The Yes Steven Wilson Remixes... MP3s?

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   Hey all. I was just listening to my copy of Relayer earlier today, and it occurred to me that my particular record seems to have pretty low fidelity, especially on loud, trebley parts, and most especially in Gates Of Delirium. Sound Chaser is mostly alright, and Soon once again is a bit unclear. Now, first off, it occurs to me I've never listened to the album other than from my vinyl record, so it may be that record just normally sounds this way and I just don't care for that quality of it. However, it sounds more to me like my record was just spun a few too many times before I bought it. Please let me know if this kind of low fidelity is an all around album issue!
But assuming it is, it also occurred to me that I only own one of the classic 70s Yes albums on CD, and that my vinyl copies of everything are all a bit used and scratchy, if not losing fidelity like Relayer. Close To The Edge strikes me as another which I think aught to sound a bit clearer than my copy does. So I then realized an efficient solution might be to get the Steven Wilson remixes, as I've heard wonderful things about them bringing new life into these classic albums. However, I'm not looking at the vinyl box set (for a few reasons: prohibitive cost, the redundancy of owning all of the albums on vinyl already, being sold out on Amazon) Instead I was looking at the mp3 collection on Amazon, which at just under 20 bucks is a great deal for five albums of music. My only question is... does anyone believe the mp3's of the Steven Wilson remixes are worth getting? I've personally never been enough of an audiophile to notice massive differences in sound quality between new vinyl and mp3s, but would I be getting my money's worth buying the remixes on the inferior format? Thanks for giving your opinion in advance!

Edited by Sacro_Porgo - June 29 2021 at 22:00

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Sacro_Porgo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 15 2019 Location: Cygnus Status: Offline Points: 2062	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sacro_Porgo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 29 2021 at 21:55
	Hey all. I was just listening to my copy of Relayer earlier today, and it occurred to me that my particular record seems to have pretty low fidelity, especially on loud, trebley parts, and most especially in Gates Of Delirium. Sound Chaser is mostly alright, and Soon once again is a bit unclear. Now, first off, it occurs to me I've never listened to the album other than from my vinyl record, so it may be that record just normally sounds this way and I just don't care for that quality of it. However, it sounds more to me like my record was just spun a few too many times before I bought it. Please let me know if this kind of low fidelity is an all around album issue! But assuming it is, it also occurred to me that I only own one of the classic 70s Yes albums on CD, and that my vinyl copies of everything are all a bit used and scratchy, if not losing fidelity like Relayer. Close To The Edge strikes me as another which I think aught to sound a bit clearer than my copy does. So I then realized an efficient solution might be to get the Steven Wilson remixes, as I've heard wonderful things about them bringing new life into these classic albums. However, I'm not looking at the vinyl box set (for a few reasons: prohibitive cost, the redundancy of owning all of the albums on vinyl already, being sold out on Amazon) Instead I was looking at the mp3 collection on Amazon, which at just under 20 bucks is a great deal for five albums of music. My only question is... does anyone believe the mp3's of the Steven Wilson remixes are worth getting? I've personally never been enough of an audiophile to notice massive differences in sound quality between new vinyl and mp3s, but would I be getting my money's worth buying the remixes on the inferior format? Thanks for giving your opinion in advance! Edited by Sacro_Porgo - June 29 2021 at 22:00
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