New Steely Dan Aja


Hi to Dan fans,

How would people rank the latest vinyl pressing of Aja? I hear it's among the best.

Thoughts?

Happy 4th!

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Maybe not completely relevant, I have the same mastering by Bernie G/ Acoustic Sounds on SACD. This beats my Japan pressing on vinyl, which beats my US pressing and streaming from Qubuz. Worth getting IMO.

The CISCO pressing has been a reference for many folks, so would be interesting to compare this new one to a CISCO.

@jdjohn - I've seen a few YouTube videos that did that, along with some others. CISCO seems to be a very popular one, but I haven't seen a review yet that liked anything else better than the UHQR double-45... 

The CISCO pressing has been a reference for many folks, so would be interesting to compare this new one to a CISCO.

@jdjohn  Here’s the Stereophile review where the UHQR gets much higher marks than the Cisco version…
https://www.analogplanet.com/content/steely-dans-200g-45rpm-2lp-aja-pride-analogue-productions-uhqr-neighborhood

Very interesting!  High praise, and actually cheaper than the CISCO pressings, so...I have placed my order smiley

IMO, this album (and some others from Steely Dan) are almost over-produced, so getting a good version can be difficult to find.  Too much post-recording production can lead to compression.