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Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum / Re: MK and DS pictures
« Last post by Pottel on March 20, 2023, 03:53:24 PM »i deleted the link. not a pic really anyways.
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Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum / Re: MK and DS pictures
« Last post by Dutchessy on March 20, 2023, 03:40:57 PM »According to the video David Knopfler drives a Ferrari... Really? 
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New Album / Re: New for 2023
« Last post by Knut on March 20, 2023, 03:35:20 PM »I’d guess he sells about the same. Nobody has cared about Stones albums for about 50 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones_discography
Not sure how you get that idea, based on the wikipedia articles, it seems like if there's an artist people don't give a rat's ass about of those two, it's (unfortunately) MK.
I don't get this whole "let's drag everyone else down because MaRk KnOpFlEr Is ThE mAsTeR"-bullcrap. Just because we're in a fan forum doesn't mean that any other artist is objectively worse...
No need to take offence, it's just my perception that for a long time now the Stones have been seen primarily as a legacy "greatest hits" live act and nobody really rates their studio work. Every new album seems to be marketed as "their best since Black and Blue", acknowledging that the releases since then havn't been much cop.
I just find it sad that there's so much devaluation of others work in here, too. Like, even ex-band members' records and tunes, though not in this thread. It's music, and in the end it's all about "I like this tune, but not that one".
In your case, you can just look up and compare sales figures and you get the verdict.
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Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum / Re: MK and DS pictures
« Last post by vape68 on March 20, 2023, 03:22:04 PM »The girl in the old picture died very young.
Only a loser could post that, quizzaciously should remove it immediately.
Only a loser could post that, quizzaciously should remove it immediately.
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Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum / Re: Dire Straits records in ATMOS
« Last post by peterromer on March 20, 2023, 02:45:03 PM »I'm just listening to the BIA Atmos mix in Amazon Music with a new pair of JBL headphones and wow...
You can spot the real difference in songs like Your Latest Trick, where I'm listening stuff I never noticed before, Why Worry is also out of this world, but the start of Ride Across the River is amazing, all the percussion noises are quite separated as indepent objects and, despite I'm listening to it on stereo headphones is as there are sounds I never ever heard before, also the songs are a little longer with longer fade outs than before.
All the percussion sounds during One World are amazing, never heard them! Lot of great things here and there.
The synths at the start of BIA are wow, almost Floydian.
I also would say Guy mixed some sounds in a higher volumen than in the original mix so stuff that was buried originally now can be heard. That, or the objects technology in atmos makes everything more present in the mix even with headphones.
This mix is really something, I will get an Echo Studio speaker probably this week to try this atmos mixes properly and will tell you, but just with the headphones is something worth to listen!
Could not agree more. I would add that I played the ATMOS tracks on descent headphones plus my Yamaha 5.1 HIFI Surround system that supports ATMOS. Obviously the Yamaha Surround makes the experience better and more complete. As I am not an audiophile I did not expect to hear any noticeable differences, between all these versions over the years.
But these ATMOS tracks are clearly better in my view. What I would to add to Jeroens post is that it also sounds like you are RIGHT next to Mark, right next to the instruments, as to the normal versions are more of a general surround feel.
And they sound crystal clear, so crisp and like you are in the middle of the band.
I then played the original CD tracks, and then ATMOS again, and CD again. The ATMOS releases make a difference for once
. @Hunter: It improves the songs I would say. The "effects" are not disturbing. They make the tracks more present, more you in the center of the whole thing.
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Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum / Re: Dire Straits records in ATMOS
« Last post by hunter on March 20, 2023, 02:33:46 PM »But the question is: Does it improve the songs? Or does it feel like distracting effects that make you pay attention to the individual parts and not the whole?
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Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum / Re: Dire Straits records in ATMOS
« Last post by Robson on March 20, 2023, 02:12:52 PM »I envy 
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Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum / Re: Dire Straits records in ATMOS
« Last post by jbaent on March 20, 2023, 01:23:49 PM »I'm just listening to the BIA Atmos mix in Amazon Music with a new pair of JBL headphones and wow...
You can spot the real difference in songs like Your Latest Trick, where I'm listening stuff I never noticed before, Why Worry is also out of this world, but the start of Ride Across the River is amazing, all the percussion noises are quite separated as indepent objects and, despite I'm listening to it on stereo headphones is as there are sounds I never ever heard before, also the songs are a little longer with longer fade outs than before.
All the percussion sounds during One World are amazing, never heard them! Lot of great things here and there.
The synths at the start of BIA are wow, almost Floydian.
I also would say Guy mixed some sounds in a higher volumen than in the original mix so stuff that was buried originally now can be heard. That, or the objects technology in atmos makes everything more present in the mix even with headphones.
This mix is really something, I will get an Echo Studio speaker probably this week to try this atmos mixes properly and will tell you, but just with the headphones is something worth to listen!
You can spot the real difference in songs like Your Latest Trick, where I'm listening stuff I never noticed before, Why Worry is also out of this world, but the start of Ride Across the River is amazing, all the percussion noises are quite separated as indepent objects and, despite I'm listening to it on stereo headphones is as there are sounds I never ever heard before, also the songs are a little longer with longer fade outs than before.
All the percussion sounds during One World are amazing, never heard them! Lot of great things here and there.
The synths at the start of BIA are wow, almost Floydian.
I also would say Guy mixed some sounds in a higher volumen than in the original mix so stuff that was buried originally now can be heard. That, or the objects technology in atmos makes everything more present in the mix even with headphones.
This mix is really something, I will get an Echo Studio speaker probably this week to try this atmos mixes properly and will tell you, but just with the headphones is something worth to listen!
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New Album / Re: New for 2023
« Last post by dustyvalentino on March 20, 2023, 12:13:36 PM »I’d guess he sells about the same. Nobody has cared about Stones albums for about 50 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones_discography
Not sure how you get that idea, based on the wikipedia articles, it seems like if there's an artist people don't give a rat's ass about of those two, it's (unfortunately) MK.
I don't get this whole "let's drag everyone else down because MaRk KnOpFlEr Is ThE mAsTeR"-bullcrap. Just because we're in a fan forum doesn't mean that any other artist is objectively worse...
No need to take offence, it's just my perception that for a long time now the Stones have been seen primarily as a legacy "greatest hits" live act and nobody really rates their studio work. Every new album seems to be marketed as "their best since Black and Blue", acknowledging that the releases since then havn't been much cop.
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Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum / Re: MK and DS pictures
« Last post by ingridswing on March 20, 2023, 11:30:03 AM »I don't think this is funny at all.
I would like the poster to remove it.
It is fake, photo shopped and tasteless
I would like the poster to remove it.
It is fake, photo shopped and tasteless