In Reply to: opinions on Living Stereo Bartok: Concerto For Orchestra SACD posted by Rob M on December 25, 2004 at 19:51:16:
Of course, I do not own the original "shaded dog" releases of the Bartok/Reiner LPs, but much later reissues. I wonder if those audiophiles who tout the general superiority of LPs over digital media are taking into account the poor quality second generation master tapes and/or bad pressings that seem to be common in later reissues. Curiously, I hear the same slight "haze" in the SACD that I hear in my LPs, so maybe the same master tapes were used for the SACD as were used for my reissued LPs. But whatever the advantages of "the analogue sound", my LPs seem to have more background hiss and a slightly compressed dynamic range compared to the SACD.
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- The SACD is better than my LPs - Roy 06:24:09 12/27/04 (0)