Siamese Dream - Sound Quality?

Thanks guys.

@yyzsantabarbara I've listened to Aghori Mhori Mei. It sounded okay to me but I haven't given it a sit down serious listen yet.

My renewed interest in Smashing Pumpkins started with Rick Beato's interview of Billy Corgan, Chamberlin the drummer and Vig the producer.

Corgan is an interesting person. I know he rubs some people the wrong way and I know he has been openly critical of other bands much of which was not deserved. However, he is thoughtful, candid, seems very genuine and is clearly very smart. All that in addition to being extremely talented musically.

Here is a short sad story: When I was in the Air Force, around 1992, Billy Corgan's cousin was in my medical unit. I didn't know him well but Smashing Pumpkins were performing nearby and he got tickets for a number of the guys and they wanted to know if I wanted to go. I was not real into the Pumpkins then, I had a young family and was exhausted from working 80-100 hours a week and didn't go. Sure wish I had.

Saw them in the 90s with D’arcy & Chamberlin when he was struggling personally. It was great. They did a very cool version of "Everybody Wants Some".

Found my lp, up next.

BTW, The Fruit Bats recorded that entire album. Worth checking out.

Lot of emphasis on lower bass info that could be considered "muddy" if one’s system can’t reproduce it probably.

So far, I’m giving it a solid/conservative 9 out of 10. Especially for a 90s rock lp.

Thanks.

I suspect what I'm hearing is because of the remastered version.  Dynamic range probably compressed all to heck. I'm not into vinyl but I will look up the dynamic range of available CDs and see what I can find.

However, several versions of U2's Achtung Baby sound similar too me. Muddy might not even be the right word; just overuse of bass in the production....and I like bass. That album has nothing in common with Siamese Dream but is from the same time period.

The Siamese Dream remaster from 2011 is definitely hotter sounding than the 1993 disk. Everything is louder and I even get a little bit of fatigue from the remaster. The 1993 CD sounds more subdued in comparison, but it also does not sound like it is lacking anything either.

The 'new' disks I liked are 

• Shiny and Oh so Bright, Vol. 1 No Past. No Future. No Sun.
• Monuments To An Elegy
• Oceania

I had not known about 

Aghori Mhori Mei

and giving it a listen now.

I looked the album up on the dynamic range database. The DR on the 1993 CD is okay but not great. The DR on the 1993 vinyl is very good.

The DR on the 2011 remaster is slightly worse than the 1993 CD.

It looks like all the tested streaming versions are from the 2011 remaster.