Major release and not one thread yet?
Well I'll start: What's up with the sound quality? The remastered CD sounds good but not great. However, the remix CD... wow, loudness and weird layering of instruments. The layering wouldn't be so bad if only it didn't change mid song! For example, listen to Once or Black: listen to the transition from bridge to chorus and you'll hear a shift in focus of sounds. IMO, it sounds horrible and fake, like there's no real definition in instrument placement. Blergh.
Alright, I shouldn't be complaning because at least the remastered CD is already a slight step up from the "arena" original CD (and remix shmemix, I had no real expectations for that). But here comes the kicker: on Alive, around the 0:27 mark, the sound takes a sudden dip! It goes from sounding full to sounding low and compressed in a split second and stays like that for the rest of the song! What the hell!!!
This is the only thing that keeps this remaster from being "good". Now it's just ruined by an issue that shouldn't be present on a major release like this. Or is it just my copy? (one can hope...)
Anyways, discuss. Prove me right/wrong, share your experience...
Well I'll start: What's up with the sound quality? The remastered CD sounds good but not great. However, the remix CD... wow, loudness and weird layering of instruments. The layering wouldn't be so bad if only it didn't change mid song! For example, listen to Once or Black: listen to the transition from bridge to chorus and you'll hear a shift in focus of sounds. IMO, it sounds horrible and fake, like there's no real definition in instrument placement. Blergh.
Alright, I shouldn't be complaning because at least the remastered CD is already a slight step up from the "arena" original CD (and remix shmemix, I had no real expectations for that). But here comes the kicker: on Alive, around the 0:27 mark, the sound takes a sudden dip! It goes from sounding full to sounding low and compressed in a split second and stays like that for the rest of the song! What the hell!!!
This is the only thing that keeps this remaster from being "good". Now it's just ruined by an issue that shouldn't be present on a major release like this. Or is it just my copy? (one can hope...)
Anyways, discuss. Prove me right/wrong, share your experience...
, and I am pretty happy with the sound. It includes both versions, and while I have not had a lot of time with it yet, I do not view it as a step down in quality like the OP has with the CD release. I suppose if one has a turntable, the LP might prove to be rather good (at least compared to the CD release).
