?'s about quality of audiophile recordings

Red2 I haven't heard the Mofi version of Gaucho however what I can say is the last set of Steely Dan remasters were an improvement over the previous set(Citizen Box set era-93?).
These were done around '99 and onwards if my memory seves me well...................

The easy way to tell is that the new Dan remasters have extensive sleeve notes by Becker and Fagan.

What one has to realise with the original Mofi remasters is that they are old now and in many cases have been bypassed by newer more up todate remasters.
Which is probably the case with Gaucho.

Of course there will be the odd case where that is not true for various reasons not least of all the odd example of messing about with the mix itself.

I have not bought "audiophile" LPs, but in the case of digital discs, the ones that I have from certain European "audiophile" labels, and costing almost $30, are clearly superior to run-of-the-mill discs.

Majority of reissues by Classic Records, Analog Productions, CISCO, Speakers Corners, etc.. are absolutely better than the originals! There are a few exceptions, but that's exactly what they are: "exceptions"! We should all be glad and thankful these people are taking the risk, the time and money to revive these analog treasures for our listening pleasure. Let's give them our full support instead of whining and nitpicking trivial stuff! BTW, S&P's Songbird reissue is exceptional in everyway! A definite "Must-have"!

Aisip, yes I am a devoted vinyl supporter. I guess I was just expecting more of the remastering process and wanted to know whether others are really happy with the investment they have made in these type of recordings versus just purchasing original recordings in LP format. I support Acoustic Sounds and other labels every chance I get.

Thanks for hearing me out.

R.

Red2,

Check out Arturo Salvatore's website: www.high-endaudio.com. Go to the Supreme Recordings section. Mr. Salvatore compiled a very comprehensive list of some of the world's finest analog recordings with their detailed description. Most of his Top 25 Finest Records of All Time are surprisingly "reissues"! He also specified a lot of reissues that he thinks did not make the cut. Very interesting reading! I don't know this gentleman and I'm not promoting his website. I just want to do my part to promote analog and hopefully postpone its extinction.

Regards,