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Sound Quality

posted 18 years ago by TheMouseShadow
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The sound quality on this dvd is so poor they sould have skipped it. I have read that there were some tracks that were unusable in the recording process because of massive rains that occured during/before the concert. This thing sounds like its coming out of a bucket in 5.1, and the stereo mix is barely tolerable.

Big time disappointment as i am a huge fan of Rush. have only watched this dvd once completely, and skippe through it the second time.

If you care about sound quality, better get R30 instead.

[–] BuckFlicks 18 years ago

The sound quality does leave some to be desired.

However, I much prefer Rush in Rio to R30. There's much more energy, the set list is longer, and the crowd is much more into the show. For R30, the band looked tired, and they cut out 25% of the show, and the crowd was comatose. If ALL you care about is sound quality, go for R30. If you want to see a better show, go for RiR. Or, do like me, and enjoy both of them thoroughly for their finer points... I really like most of the new cover tunes from the Feedback EP, so I really enjoyed that about R30 - particularly The Seeker and Heart Full of Soul.

They're both great... especialy for an uber fan like myself who needs a fix every so often of new Rush material.

Half the world tries to be the other half.

[–] TheMouseShadow 18 years ago

I guess they looked tired in the r30 cuz they are getting pretty old....hehe

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[–] TheMouseShadow 18 years ago

i think its probably a 3 out of 10. I just cant watch it anymore. The R30 is a better package all around.

I guess you just get spoiled by some of the other dvds out there.

For example, the Peter Gabriel Secret World concert has some of the best cound quality, as does the 2 U2 dvds.

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[–] Ike_Clanton 18 years ago

10 being the worst? I'd say a definite 8 since the instruments came through quite nice, but Geddy's voice was drowned out which is what makes RIR such a dissappiontment.

"YOU'RE GONNA DIE IN THERE! ALL OF YOU!! YOU ARE GONNA DIEEEEEEEEEEEE!!" Henry Kane-Poltergeist II

[–] TheMouseShadow 18 years ago

Plus neil sounds like he is drumming from inside a cardboard box.

[–] AMultiViewer 18 years ago

Hey! I've been following RUSH since power windows days and I have all three concerts on VHS. I look at this way, the fact that they actually released all of them on DVD with an extra audio CD of grace under pressure (in the top three of their best albums) is a degree of respect to their fans (I'm hearing $35.00 USD or less for the whole box!). No matter how many times you try, the music of RUSH is, by far, real and prolific! Going back as far as caress of steel/2112/fly by night era, very few bands dared put out music like they did and in the way that they did it. What are you really buying it for - the sound or the video regardless their simultaneity. You know how many bootlegs/imports are out there (vinyl, audio tape, CD) that are burn downs of these concerts that run a ton more! Transferring something vintage to a different type of media - in some ways - preserves the actual meaning of the idea. Besides, there are ways that a person can improve the sound quality of a personally-unsatisified realesed multimedia that they've bought. I'd rather have the guys be writing new material rather than remastering.

[–] m-knell 14 years ago

This is why I love HD.
If the visuals are only done in lower, standard resolution, I can happily live with that but lossless audio (effectively 'master quality' audio straight off the desk) really makes it so worthwhile.
I wish they'd do a Blu-ray of this one.