Posted on 09/08/2009 9:19:12 AM PDT by La Lydia
In the late '60s, with a little prodding from his sons, my father finally gave in and replaced his monaural Garrard turntable with a stereo one. Suddenly, Sgt. Pepper's band sounded so much bigger. And clearer. I could hear two distinct guitars playing, not just a generic guitar sound. Two decades later, in 1988, I finally broke down and bought a CD player and the first of many Beatles CDs -- now, that was a jump from what I'd been hearing on vinyl for years. There were so many more instruments I'd never noticed. And notes I'd never heard.
On Wednesday, things are about to change once again, as the sound of the Beatles' music takes another giant leap forward. Twenty-two years after the original release of the Fab Four's British catalogue on CD, the group's music will finally be reissued, the release bearing the fruits of a 4 1/2 -year project by engineers at EMI's Abbey Road Studios to remaster the entire catalogue...
So what's different from those CDs you already have? As any surviving Beatle will tell you -- and both are known to say it -- the Beatles were "a great little band" -- a rock band. What comes through on the new masters is the power and quality of the original recordings of that rock band -- the quality the Beatles themselves would have heard and intended when those recordings were created.
That means you can now hear John Lennon's raucous vocal in all its powerfully shredded glory...George Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" reveals the presence of a Ringo Starr kick drum that was integral to rock's greatest rhythm section, alongside Paul McCartney's bass -- a beat that drives the song with a robust heartbeat not heard before....
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Try taping a couple nickels to the tonearm.
‘Maybe you need to get some new speakers?’
Nope. I have Sonus Farbers. They’re quite good.
“Totally agree, but it’s difficult getting the needle to stay on the record in the car. ;)”
hehehehe
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/07/AR2009090702147.html
‘Totally agree, but it’s difficult getting the needle to stay on the record in the car. ;)’
Ha! Now we’re getting into cassettes, which is a totally different, and thankfully (almost) extinct, animal.
Don't be silly. That's what 8 track players are for.
Thanks for the tip, I wasn’t paying any attention to this and now I must!
From Amazon.com:
The White Album (Remastered) by The Beatles (Audio CD - Sep 9, 2009) - Enhanced
Buy new: $24.98 $16.99
Abbey Road (Remastered) by The Beatles (Audio CD - Sep 9, 2009) - Enhanced
Buy new: $18.98 $11.98
Revolver (Remastered) by The Beatles (Audio CD - Sep 9, 2009) - Enhanced
Buy new: $18.98 $12.99
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles (Audio CD - Jul 15, 2002)
Buy new: $18.98 $11.98
Rubber Soul (Remastered) by The Beatles (Audio CD - Sep 9, 2009) - Enhanced
Buy new: $18.98 $12.99
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Remastered) by The Beatles (Audio CD - Sep 9, 2009) - Enhanced
Buy new: $18.98 $12.99
Will they now allow them to be sold on iTunes?
I use glue.
Also depends on the frequency response and phase shifting of your analog hardware along the way to your ear.
Vinyl has more low end; CD’s, especially the first decade or so before they started correcting the mix, tend to have a slightly tinny sound. Also the ritual of the LP is much more satisfying.
There is some truth to that, but only when the original master is of high quality and the vinyl new and scratch free. Records are analog and therefore a more faithful reproduction of the original sound, which (red book) CD at 44.1 khz sampling can only approximate.
However if you listen to DVD-Audio or SACD, you will never listen to anything else. DVD-A/SACD is to CD/Vinyl what 1080P HD is to standard def video.
Not if you tape it down with duct tape ...
however, I will admit that it does "slightly" impede the turning of the record ...
“Nope. I have Sonus Farbers. They’re quite good.”
Can I come over to your house?
I can only afford Klipsch but I like them... Trying to save up for some Krell’s but they are probably a long way out siigghhh.
I want some improved releases of the Berlin “sessions” of the Beatles in training.
omg that’s awesome. lol
“Don’t be silly. That’s what 8 track players are for.”
Careful... Don’t dis the 8-track... ;)
I still have a working 8-track in my 67 Chevy Caprice!
Are these the new ones? Because I have some that were remastered several years ago, and I want the new ones.
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