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New remastering of Steely Dan's Katy Lied review by Fremer

I don't have a turntable, but in this case, the remastered material is streamable. I did a bit of listening last night and it sounds a bit better, but it’s still far short of Aja, so there’s a let-down effect. “It sounds better” is not the sonic experience of “Wow, this is amazing.” 

Still, better is better, and I'll settle for better.

FREMER REVIEW IS HERE: https://trackingangle.com/music/steely-dan-katy-lied-uhqr-review

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tlcocks
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Ok yes. Sorry the assumption. I started a thread on this topic as it really interests me. Why some hi res remasters are great and others aren’t. I am sure a lot of variables other than compression or lack thereof go into it. I just think one should always expect a better sounding hi res remaster. Even if it’s lower volume. 

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hilde45 OP
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Cool. Some remasters are higher res but poorly done. Everything comes down to the motivations and the people doing it.

zarf
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I think I'm going out to the two local record stores for some browsing. Thanks for the link to the expletive track, because it's fun to hear the enthusiasm. I have most of the SD catalog. The first time I visited my wife at her house over 20 years ago, we put The NIghtfly on her boombox CD player.

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