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SIXTH SENSE - Music Experience in 3-Dimensional Sound Reality TM, DTS ES 5.1 and 6.1 Extended Surround Music Disc [Experimental Project in Surrpund Sound Courtesy of Sony BMG strategic research and development]

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SIXTH SENSE - Music Experience in 3-Dimensional Sound Reality TM, DTS ES 5.1 and 6.1 Extended Surround Music Disc

I love surround sound music. This is definitely techno style synthesized type of music. I would like to compare his "Spatial Dynamics", "Solaris", and "Space or Dream of Life" discs but can't afford to do that at the moment. The sound was okay but not earth shattering as I hoped for. If you want rock, nothing beats Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon SACD.

I was so exited to find an artist creating music in surround and there were so many choices, which one to pick first? I decided to start with just one. While it's true that the disc is surround encoded, the music is just awful. The synths and drum sounds he uses sound like they were obtained at a garage sale from the 80's!! Unsatisfying rhythms, no melody, no real development just boring and repetitive (and that's from someone who enjoys techno music). I didn't find one redeeming track on this CD which now lives in my garbage can. Don't be fooled by the slick artwork, this is music by a bad musician, nothing more.

I was new to DTS audio recordings and seduced by the descriptions of this being the ultimate example of the technology. It is, in fact, anything but the ultimate example of either interesting music or DTS surround sound! The music is sophomoric and the use of 5.1 or 6.1 is lame or non-existent. However trademarking 3-Dimentional Sound Reality was pretty darn smart, it suckered me right in! The disc enjoys to kudos, 1 it is nicely packaged and 2 the publicist did a great job in blowing smoke up the rear of potential customers in search of real surround sound mastery.
Of the 100 or so DTS audio discs I have, if you want something that really shows off your system, albeit and totally different genre of music, look into Clapton/BB King "Riding with the King". Superb audio quality, superb use of all the speakers.