Tubular Bells 2003 [DVD AUDIO]: Mike Oldfield: Amazon.co.uk: Music

I listened to it last night all the way through. Incidentally, I have never listened to the original 1970s Tubular Bells in my life, so I have nothing to compare it to. (In fact, the only Mike Oldfield I ever heard before was the 80's single "Moonlight Shadow"!)

But as a standalone album, and not knowing what to expect, I must say I was blown away by TB 2003. This Mike Oldfield chap is a musical genius! As for the 24-bit recording, it's simply superb and puts most other multi-channel works to shame.

It embodies clarity, warmth, detail, and it sounds very clean and crisp. In fact, everything I could want in a new recording.

I also think the immersive dynamic surround effects are great, and are a nice creative change to the many "ambience" mixes -- although I think there is a time and a place for both. In this case, as TB2003 is a 'concept' album, and I think Mike's approach fits brilliantly. In short, this disc will definitely feature among my 5.1 'demo' line-up of DVD-Audio titles.

So, if you haven't yet got yourself a proper DVD-Audio player and 5.1 multi-channel setup, then this album is good enough reason to do so.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Nothing subtle about this one!, 15 Feb 2004

By	bluebeam (Reigate) - See all my reviews

Liked the original Tubular Bells? Want to hear what can be done with 5.1? Buy this!

Thirty years after the original, Mike Oldfield has gone back to the beginning and re-recorded Tubular Bells. The result is an absolute stunner of a DVD-A. This recording puts all other surround mixes (including the SACD of The Dark Side of the Moon) to shame. The recording is clean and crisp. Full use is made of the system's capablities. Sitting in the middle of this is an experience not to be missed, and one you'll want to repeat time and again.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Outstanding, 26 April 2004

By	Falcon42 (Auckland, New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This DVD-A through a 5.1 speaker setup approaches the absolute pinnacle ofwhat can be musically achieved using 5.1 to date.
For those without 5.1speakers, you can pretty safely opt for a CD version and save yourself afew quid. For those with the necessary 5.1 kit, this disc is an absolutemust have for the collection.
The audio is impeccably clean, and full use is made of both thesub-woofer, significantly for effects, and to underpin themes with bass,and the spacial opportunies offered by twin front and rear channels. Theacoustic effect of hearing guitars drifting lazily around whilst beatscheekily bound round your ears like popcorn, leaves onecaptivated.
Perhaps underscoring the improvements made over theoriginal, this disc sounds distinctly dated when compared with TubularBells II & III.
That said it remains an impressive medley of themes and tunes and the 5.1rendering is absolutely outstanding.
Echoing a previous comment, I would be happy to reacquire all my MOcollection were they to be re-engineered into 5.1 to this standard.
Ifyou've been debating getting yourself a 5.1 speaker set up, this discprovides the acoustic reason you've been waiting for! This disc sets thehighest standard to date for all others to follow.

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