Pink Floyd remasters - is it me or are they a bit crap?
In the last couple of years I fancied revisiting some of my old favourites (old copies having been given/swapped/stolen/lost) and amongst the stuff I bought were 'Wish You Were Here' and 'DSOTM'. The sound quality of these records seem to lack the 'sparkle' of the original releases - they sound a bit muddy and slow, and a bit of top end detail seems to have all but gone.
The set up I have now blows my seventies stereo into the weeds, but when playing the above mentioned discs I find that small details I remember hearing on the old pressings are now virtually inaudible. It makes the listening experience a bit tiring, if that makes any sense, like driving an underpowered car on a fast road. It's got so I don't want to buy any more Floyd reissues - I'll look out for nice condition originals instead.
Or maybe I'll buy a graphic equaliser, and leave the sliders in the smile position, like this
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
Speakers: Zu Omen Def, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Amptastic Mini One,Arcam A75 integrated, Celestion 5's, BK XLS-200 DF
A/V:
LG 55" OLED, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL Storm sub
Forget the past, it's gone. And don't worry about the future, it doesn't exist. There is only NOW.
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