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I have a reissue of George Szell's Tchaikovsky Symphony #4 on London, reissued by Super Analog Disk in Japan, that I bought new about 15 years ago. When I first played it, I was amazed at how bad it sounded. Not only was it dull with diminished highs, breakup distortion came out of both channels on peaks, especially in the inner grooves. It sounded like a combination of limitations in the source master tape plus a bad remastering and/or pressing. I can't remember why I didn't just return it. So I took it out the other night for another spin only to renew my disapppointment. It sure looks impressive. It's on heavy weight vinyl and packaged nicely. There's technical info on the minimal processing used during the remaster. Why does it sound so bad?
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Topic - "Super Analog Disk" sounds distorted - Peter C 13:38:30 05/30/17 (8)
- RE: "Super Analog Disk" sounds distorted - srwilsonmiami 22:52:03 08/10/17 (0)
- My first guess is it was not new, and had been played with a horribly damaged stylus - 3+4=5 08:27:32 05/31/17 (1)
- RE: My first guess is it was not new, and had been played with a horribly damaged stylus - SoundMann 15:17:26 05/31/17 (0)
- RE: "Super Analog Disk" sounds distorted - SoundMann 22:31:58 05/30/17 (4)
- The Decca reissue (and likely better-sounding mastering) is available for a pittance. - jdaniel@jps.net 19:11:08 06/03/17 (0)
- RE: "Super Analog Disk" sounds distorted - Peter C 03:23:59 05/31/17 (2)
- RE: "Super Analog Disk" sounds distorted - beach cruiser 18:30:19 06/03/17 (1)
- RE: "Super Analog Disk" sounds distorted - beach cruiser 18:34:57 06/03/17 (0)