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Points: 1881 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 27 2005 at 09:01
^^ To get back to the original question then...Close to the Edge; twice on vinyl (1st copy picked up some scratches, but the second never seemed as good); once on cassette second hand, for playing in the car; twice on CD, I did buy the Rhino Remaster when it came out.

Might be interested in DVD-A !!
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Points: 295 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 27 2005 at 09:42

 

I've bought Dark Side of the Moon in search of sound quality. It was irritating on vinyl. The soft passages, the heart beat, was interlaced with the scratching you always had on records.

But I think vinyl is still better. Each step up in technology seems to take away from the music. Ever listen to anything on a glass 78? That's sound quality! If Dark Side of the Moon came in an album of glass 78's I'd buy it. But then I'd have to go to an antique store to find something to play it on.

 



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Points: 7559 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 27 2005 at 15:32

I've got a first press of DSOTM (recently acquired), and it sounds fantastic.

I also have a second press (bought prior to FP), and it sounds nearly as good.

I have a 1980s press that I bought in the 1980s... and it sounds slightly remixed - kind of glossy and less rock band like. There's less "grit" in it - but that might be the age of the vinyl...

I also have a CD, which I bought in 1986 - my 2nd ever CD. I went mad for it at first, as the "glossy" sound is even more evident, and the lack of pops and crackles was new and exciting.

Now I prefer the odd pop and crackle that reminds me that I'm listening to something more organic than artificial.

But the Master tape takes some beating - it has an almost tangible presence

 

I've also got Marillion's "Script..." on the original vinyl, the first CD release, and the 24-Bit Remastered CD.

Guess which sounds best?

The 24-bit remaster, actually

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