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Dark Side of the Moon - Is MFSL really all that?

So I got a copy of the MFSL pressing of DSotM. I haven't done extensive comparisons, but one major thing I feel is missing from my original CD (which I have no idea right now exactly WHICH CD) is the kind of surround effects present in some of the tracks. MFSL sounds more like an acoustic cut, while the original CD sounds like an effects CD.

Is this right, and what people like about the MFSL pressing? Help me be a cognoscenti please.
erik_squires
andrew9405
225 posts
 
There are 2 MFSL pressings of Dark Side. The first, and better sounding, has block letters across the top. The second has slanted letters. Neither release is remarkable. 
I own 16 copies of this album and the best are:
1. Original U.K. first pressing
2. Japanese Pro-Use Series EMLF-97002
3. Japanese EMS-80324
hdm
1,056 posts
 
Can't comment on an original UK but own the Japanese Pro Use and have heard the Mo Fi  UHQR. The UHQR is superior IMO. 
peporter
34 posts
 
I'm a little late getting to this discussion and noticed a term I'm not familiar with: obi...what does it stand for?
rlawry
477 posts
 
Never liked the MFSL versions, particularly the UHQR.  Too compressed, thin, and lightweight.  I like the original UK and German pressings.  I have also tried a number of reissues and don't like them either.

Found this in Wikipedia:

An obi (帯?) is a strip of paper looped around a book or other product. This extends the term obi used for Japanese clothing; it is written with the same kanji. It is also referred to as a tasuki (襷?) (another kimono accessory), or more narrowly as obigami (帯紙?, belt paper).
qdrone
1,039 posts
 
Been reading this thread and for clarification please state what year is your DSOTM MFSL from? They have been pressing this sucker from day one,my copy by MFSL is from the year the first MFSL PRESSINGS were released 1978? . It sounds good but I’m sure there are better since it’s been done by every quality Audiophile label.
Thanks.
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