Dire Straits : what is your favorite pressing?

Brothers in Arms sounded best on the original CD IMHO. Everything since was not as good. The CD has an early digital sound but overall pretty impressive - very dynamic like Supertramp Crime of the Century - really breathes.

To this day, Chuck now runs tape on everything and usually analog is what gets selected in mastering for most tracks.

@slaw can you explain what vinyl/ds “s/t” means?

@marktomaras that would be Dire Straits self titled ie their first album 

@folkfreak thanks!

So after some digging around online, and some philosophizing into the nature of record pressings, I decided to use this particular record, Dire Straits self titled debut, To do a real world sound quality experiment for my own beneficial amusement and education.

I’m going to get my hands on a near mint copy Of the original UK pressing, the original Japanese pressing,and the soon to be released mobile fidelity 45 RPM re-issue to compare the sound firsthand, side by side. I’ve just invested in a top of the line record cleaning machine, so naturally they will all go through the wash first so they will play with a fair and equal cleanliness.

it will probably take some time to get the records, especially as the MoFi is not shipping yet, but stay tuned for a report from me!

@marktomaras - you will have fun doing this comparison. I've found that such comparisons often, not always, reveal different strengths and weaknesses in pressing/mastering with no clear winner. Probably not a bad idea to have an SPL meter to check loudness differences among the different copies when you are listening.