jh901 wrote: > PCM (redbook), hi-res PCM, SACD/DSD....whatever!! When will any of us > turn our attention to the mastering engineer? I'll bet dollars to > doughnuts that I have dozens of good old redbook CDs pressed (and > mastered) before 1988 which smoke that latest and greatest.
Absolutely correct: 1. Pressings before 1994 almost always trumps the latest remasters. 2. This is why I take every opportunity I get to voice my disgust at someone like Vlado Meller and his ilk who have destroyed sound quality. http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/090211mastering#ZF_o_BaJNlfRhF6xB0fQiQ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archimago's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97545 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
