Steely Dan Catalog on UHQR Vinyl

@alan60 

I hear you. Agreed on reading reviews on new music and being disappointed once buying the album. Done that multiple times. That's where streaming truly gives its best value. You can listen to anything you chose for basically free other than the small monthly fee on a site like qobuz. And I am making the best of it. If anything is really good I might still buy the CD more so than the vinyl since those are more expensive each day and I must say I enjoy that savings and puting it in better equipment instead. However, for most albums I just keep them on qobuz in my favorites. Simple enough. And super easy to access. As far as new bands not measuring up to our old generation, I am 68, it would all depend on your tastes. I personally enjoy many bands from this century as much as I enjoyed the late 60s early 70s period that I grew up in. Like prog, prog alt or even prog metal and electronic music. A few examples are  Porcupine Tree, Pineapple Thief, Riverside, Boris Blank, Yello, William Orbitt, Yeahman, Infected Mushroom, Marian Hill, OSI, HAAi, Lunatic Soul. Primus, to name a few.

Anyway, all this to say it makes it that I listen to my old favorite stuff less and less. As far as I am concerned there is still a good amount of great music out there even so the majority sucks. You just need to have a good search engine, the streamer, and time on your hands. I have both :)

Want to hear what a truly great sounding mastering and pressing can do for the sound of an LP? Get a copy of the Cat Stevens Tea For The Tillerman album in:

1: An original U.S.A. A & M Records pressing

2: An original UK "pink label" UK Island pressing, or the "Palm Tree/Sunray label" 2nd pressing.

3: An Analogue Productions reissue, either the 1-disc 33-1/3 RPM pressing or the 2-disc 45 RPM one (both mastered by Bernie Grundman).

If after listening to all three or four you still think all originals are better than all reissues, you may want to consider upgrading your hi-fi.

I've done that Cat Stevens comparison.  And that is exactly why I buy a good number of reissues of my favorite albums.   Once in a while they turn out to be a let down.  The vast majority of them, however, are excellent.  I am a good customer of Acoustic Sounds and pay close attention to AP/QRP issues.

Well, personally I much prefer the organic and dynamic sound of Katy Lied to the over processed mainstream sound of later SD recordings. It also has the best songs…Daddy is to kill for :-)

Mine are ordered! Can’t wait!