ever compared to that sound until I heard the Multi-channel SACD version and it was like hearing it for the first time again.

I am interested in seeing how the Blu-ray audio versions compare but I first have to get a proper Blu-ray player to replace the XBOX one as a player as it has serious limitations when it comes to outputting hi-resolution audio.
 
#46 ·
The Blu Ray version of Wish You Were Here in the box set is far an away the best I have heard. Simply amazing and totally immersive. Ten thumbs up.
 
#49 ·
On your recommendation I tracked it down and yes it certainly is impressive. I think the SACD version sounds just that little bit better but I think that's more psychological and probably wouldn't hold true in a blind listening test.

I actually put the Allan Parsons Quadrophonic version on by mistake and about 2 or 2 minutes in I was thinking "This sounds quite different" - it was only when I looked at my receiver and noticed the LFE channel missing that I realized that it wasn't the 5.1 mix.

But I kept listening to it and really enjoyed it. Makes me want to track down the Allan Parsons Dark Side of the Moon mix.

Ah, but the world has always been weird, and so will it always be.

I most enthusiastically agree!
So do I, although weird and normal are relative terms :)

Just realized I was having a Floyd-free weekend. That'll never do. Time to break out The Division Bell.
Yeah what were you thinking having a Floyd free weekend?

I actually just got the 20th Anniversary edition of Division Bell and the 5.1 mix has given me a whole new appreciation of that album. Hearing "Wearing the inside out" made me sad Rick Wright is no longer with us though.
 
#50 ·
I actually just got the 20th Anniversary edition of Division Bell and the 5.1 mix has given me a whole new appreciation of that album. Hearing "Wearing the inside out" made me sad Rick Wright is no longer with us though.
Cool! I didn't realize that they released Division Bell with a 5.1 mix and wow 20th anniversary, I remember seeing this in concert when I was in college. Great show and a really underrated album IMO.
 
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