Yes, I mean Redbooks, and I listen to all types of music. I have several from Harmonia Mundi, that's a great example. I even have two CDs from the mid-90s--a Marley CD and a Stone Roses CD--that were pressed in France and they sound better, of higher resolution, than many other and newer CDs in my collection. And I have some German-made CDs that are of similar quality. I actually prefer these CDs to my Japanese CDs. Maybe I don't have the terminology right, but it seems that whereas the Japanese CDs have better clarity, the Euro CDs have better resolution.
Favorite international pressings
Lately I've been wondering about international pressings generally. I try to buy my favorite artists on Japanese CD whenever I can, because the clarity is just better across the board. And it's relatively easy to find Japanese products. But I feel like the best sounding CDs in my collection (3 or 4) were pressed in France. These seem to have the highest resolution.
Does anyone have an opinion on international pressings? If I could, I would pursue French pressings more often, at least to test my hypothesis. But now I think all European discs say "EU," so it's impossible to know which came from where.
Where do you get your favorite discs? Does anyone know how to seek out French recordings specifically? I've been to Amazon.fr, but it's not clear which are actually made in France.
Does anyone have an opinion on international pressings? If I could, I would pursue French pressings more often, at least to test my hypothesis. But now I think all European discs say "EU," so it's impossible to know which came from where.
Where do you get your favorite discs? Does anyone know how to seek out French recordings specifically? I've been to Amazon.fr, but it's not clear which are actually made in France.