Blue Note Tone Poet Series


Here are a number of videos of Blue Note Tone Poet Series records playing on my system:

Andrew Hill ‎– Black Fire - Blue Note Tone Poet Series
https://youtu.be/L7JSfUGyivA

Donald Byrd ‎– Chant - Blue Note Tone Poet Series
https://youtu.be/oSqF6ZCtlas

Tina Brooks ‎– Minor Move "The Way You Look Tonight" - Blue Note Tone Poet Series
https://youtu.be/MXJRFojEFk0

Duke Ellington Charlie Mingus Max Roach ‎– Money Jungle - Blue Note Tone Poet Series
https://youtu.be/Botd2xjnzH0
https://youtu.be/_paYIWWUqjU


alexberger
To my ears the Tone Poet series sound even better than the Music Matters series because they benefit from the new vinyl formulation that did not exist before.  This manifests itself as quieter surfaces, hence greater dynamic range, more obvious on some releases than others.  In other respects not much to choose between them.  Don't re-buy releases that you already have from Music Matters.
In terms of SQ Tone Poets is significantly better compared to BN80. High frequencies are much more clear and less synthetic sound. BN80 SQ is much better than BN75 and Wax Time.
The sound quality of their recordings is outstanding! Quiet, dynamic and natural sounding. What's not to like?
Compared to Tone Poet Series - BN80 sounds less refined and tone of instruments is not as natural.
But BN80 is not a bad reissue at all. It is much better than mainstream reissues like: Jazz Portraits, Wax Time and BN75.
In terms of SQ BN80 reminds me Blue Note reissues of 70x .