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In Reply to: RE: Jethro Tull "Aqualung" posted by user510 on April 10, 2017 at 11:50:12
Get the MOFI version. I has killer bottom end! May be EQ'd up but who cares it is a blast!
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I have all the various pressing including the MOFI. Do you have or have you ever listened to the MOFI?
"I have all the various pressing including the MOFI. Do you have or have you ever listened to the MOFI?"
No. I haven't heard the MOFI. I have many other MOFI Lps from that period in the 1980's. They did tend to "eq" the bass. And I've also noticed on many of these that often there was a sense of cleaner, articulate and clarity that original pressings could not match.
-Steve
Yes MOFI eq'd the bass up, and the top, on a lot of recordings. This was one. It has spectacular bass and I don't care if they boosted the bass. This particular master tape needed it. The DCC reissue is terrible but Steve Hoffman claims it sounds like the master tape. Well clearly the master tape needed some bass boost because it is lifeless and anemic sounding without it if the DCC is any indication.
The DCC reissue of the greatest hits album was just as bad but again Steven claimed this is what the master sounded like.
I am no purist. If the master tape sounds fantastic then yes transfer it with minimal EQ, compression, etc. But when the master is a lifeless dud then yes make it sound better at the mastering stage. That is their job and the point of it all.
Agree on all points noted.
Should a Mo-Fi Tull/Aqualung make itself availble to me, I'll likely snag it. Although I suspect that this one will command a significant fee in today's market.
I was happy to get the two Classic Records remasters. Those are better listens in comparison to original pressings. I do recall in several different online discussions re: Aqualung sonics it always comes up that the album just happens to be bass shy.
-Steve
Have the bought new when it was Current album.
Sounds OK ..Not great, but hardly awful either.. Decent bass by the way.
WHAT? are you playing/listening to it thru?
"Have the bought new when it was Current album.
Sounds OK ..Not great, but hardly awful either.. Decent bass by the way.
WHAT? are you playing/listening to it thru?"
See my system description. Or see link to my system page at The Analog Dept. Thanks for asking. Btw. I've enough bass in the current system for the room I'm in. It can pressurize the space.
-Steve
Dunno what to say?
My Thorens runs thru my F6 amp to my Tannoys.
NO issues whatsoever.
No standoffs for My speaker wires tho :-)
"Dunno what to say?
My Thorens runs thru my F6 amp to my Tannoys.
NO issues whatsoever.
No standoffs for My speaker wires tho :-)"Actually I chose not to argue on the point of whether or not original pressings of Aqualung are lacking in bass presence. There has been so much discussion in this very issue in the past that I really feel no need to defend my position against yours. The general consensus is nearly 100% against your impression.
Search the vinyl/asylum using the key words: Aqualung bass
That said, I've no doubt that your Tannoys do produce lots of bass. Differences in all the various systems we use will result in different impressions. But I think you're off the mark on this one.
-Steve
Edits: 04/11/17
That said, I've no doubt that your Tannoys do produce lots of bass. Differences in all the various systems we use will result in different impressions. But I think you're off the mark on this one.
I feel it's silly to divert the discussion in the direction of 'what system are you listening on?' Obviously, all of us complaining that Aqualung is shy on bass are not complaining about any other album in our collection being shy in the bass section. Meaning, we are completely satisfied with the way our system pressurizes the room with bass tones. So why would Aqualung all of a sudden be traceable to an issue with our systems?
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