Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (35th Anniversary 2010 Surround Sound Hub Remaster)

Thanks for this up, so I downloaded "Pink_Floyd__-_WYWH_Hub_Remaster.7z.001" twice and 7-zip gave me the message if the file is broken...

Thank you. But file 001 of 7z is broken. May you reupload it again?

Dear desertrat,
Thanks for releasing this here.

I will re-upload it straight away darned RS

The link is appearing in RS OK - I think it maybe the password which is: TheHub
Try that please.

Yes, the pass is TheHub, thank you

Yes problem solved - BTW thanks to desertrat for putting it on Avax; please all enjoy..

Hey Thanks!


Sounds great!

Thanks for putting this up!

This is a mighty interesting piece of work, if the details in the pdf accompanying it are true; and I have no reason to doubt it - it claims to be a bootleg transfer of an official discrete quad issue of the album. Much like extracting an 8-track tape from the cartridge, and mounting it onto reels to be played back on a reel to reel machine. That's the short version, the process is explained in great detail in the pdf.

These can be played back on any windows computer using Foobar and the DTS plugin available on their website, in the components section. Once the music files are downloaded and extracted, just rename the wav to dtswav, modify the cue to point to the renamed wav, and play.

I am getting the CD version, and am listening to the first part. Very nice!

The details are very true. This took about 3 months to do all told. Hence why I created the PDF, to explain all the process. The best sound quality is to be found on the DVD-A, which of course can be extracted to flacs/wavs using DVD-A Explorer, http://avaxhome.ws/software/software_type/multimedia/Rippers/DVDAExplorer2008.07.21_and_HowToUse.html

Many thanks to lokkerman and desertrat for the effort to produce and post this gem.

I put this on again this morning, after listening to it straight through last night. This is now my favorite version, even better than the half speed mastered Columbia version. The mix is light and airy, and has benefited from the careful noise reduction and restoration that was done. Hell of a nice thing to wake up to.

I would love to be able to sneak into an audio shop, and drop this on one of their systems. Probably wouldn't take too long for a crowd to gather.

I can't get this to work, downloaded all 14 files, all seem to have the correct size
I extract with 7zip and use password TheHub and I get an error message after some time extracting that says "wrong password?"
so not sure if the password is the problem or something else
any advice?

All I can say is that I downloaded it myself to check, and it extracted perfectly

Hi!

Thank you very much!
Kind regards

@olli66
I suggest you may have one file that is corrupt that is causing your issue....

Can anyone suggest a way to play this on a mac? I have tried DVD player (mounted disc) and VLC... VLC will play it, but it sounds warbley. Like someone is fingering the side of the record and slowing it down... like a drag. I tried changing the file buffer value to 2000 from 300 in pref., but no dice.

Is there a software player for mac that will deal with this?

BTW, I have the DVD-A version NOT the CD version. Also I didn't get a pdf file along with this... or if I did, I lost it.. If one DID come with this version, could someone PM it to me? Thanks!!!

I think you'll find that DVDAExplorer and it's equivalent for Foobar are windows only. Vlc is the only one I know that will play DVD-A on a mac but it downsamples.

Really amazing !!!!

I've downloaded the ISO and extracted the left and right front of the 24/96 files with DVD-A Explorer, and converted in FLAC.
And I use Foobar in Kernel Streaming mode.

I hear sounds that I never heard before on the CD version ! Fantastic job !!!!

A million thanks for this release !!!!

Just gave a first listen to this, and all I can say is, "WOW!" Amazing sound, considering the source material. Thanks, guys, so much for the effort. I mean, seriously, building a customized reel-to-reel to playback these tapes? That's f-ing crazy talk, man! Crazy... and wonderful. I wish I had that kind of time to devote to my hobbies. Anyway, thanks again for the extraordinary effort! It is appreciated. :-)

With that said, the thing I found most interesting is how radically different this quad mix is from the one from Kap'N'Krunch (found here: http://avaxhome.ws/music/rock/progressive_rock/Pink_Floyd_WishYouWereHere_QUAD_SQ_DVD-A_ONLY.html). The source of his was a Quad LP, so I think it's safe to say that it's also an "official" quad mix. I just downloaded this Hub Remaster yesterday, so forgive me if I only focus on one track here, but the differences in the mix on the track "Wish You Were Here" are quite pronounced. On Kap'N'Krunch's disk the acoustic guitar at the beginning mostly sits in the left-rear channel and on the Hub Remaster it's in the right-front. Lots of other components are located in different places in the sound stage, as well.

