Anyone heard of this? A recent Decca CD of Saint-Saens' Symphony no.3 I picked up has AMSI. It's on the "eloquence" label which appears to be another budget classical label ("major recordings by world stars...in thrillingly new, digitally adapted sound" :rolleyes: ). The description of AMSI on the cover is: [i]Ambient Surround Imaging This means: an optimised sensurround sound experience for audio surround systems. But with stereo systems you can also experience greater presence, more brilliance and a stereophonically refined panorama of sound. For a musical experience that's like being there "live". Developed at the Emil-Berliner-Haus, Hanover[/i] Sounds like utter bollox to me. As it happens I have the exact same recording of Saint-Saens' Symphony No.3 in unadulterated format (Montreal Symphony, Dutoit, Peter Hurford organ, Decca) and comparing the two there is quite a noticable difference. The proper recording has much more depth and body to it. The AMSI one does have a slightly wider soundstage but it feels artificial, rather like the effect of those "surround" buttons on cheap mini systems. The AMSI recording also sounds a bit too bright. I wonder if they've artificially added Dolby ProLogic enconding or something similar so that people using DPLII (or similar) will get a better surround sound effect. Anyone have any more info? Michael.
