Morph The Cat-Bass Notes

I have it on vinyl not cd.

BTW, this "limited collection" is 5,000 lp and 1,500 cd.

You can't even count that high.

End of thread dude. I'm sure A'goners are as tired of reading this as I am of participating in it. And please stop sending harassing personal e-mails. I'm sure this is a misuse of Audiogon policies. Sales must be pretty slow for you to devote so much time to this inane banter. With your endearing people skills no wonder why. Bye, Bye "Sparky".

I agree, Rja, but the sad thing is that Audiogon continues to support creeps as long as they pay.

Fagen is a digital freak as far as I can tell.
I like Morph The Cat and I do agree the bass notes go low, but overall the recording is pretty digital sounding. I wouldn't call it artificial, but listening to it a lot, over time it becomes obvious that the attempt was made to make this album sound as hi-rez as possible.

But I do think that the Morph is overall a decent sounding album. I remember when I bought Aja and Gaucho remastered CDs. Just to discover when I came home and played the remastered Aja that the older versions sounds more natural. The remastered Aja and Gaucho CDs sound artificial to me.

Also, I don't think that Morph is the album to take with you to evaluate speakers, although if you think this is the benchmark for quality of recorded bass, then yeah.
There are better discs for that I think. I usually use Patricia Barber's Modern Cool - track 7 for drums and track 11 for bass. Also, Brian Broomberg's WoodII disc has some crazy bass.

One thing I've learned Audphile, when I purchase a remaster I never get rid of the original until I've listened to the remaster a few times. I got burned too many times when the remaster sounded worse than the original. And, I believe this happens far too often. So far I'd say approx. 50% of remasters are superior enough to make a repurchase worth while. I'm beginning to suspect that this remaster game is just another marketing ploy. It's a shame too because if you have the opportunity to remaster why not do a good job? Just my 2 cents worth.