At first I though it might be that one of the mixes had the channels mixed-up, but the fact that the lead vocals appear front-center on both mixes would rule that out. Given the amount of care that went into both DVD-A's, I'd say that this has to be attributed to actual differences in the sources.

To my ears the source of the Kap'N'Krunch mix is more aggressive with the use of the back channels. The HUB source is definitely more subtle. The location of the acoustic guitar at the beginning of the track is a good illustration of this. I haven't spent enough time with the HUB remaster to pick which mix I prefer. My gut is that I like the Kap'N'Krunch mix a little more because it seems a little more interesting, and that's what I want when I listen to a quad/surround recording. This has nothing to do with the sonics because they both sound really nice, it's about the source mixes.

There's got to be a story behind the reason for 2 official quad mixes. If anyone knows anything, please chime in.

Thanks, again, guys for the amazing effort. This one's going to be in the Oppo player for a few days, I can see.

-Bob

Yes whilst we were doing this we realised that there was definitely two mixes. On SOYCD part 2 the guitar and the girl singers are different. THis version "rocks" compared to the other, I mean in a get off your feet and pick up your air guitar sense. I have never been quite happy with the decode of the matrix version and just recently we have created a new set of phase corrected decodes for SQ which may improve the decode of the Empa/KnKrunch version. I shall get in touch with Empa to investigate what happens. Oh my would it be nice to hear the master tapes, so come on EMI...

First of all : EXCELLENT work on this Quad !
I enjoyed it immensely.
I made however a few changes to it and added something.
First I ripped the files from the DVDA and made DTS for DVD from them and downmixed the quad to 24/48 stereo PCM.
From the latest pristine clear vinyl rip in 24/96, I made my own upmix , placed it in DTS and the vinyl in stereo too.

So now there is a hybrid DVDA with menu's and navigation containing the following :

DVDA part : The Quad HUB remaster (menu+navigation added)
DVDV part : 1. the Quad in DTS and 24/48 PCM and 2. An Upmix in DTS and the Vinyl rip in 24/48 PCM.

I made this because I found that the conversion from stereo to surround from the Vinyl, is really excellent.
Instruments are placed very differently from the Quad, so you have 2 new listening experiences !!
I know there are a lot sceptic about upmixes, but I advice you to listen to this one and compare with the Quad.
The methods are so much improved over the years, that this version is really excellent.
It has a few shortcomings like all upmixes, but they are hard to find here. A professional mixer, would be able
to make a commercial ready product from the upmix ! (I'm no mixer.... I just use the software)
FWIW I did NOT use a software routine based on the QS system !!!

It's posted to Usenet today in a.b.dvd.music, a.b.s.dts and a.b.sounds.

Thanks again for your execellent work and I hope you will take the time to listen to my upmix too......

Thank you but where is DVD-A Artwork missing in 7z
sorry can you help me

I'm a little late to the party... got this months ago, but didn't listen to this until this afternoon. HOLY SHIT! The sound and effects on this are INCREDIBLE. Sound fields that I've never heard before on any other versions, different guitar solos, some new vocals and effects, and all crystal clear. My immense gratitude to the team that did this, and to you for uploading it.

The only problem is your tape deck has a severe probem in the motor where the pitch slows down every 60 seconds, then speeds back up, making this extreme and good intended project into just another experiment. Sorry to be a jerk, but that's the truth.

Sorry, I meant every 10 seconds, you can hear the pitch bend down then back up. I have a Quad lp and a Quad 8 of this and it doesn't do that. I only wish I had the time to break it down and upload it. Consider your deck needs (or your tape) needs re-transferring but first with a full calibration by a qualified tech.

I joined the parts with hjsplit and then opened the combined archive but there's only an iso-file inside.
Where is the PDF?

Thanks for sharing this!

I found the pdf and artwork elsewhere, and I've uploaded them here - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4Q0EGSWS

Too late, I discovered that it was recommended to use DVD+R to burn... Now I've deleted the .iso file! Oh well.

Спасибо за Пинков в DTS. Это круто.

rhank you very much

Thanks for the upload of this, I've already got the SQ based DVD-A rip from a few years back. So far, this one is sounding better.

Thanks walrusbonzo and to harrisondrums 8 months too late; = the tape deck was modified and calibrated for the recording. Could it be something on the master? I think this master is not the same as the SQ - see the PDF. BTW I haven't heard this noise and listened to it around 300 times remastering this.

thanks a lot for putting this up... just one question, I need the pass to unzip the DTS version...is not the same pass as the DVDA. Thanks in advance.