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.
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.
Is this right, and what people like about the MFSL pressing? Help me be a cognoscenti please.
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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). |
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. |
I think that maybe "best sounding" is too broad of an inquisitorial challenge for us re: the plethora of offerings of this masterpiece of music. I have four copies of the vinyl MSFL OMR (no UHQR) and never noticed audible differences in sound quality, only in the quietness of the pressing/copy, between them. As with many early-era MFSL masterings, the treble is jazzed a bit and the bass enhanced also, or is it attenuation of the upper midrange that makes it sound that way to me, or both? None of the Redbook CD versions that I own come close to matching even these LPs in sound quality in my system. This title (as all PF stuff I have yet heard IMO) just seems to favor the euphonic contribution of a good vinyl rig. This is not always the case for me with non-PF recordings, lest my comments/inquiry be dismissed as vinyl obsession. I admit to not having or even ever hearing the highly-coveted early European/US pressings, so I would like to ask those of you do who own these if any overcome what I feel to be a lack of openness, dynamics, and sheer energy in the upper midrange (snare drum in particular) and, if so, which pressings do the best here? BTW and FWIW - the 2003 Capitol/EMI digital remaster via SACD sounds the best to me in the upper midrange of anything I have heard. Best to all, Dave |
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