cliveb;414318 Wrote: > The 2 "remasters" boxes in fact pre-date the "silver sticker" CDs. Those > "silver sticker" CDs are the same as the 10CD "complete studio > recordings" box set. Both are from the Jimmy Page/George Marino > sessions in 1990 (1991?). > > There is no doubt that the two releases are digitally different (I've > compared them in an audio editor), however their peak and replaygain > levels are pretty much the same. I always felt that the "remasters" > boxes had a more refined, less aggressive sound, and thought that > perhaps some very minor EQ tweaking had been done. Perhaps the final > sequencing involved passing them through some kind of process that > altered the digital samples slightly? Another significant difference is > that the channels are reversed on some tracks between the two releases. > (Which is "correct"? - I no longer have my vinyl for comparison, so I > couldn't say). > > So, for a long time I preferred the sound of the "remasters" sets, > which was a shame because I was long familiar with the original album > sequencing. But then I did that audiophile-phobic thing: I ABX'd them. > And you know what? After correcting the reversed channels, I scored 50% > on an ABX test. They may have slightly different audio samples, but in > practice they sound exactly the same.
Interesting. Ages ago, I took the tracks from the Remasters sets and built a set of "normal" albums from them :) to get the proper track sequencing back. I don't have the silver-sticker disks anymore (I only had IV and PG and Presence in that format - I could have sworn I bought them before Remasters - but I could be wrong). I guess you are saying that the Remasters and Silver-sticker versions are more or less the same? - I could go along with that. They both sound a lot better than the first-gen CD's (esp IV and PG) to me. My copy of IV went to the charity shop! (PG went to a friend). Mothership is fun... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB3 (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Outdoors: Boom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62229 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
