Blue Note Tone Poet Series

Here are 3 reissues of John Coltrane Blue Train are played on the same system the same track "Blue Train".

1. Blue Note Tone Poet Series - 2022 Stereo

2. Blue Note Tone Poet Series - 2022 Mono

3. DOL blue vinyl 2016

alexburger-Nice to hear the Joe Pass cuts. Longtime fan of Joe. Back in the late 70's as a young student of the instrument, I had the privilege to sit 20 feet away, and study his every move at the local college with my instructor.

I have many Pablo LPs of Joe. A good live performance is Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson and a Danish bassist-Niels Orsted Pedersen- "The Good Life" 

"I just can't grasp is why or how it is that a digital master or CD can be used to make a vinyl record and almost invariably the vinyl version will sound better assuming the surfaces are clean and the spindle hole is centered."

"I don't 100% agree there, it all depends on your digital chain right, so if your analogue chain is head and shoulders above your digital chain, then sure the vinyl sourced from CD could sound better."

billstevenson/nitewulf-

I play a big ol' Jazz box like Joe Pass. Being a LP devotee, I will always default to the record. BUT, having heard high level of both LP/digital I say BOTH can be breathtaking. 

Squinting my eyes, leaning forward- not truly enjoy the performance and trying to determine if it's a live or Memorex moment is something I've never done.

I do think a subjective amount of "organic presence" i.e.- the sound of fingers moving across the fretboard or fingers just off enough to not fret a note/chord precisely is something even an UBER setup/room will never replicate 100% convincingly.

You can hear that stuff on any decent recording/setup LP or digital.

@alexberger 

Thank you for sharing your videos with us! 

In regards to the recent releases of the Blue Train, I'm curious if you used the same cartridge for all three pressings?  Or did you use a mono cartridge for the mono pressing?  Does your preamp have a mono switch?

Thank you again for your time and help.

P.S.  I just received notice today that my Blue Train Complete Masters was being shipped today...  I'm looking forward to hearing it on my system 😊

Best wishes,

Don

Hi @no_regrets 

I used the same stereo setup in all Blue Train videos. I have EMT TSD15SFL cartridge. I whish to have EMT TMD25 mono cartridge, but the quantity of mono records in my collection doesn't justify this purchase.

Regards,

Alex.

@palasr  

I'm glad that I'm not the only one who notices it on For Django, at loud volumes that tone is rather distracting!  Was beginning to think there was something amiss with my system.  Otherwise For Django is a lovely album, with superb guitar playing and very good sound quality.  Overall, Tone Poets have been a hit for me, I have almost every one and look forward to new releases.  Off the top of my head, the only overt Tone Poet sonic miss is Money Jungle, my guess the tape used was worn or the original recording just wasn't good, I haven't heard any other presses so I don't know.