Well, I played the new Abbey Road last night; not good.
Actually I had ordered both a complete Box Set(which I have
not opened yet) and a single copy of Abbey Road.
It sounds terrible! It is closed-in, distant, and almost
distorted; maybe my copy is just a really bad pressing???
Not sure.
I am going to call AS today and discuss returning the Box
Set and may send the open copy of AR back so that they can
take a listen and make their own judgement.
The artwork on Abbey Road is also very disappointing; not
high quality at all. The colors on the cover seem washed-out
and the paper material just seems cheap, like re-cycled
cardboard...
Mr. Fremer gave the new Abbey Road a '10' for Music (I
agree) and an "8" for Sound...NO WAY. I like and
respect Mikey, have spoken to him many times at the various
shows, but he has missed this one big time. A "5"
on Sound is much closer to the Truth.
I don't get caught-up in the vinyl vs digital debates or the
192/24 vs 96/24 vs 44/24 vs 44/16 and so on...Yes, overall I
think on average vinyl typically trumps digital (but not
always; there are many variables and most go back to how
well was the original recording was done and handled); I
just want the version that sounds the Best or Great!
This new Beatles Box set is pretty much a failure; it's
really disappointing that we cannot get the record companies
to present an outstanding quality, hi-resolution, and top
quality Box set of the absolute greatest music group of ALL
TIME. Shame on EMI and all parties that were involved in
the release.
Actually I had ordered both a complete Box Set(which I have
not opened yet) and a single copy of Abbey Road.
It sounds terrible! It is closed-in, distant, and almost
distorted; maybe my copy is just a really bad pressing???
Not sure.
I am going to call AS today and discuss returning the Box
Set and may send the open copy of AR back so that they can
take a listen and make their own judgement.
The artwork on Abbey Road is also very disappointing; not
high quality at all. The colors on the cover seem washed-out
and the paper material just seems cheap, like re-cycled
cardboard...
Mr. Fremer gave the new Abbey Road a '10' for Music (I
agree) and an "8" for Sound...NO WAY. I like and
respect Mikey, have spoken to him many times at the various
shows, but he has missed this one big time. A "5"
on Sound is much closer to the Truth.
I don't get caught-up in the vinyl vs digital debates or the
192/24 vs 96/24 vs 44/24 vs 44/16 and so on...Yes, overall I
think on average vinyl typically trumps digital (but not
always; there are many variables and most go back to how
well was the original recording was done and handled); I
just want the version that sounds the Best or Great!
This new Beatles Box set is pretty much a failure; it's
really disappointing that we cannot get the record companies
to present an outstanding quality, hi-resolution, and top
quality Box set of the absolute greatest music group of ALL
TIME. Shame on EMI and all parties that were involved in
the release.