I've skim-read the entire thread so I know this is going to upset a few people!
Hello Goodbye from Magical Mystery Tour. Top - original album version (1988) Bottom - remaster (2009) I came into possession of the bottom one because we had a music evening and one visitor provded it. Of course, out of curiosity I compared with my own copy (top). http://www.yeats.co.uk/public/Audio/hello-goodbye-waveform.jpg The remaster seems to have dynamic compression applied. This might explain why people hear the sound "leaping from the speakers". It does leap alright, but not in a way I like. Standard comments about compression - initially impressive but soon tiresome. I did a sighted listening comparison on these two tracks shown and bizarrely I preferred the remaster - it sounded less compressed?! My world was in turmoil till I realised I had mixed up the play order. The old one does indeed sound less compressed (and better, to my ears). Just picked them out blind before writing this post - again preferred the original. If anyone wants to understand how dynamic compression is far more important than 16 versus 24 bit just google Loudness War. Now before you jump on me, know that THE BEATLES ARE MY FAVOURITE BAND. Think about that - you guys are talking about my heros so it matters to me. George Martin must be fuming and I am outraged, personally, that they would mess with these fine recordings. Looks like EMI have gone the way of countless other remasters on this one. Look, it's hardly a freakish thing is it, that the remaster of this track sounds worse? Most remasters do, and for the same reasons. THIS is just common sense. Darren -- darrenyeats http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/richpub/listmania/byauthor/A3H57URKQB8AQO/ref=cm_pdp_content_listmania/203-7606506-5721503. (Inguz bass EQ'd) SB3 -> (pre bypassed) Krell KAV-300i -> PMC AB-1 (caps bass EQ'd) Desktop -> Genius Slab SW-flat2.1 700 Sennheiser HD 25-1 II SqueezeControl for Android ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72852 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
