Zombie wrote: > Oi! What about the question: > "Since I'm considering purchasing some of the remastered Beatles LPs, I > was wondering if anyone had a chance to compare two or more of the same > LPs?" > (Personally I'd go for the mono mixes, unless they have made a miracle > with the dull "beatles stereo" in the early albums.)
I may be an odd case, but I actually prefer the 'double mono' mixes on the early Beatles LPs. On proper mono mixes of "Please Please Me" and "With the Beatles", I just find that the instruments and voices are tightly squished against each other leaving no information about the recording room etc. On the extreme left-right panning of the stereo mixes, I can hear much more 'air' and relative positioning of various instruments. I find that much more enjoyable to listen to. I have a few different pressings of various Beatles LPs (many copies of "Abbey Road" and "Sgt. Peppers", as well as the White Album etc.). Each and every one of those copies sound notably different from other copies. Some are dead/muffled sounding, some are okay but lack certain punch, some are good in upper register but lacking bass, and on and on. Overall, extremely hard to find a decent sounding LP that would deliver uniform frequency range while retaining the liveliness of the music. I am now left wondering if we are to expect the same maddening variability in the new batch of the Beatles analog remasters? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ heisenberg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98603 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
