Testament: Practice What You Preach

Posted by Luminator (A) on October 10, 2014 at 12:35:16

Okay, I finally obtained Testament's Practice What You Preach on SHM-CD. This has the words, "SHM-CD" imprinted in white lettering on the disc's inner circle.

As expected from an SHM-CD, the sound (versus the regular-issue CD) is a little bit cleaner, less hazy. You get a better feel for the instruments' true sounds and textures. Images are slightly bigger, with better separation from each other. Said images are more firmly anchored in the soundstage.

The SHM-CD isn't a radical change from the regular CD. Rather, it is an evolutionary step better. But at this point, we'll take what we can get. Practice What You Preach is perhaps the band's most technical album. That doesn't mean you'll like it. But if this album means anything to you, the cleaner sonics of the SHM-CD will allow you to like and appreciate it more deeply. If you are the intellectual type who likes to play along to the music, I think you'll have an easier time with the SHM-CD. Whether I listen to this in my main system, or via the bedroom headphone rig, I can easily tell that Alex Skolnick's leads possess Joe Satriani's [Skolnick took guitar lessons from Satch] fingerprints, theory, technique, and influence.

As I was listening to this SHM-CD on the way to work, I sighed that the album is now a quarter century old. F---, we're old. Actually, I think the SHM-CD's greater impact is in the car. Cars tend to have noisy environments and hashy-sounding decks. So on the road, the SHM-CD's cleaner sonics pay off.

Back in the day, my brother and I had the "Practice What You Preach," "Perilous Nation," and "Greenhouse Effect" t-shirts. My "Perilous Nation" shirt lasted until 1993. So some of you who ran into me at audio stores back then may have seen me wearing that shirt!

The Audiophiles' DJ,
-Lummy The Loch Monster

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Topic - Testament: Practice What You Preach - Luminator 12:35:16 10/10/14 (20)

RE: Testament: Practice What You Preach - fantja 17:48:36 10/24/14 (0)

RE: Testament: Practice What You Preach - fantja 12:54:33 10/10/14 (11)

Seen 'em many times live... - jamesgarvin 22:04:13 10/12/14 (3)

Hell Yeah! - Luminator 22:36:15 10/12/14 (2)

The best part of the Doro show.. - jamesgarvin 23:46:20 10/12/14 (1)

RE: The best part of the Doro show.. - fantja 16:34:35 10/16/14 (0)

"Greenhouse Effect" - Luminator 21:32:38 10/10/14 (3)

RE: "Greenhouse Effect" - fantja 04:40:15 10/11/14 (2)

Have Earplugs, Will Travel - Luminator 10:11:24 10/11/14 (1)

RE: Have Earplugs, Will Travel - fantja 14:38:42 10/11/14 (0)

"Perilous Nations" - Luminator 21:23:39 10/10/14 (2)

RE: "Perilous Nations" - fantja 04:39:24 10/11/14 (1)

Cable Cars - Luminator 08:19:47 10/11/14 (0)

Any new releases that you like? - Joe Appierto 12:37:18 10/10/14 (6)

Testament Are Working On A New Album - Luminator 12:51:02 10/10/14 (5)

RE: Testament Are Working On A New Album - fantja 12:55:24 10/10/14 (4)

Go To My Homepage - Luminator 13:07:26 10/10/14 (3)

RE: Go To My Homepage - fantja 16:29:13 10/10/14 (2)

Not Just Testament - Luminator 20:49:35 10/10/14 (1)

RE: Not Just Testament - fantja 04:38:09 10/11/14 (0)

Testament: Practice What You Preach

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