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+1 "Kenny Drew Trio" , Station to Station, Ella & Oscar. Some great sh*t spinning tonight!
@boxer12 hey Tim, check your "sporty" box. |
Grieg-Peer Gynt(RCA ARL-1-2613) Side A SQ Audiophile ZZ Top-Rio Grande Mud Side 2 Don Henley-Building The Perfect Beast Side 1 Nancy Wilson-TLC Side 1 SQ Audiophile Journey-Infinity Side 2 Al Stewart-24 Carrots Side 1 SQ Audiophile The Tiffany Singers-ST(Roulette SR 25302) Side B Stan Getz & Albert Dailey-Poetry Side 2 Everything sounded above average with Don Henley taking last place with a slight digital edge. 24 Carrots SQ is outstanding! SQ winner tonight, could be a demo disc need to spin again. TLC is one of Ms. Wilson's best. Words can't describe Poetry. Might be Stan's last great recording. |
C,S,N&Y - Deja Vu 1970 Atlantic Records The title track is a beautiful and complex David Crosby masterpiece. My original early pressing with great Audiophile SQ but with just a bit more background noise from the years than I care for so I have placed a preorder for the soon to be released 2021 remaster from Acoustic Sounds. Says it is pressed at Optimal in Germany. Hope I'm not disappointed. |
@tgilb , I meant to play my Classic Records "Deja Vu" recently and it slipped my mind. Let us know how the AS pressing sounds. Seems like Chad would've done a UHQR with that title? |
Another Bartók from this series arrived today. Some of these are really very nice…
The Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
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Another new arrival today. A purchase inspired by @sbank
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@tgilb @slaw I too preordered Déjà Vu to replace my 1970 original and am hoping for the best. The last couple reissues I’ve received were not so great. I agree with @mammothguy54 on the digital sounding Thick As A Brick compared to my original and MFSL’s 45rpm of Brothers In Arms generally doesn’t surpass my original copy’s SQ and imaging. |
According to the Acoustic Sounds website the Deja Vu info is below. Mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Studios Pressed at Optimal in Germany It looks like it is the same as what they released in the box sets in 2021 but this release will only be the original single album cuts. Does anyone have experience with the box sets? |
I have experience with the box set. It's a bit bright, at least it was on my system with my last turntable. I have not yet played it on my Feickert/Kuzma/Soundsmith setup. I will have to do that and get back to you. The vinyl quality is excellent, but the mastering does sound a bit bright. My original was given away many years ago because it was so thrashed. Awesome high school years with that album, and great memories. But it absolutely needed to be replaced. I am glad to have this copy but would rather have paid for the album alone, not the entire box set with all of the CDs. Although, the packaging is really awesome! I do recommend getting a copy. It's probably the best available. Only if Analogue Productions does a true AAA reissue would I replace the new one that I have. |
Thanks for the info @mammothguy54 Looking forward to a nice clean copy. |
Big Star - Radio City, Craft Reissue courtesy of @sbank |
I think that is an AAA copy @nicks25 |
Dire Straits - S/T 1978/2019 MFSL 45 RPM Remaster MFSL may be getting a lot of bad press lately but I can't imagine this album sounding any better. For years I thought my early original WB copy was one of the best sounding records in my collection and it does sound great but the MFSL remaster takes it to another level.
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@tgilb , Always loved Dire Straits "S/T" Wasn’t till the 45 RPM version until I thought it sounded great !! |
