I always thought Cat Steven's Tea for the Tillerman had a pretty tipped-up treble. Otherwise all the mfsl albums I have sound better than the original, esp. the anadisc versions. What I have found disappointing SOMETIMES are japanese pressings with harsh treble, compressed soundstage and depth.
Audiophile Pressing?
Recently I've run into a few "Audiophile" pressing that were very disappointing. There are of course some that are fabulous. I'm an avid collector of Audiophile vinyl in particular, but many CDs as well. It would be helpful (to many, I hope) to know what albums to avoid spending the extra $ for an audiophile pressing that really isn't audiophile. The one that was most disappointing was DCC's Queen "night at the opera". Way too much compression--the EMI original issue is far superior. The EMI was on CD. I listened to both the CD and vinyl version of the DCC (the problem was in the mastering--they were equally bad). On the other hand try comparing Cat Stevens Tea for the Tillerman on MFSL vs the original CD--I find it hard to listen to the original CD once I heard the MFSL. By the way--this is not say that DCC does poor mastering--in fact I was very surprised because I have many DCC albums that are excellent. Also, I have some pretty poor MFSL. These are just individual examples. What examples do others have of "audiophile" pressings that either don't measure up or are so fantastic everyone should own them.
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