From what I've read on ofher forums, Mothership was remastered from existing files that were already compressed, thus the poor dynamic range that's very noticeable in the lack of bass slam. LZ was a band well known for their heavy rhythm section which Mothership lacks.
In the LZ 1, 2, 3 remasters, the heavy compression doesn't exist. There is air around each musician.
I just played some songs from the Mothership CD and then the same songs from the HiRez download. I would say that the Mothership CD has a slightly hotter treble. If I would have to choose one over the other, I would take the HiRez. It has a better overall finished sound.
Overall though, both versions sound similar and are the best these recordings have been able to sound.
Ozzy- with due respect, do you mean 'that you've heard'? Or are you limiting your conclusion that these are 'the best' strictly to digital format (both master and playback)? My conclusions are limited entirely to vinyl, so I'm not trying to cross swords on your position, but the early records (and some of the Classics) sound vastly better than the 2014 vinyl, FWIW.
Whart, The only other comparison I have is the 1994 CD releases, the boxed set cd set where the songs were all jumbled and the original LP's in which I haven't played for 30 years and that was on inferior equipment.
I guess based on any digital recorded version that I have heard, the HiRez and Mothership are the best versions thus far.
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