Radiohead is hands down my favorite band ever. I've owned all of their CDs over the years, and know every song inside and out. It wasn't until I started to get into Hi-Fi that I realized how TERRIBLE the majority of their CDs are recorded (IMO, Kid A was the only decent one). I found myself turning the albums off in mid-play because of this. How could this happen to my favorite albums?!
That all changed, though, when I decided to buy Kid A, Amnesiac, and In Raindows on new vinyl. Holy cow, am I impressed! I've seen other posts relating the CD problems to volume output (mastered to be loud, and that's it. It's a sad trend really, and a topic for another thread), and everything suffered from it. No dynamics, mediocre imaging, and convoluted sound. But as I've played these vinyl versions, I remembered WHY these were some of my favorite albums, and also heard things in the recording that I never knew existed!
I started this thread because:
1. I wanted to relay my utter joy with these Radiohead records.
2. I want to see what other people think of the differences if they've had the opportunity to hear them.
3. I also want to buy OK Computer and Hail to the Thief on vinyl, but I want to know if anyone already has it and the sonic differences on those two are worth it, as well. I hear the HTTT is an obvious one b/c that CD was mastered the worst out of all of them.
Thanks Everyone!
That all changed, though, when I decided to buy Kid A, Amnesiac, and In Raindows on new vinyl. Holy cow, am I impressed! I've seen other posts relating the CD problems to volume output (mastered to be loud, and that's it. It's a sad trend really, and a topic for another thread), and everything suffered from it. No dynamics, mediocre imaging, and convoluted sound. But as I've played these vinyl versions, I remembered WHY these were some of my favorite albums, and also heard things in the recording that I never knew existed!
I started this thread because:
1. I wanted to relay my utter joy with these Radiohead records.
2. I want to see what other people think of the differences if they've had the opportunity to hear them.
3. I also want to buy OK Computer and Hail to the Thief on vinyl, but I want to know if anyone already has it and the sonic differences on those two are worth it, as well. I hear the HTTT is an obvious one b/c that CD was mastered the worst out of all of them.
Thanks Everyone!