Phil, I know we don't agree about these Beatles masters but I can live
with your preference if you can live with mine, LOL!
Darren
Phil Leigh;691060 Wrote:
Interesting - I don't. Which version are you talking about? - mono or
stereo?
I greatly prefer the recent masters to the early ones
darrenyeats;691235 Wrote:
Phil, I know we don't agree about these Beatles masters but I can live
with your preference if you can live with mine, LOL!
Darren
Of course I can Darren! - that's what makes it fun :-)
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evdplancke;690599 Wrote:
The ugly thing therein is that one will again tell that the medium makes
the difference and wrongly conclude that it's hires that best reproduces
the good old analog vinyl sound.
speaking of that...
recording vinyl rips in 24 bit is asinine.
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TheOctavist;691021 Wrote:
thousands of cds in this database
http://www.dr.loudness-war.info/
I maintain the late 80s EMI masters for The Beatles are better than the
recent remasters. From a dynamic range point of view there is evidence,
for example check out Rubber Soul 65 vs 88 vs 99.
I
darrenyeats;691028 Wrote:
I maintain the late 80s EMI masters for The Beatles are better than the
recent remasters. From a dynamic range point of view there is evidence,
for example check out Rubber Soul 65 vs 88 vs 99.
I can imagine artistic, musical reasons for adding dynamic compression
Talking about Dire Straits, it was AB listening to Brothers in Arms that
once had me convinced that vinyl was vastly superior to CD. It took a
while before I understood that it wasn't the medium, it was the War On
Sound.
Still can't bring myself to listen to the CD, though. It sounds like
the
Soulkeeper;690569 Wrote:
Talking about Dire Straits, it was AB listening to Brothers in Arms that
once had me convinced that vinyl was vastly superior to CD. It took a
while before I understood that it wasn't the medium, it was the War On
Sound.
Still can't bring myself to listen to the
Phil Leigh;690585 Wrote:
Fortunately the DVD-A is rather good.. :-)
The ugly thing therein is that one will again tell that the medium
makes the difference and wrongly conclude that it's hires that best
reproduces the good old analog vynil sound.
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evdplancke;690599 Wrote:
The ugly thing therein is that one will again tell that the medium makes
the difference and wrongly conclude that it's hires that best reproduces
the good old analog vinyl sound.
Sorry you are absolutely right, I should have said fortunately, the
mastering on the
I even still like the original sound of the first release. It sounds a
bit thin and you really have to turn it up but it is still one of
better recordings out there.
You may check if you have an early cd version that was sold with
pre-emphasis and apply de-emphasis. Not sure but on several
steveinaz;689370 Wrote:
I know I am, join: http://www.turnmeup.org/
Do it now. All the high-end equipment in the world won't fix a poorly
mastered CD. Please share this site on any other hi-fi forums you may
be a member of. Audiophiles, lets do this!
Just listning to my old Dire Straits
steveinaz;689370 Wrote:
Please share this site on any other hi-fi forums you may be a member
of. Audiophiles, lets do this!
I sent that link to our producer before the mastering of my band's
first album. He told me that he was aware of the effort, and he agreed
with it, but he also said that
Soulkeeper;689504 Wrote:
I sent that link to our producer before the mastering of my band's first
album. He told me that he was aware of the effort, and he agreed with
it, but he also said that nothing seemed to have happened over there
during the last few years.
So the record came out
Henry66;689539 Wrote:
This disgusts and saddens me.
Because he asked that it not be compressed and he got what he wanted?
I'm confused.
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Jeff Flowerday;689545 Wrote:
Because he asked that it not be compressed and he got what he wanted?
I'm confused.Sorry, I read out without as out with. Thanks for catching
that. I
feel better now.
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Another initiative: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86519
Darren
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I know I am, join: http://www.turnmeup.org/
Do it now. All the high-end equipment in the worl won't fix a poorly
mastered CD.
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