Pink Floyd remaster
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Throw out that SACD. Test one of these remasters.
DSOTM on 180g was also released.
I picked up DSOTM and Wish You Were Here last night at Target, they costed $7.50 each for the CD. The jury is still out whether this DSOTM is any better than the SACD, I do like the louder over-driven passages on the remaster better without the master tape recording hiss that's in most other versions. Well worth $7.50 ($20 for two CD's and $5 gift card given at the register).
I went to a small Worst Buy store in Stevens Point WI. They don't have any vinyl there.
The guys at Worst Buy showed me an 11/7 date for WYWH remastered. I think you can look it up yourself on their web site.
Whats neat about the 2CD sets is you get the studio remastered version, and a set of live cuts taken from various 1974 shows in the same order as the album sequence. I wish others, like The Dead would have done this on their box sets.
This is the only NEW material with theses releases. DSOTM 2CD set is out, WYWH and The Wall will come later.
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Absolutely NO tape hiss at all. Black background. I'm going to buy more this weekend. Thanks for the update on Targets prices.
And in 5.1 surround no less. Should be cool. I like DSOTM SACD in 5.1 for a change of pace now and then. Reminds me of the live show, except for the absence of "Black Primo". I was really hoping for more early vinyl releases though. Hopefully they may follow if the tapes are still good enough.
The big immersion set for DSOTM is out as well. Its sitting on my coffee table.
I didn't see that at all. But like I said, I go to a small BB. The staff is helpful at this particular location. Small college town.
I am going to run remastered DSOTM vs SACD DSOTM again tonight. Last night I ran the first 3 songs, and then switched to the live version.
I went to the small one downtown here in Chicago and they had one copy left of the immersion box last night- I couldn't get out of work until about 8pm. It was buried behind the Nirvana 20th anniversary Nevermind box. In the other thread I detailed some impressions of the 'early mix' of Dark Side, which is really interesting and also a bit of a mess. Shows how small details can go a LONG way towards making something timeless. The box itself is very well done, and contains a boatload of useless junk that I get a big kick out of. Yay, I now have Pink Floyd marbles! I guess I have to lose them to complete the metaphor. Should I use the coasters and ruin the resale? Yep.
I'll do the SACD/remastered comparison at some point. I could go to the effort of hooking up both of my big CD/SACD players into one system to make switching easier. As it is, I didn't notice a dramatic improvement over the SACD (from memory) but it sounded excellent. "The Wall", which I also bought, sounded notably better than my other copy. I'll get Animals and The Final Cut at some point, and will wait on the SACD for Wish You Were Here. The rest I can live without remasters for, though I don't have Saucerful on CD so that might get picked up.
LostTurntabl
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The DSOTM Immersion edition has an amazing sixth disc with an early mix of the album, stuff from the Household Objects album and more. To those of you saying that you already have all this stuff, trust me, you don't. And it's AWESOME.
I loved the early mix. I see how it was very much a work in progress but it was very interesting, almost like listening to the album for the first time because things just weren't where they were supposed to be. I'm glad they moved on from it, but it's interesting how far the details go towards making the final mix timeless.
Quint
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I’m skipping the Immersion editions of DSOTM, WYWH, and The Wall and sticking with the vastly cheaper Experience editions. I’m becoming a skinflint in my old age, and there’s just too much on the big sets that I don’t need or want. 
Today I bought Obscured by Clouds (which I amazingly didn’t have in any format), Momentary Lapse of Reason, The Division Bell, and The Final Cut (2004 remaster) to do some comparisons with my Japanese mini-LP editions from 2001. Honestly, after listening for several hours, I’m not parting with my Japanese editions, which use the ‘90s masters. They just sound BIGGER and more dramatic (and possibly a tad brighter too) than the 2011s, which by comparison have slightly smaller soundstages, though a nice sense of clarity and lots of detail. I’m actually keeping the 2011s I got, but am not buying any more. The Japanese mini-LPs have great packaging and excellent sound. My experience seems to parallel that of several other buyers I’ve talked to, who feel that if you have the ‘90s remasters, there’s no need to get the 2011s. Others may disagree.
Today I bought Obscured by Clouds (which I amazingly didn’t have in any format), Momentary Lapse of Reason, The Division Bell, and The Final Cut (2004 remaster) to do some comparisons with my Japanese mini-LP editions from 2001. Honestly, after listening for several hours, I’m not parting with my Japanese editions, which use the ‘90s masters. They just sound BIGGER and more dramatic (and possibly a tad brighter too) than the 2011s, which by comparison have slightly smaller soundstages, though a nice sense of clarity and lots of detail. I’m actually keeping the 2011s I got, but am not buying any more. The Japanese mini-LPs have great packaging and excellent sound. My experience seems to parallel that of several other buyers I’ve talked to, who feel that if you have the ‘90s remasters, there’s no need to get the 2011s. Others may disagree.
The 2004 Final Cut has quite a bit of dynamic compression that my earlier edition lacked. Its frustrating as it sounds cleaner and more detailed, but some things that were jolting and surprising in their volume change before, weren't there anymore like before.I’m skipping the Immersion editions of DSOTM, WYWH, and The Wall and sticking with the vastly cheaper Experience editions. I’m becoming a skinflint in my old age, and there’s just too much on the big sets that I don’t need or want.
Today I bought Obscured by Clouds (which I amazingly didn’t have in any format), Momentary Lapse of Reason, The Division Bell, and The Final Cut (2004 remaster) to do some comparisons with my Japanese mini-LP editions from 2001. Honestly, after listening for several hours, I’m not parting with my Japanese editions, which use the ‘90s masters. They just sound BIGGER and more dramatic (and possibly a tad brighter too) than the 2011s, which by comparison have slightly smaller soundstages, though a nice sense of clarity and lots of detail. I’m actually keeping the 2011s I got, but am not buying any more. The Japanese mini-LPs have great packaging and excellent sound. My experience seems to parallel that of several other buyers I’ve talked to, who feel that if you have the ‘90s remasters, there’s no need to get the 2011s. Others may disagree.