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Headphoneus Supremus
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Hearing tape hiss is no bad thing in my opinion as it means you are hearing the master tape without too much processing and it's especially present on older pre '80s recordings when everything was analogue. I shall have to go and dig out my old Police LP's and have a close listen. Certainly the first 3 had a more realistic production aesthetic and actually sounded like a live recording, whereas the later ones are a little bit over polished in an '80s-tastic kind of way.
I'd definitely recommend you buy all the Police LPs (on Vinyl) as they are very nicely produced.
The one that really put me off the the CD versions was the Singles compliation with Don't Stand So '86. Sounded horrible at the time but the record sounds fine actually as I just cleaned up an old copy the other day.
It could well be your phono stage as you say of course.
Originally Posted by Davesrose /img/forum/go_quote.gif I've always been a Police fan....so I had to get an original LP to check out its SQ |
Hearing tape hiss is no bad thing in my opinion as it means you are hearing the master tape without too much processing and it's especially present on older pre '80s recordings when everything was analogue. I shall have to go and dig out my old Police LP's and have a close listen. Certainly the first 3 had a more realistic production aesthetic and actually sounded like a live recording, whereas the later ones are a little bit over polished in an '80s-tastic kind of way.
I'd definitely recommend you buy all the Police LPs (on Vinyl) as they are very nicely produced.
The one that really put me off the the CD versions was the Singles compliation with Don't Stand So '86. Sounded horrible at the time but the record sounds fine actually as I just cleaned up an old copy the other day.
It could well be your phono stage as you say of course.