RVG cd remasters

[ArtSalt]

3 hours ago, Scott Dolan said:

NICE! Please review them in the audio forum once you've settled in with them. I've heard they are the shit. 

Affirmative! And so far they are indeed, the proverbial!

[CJ Shearn]

On 10/10/2016 at 6:15 PM, Teasing the Korean said:

Let us know if you hear any difference and if you think it is either better or worse.  The difference is less noticeable with the narrowed stereo mixes, because partial folding has already been accomplished. 

Well, doing a test on an the RVG of "A New Perspective" which was in the first few sets of batches on my Audio Technica M40 headphones, as well as my decidedly non audiophile Technics speakers, it seems that putting my Onkyo amp to mono from direct (the latter keeps the stereo image intact with little processing) the horns become more present in the soundstage, while the piano, bass and drums recede into the foreground.  Of course no matter what button I hit on the amp, does little to  change the power of Herbie Hancock's omnipresent riffing on "Elijah"   "Somethin Else", another early RVG, it really highlights Miles and Cannon to great effect, and Blakey too.  Sam Jones comes out more, then on a mono album to begin with like "Cool Blues", it retains the exciting in your face sound of being near the bandstand.  Bobby Hutcherson's "Happenings" seems to be a pretty narrow soundstage album anyway, in both the RVG (which sounds good to me anyway) and the HDTracks vs which I listened to samples of.  For RVG's with hotter treble like the "At the Half Note Cafe" it sounds better in headphones because somehow with the mono turned on, b/c those headphones are flat response, it balances it out......... but for that title, I like the depth it brings in stereo.

[Teasing the Korean]

On October 14, 2016 at 9:11 PM, CJ Shearn said:

while the piano, bass and drums recede into the foreground. 

I'm not sure what you mean by "recede into the foreground."  

[Scott Dolan]

CJ is feeling very antithetical!  

[Dmitry]

5 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:

I'm not sure what you mean by "recede into the foreground."  

That is what happens when you're listening through headphones. 

There is no pain, you are receding
A distant ship smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
 

 

Edited October 15, 2016 by Dmitry

[CJ Shearn]

10 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:

I'm not sure what you mean by "recede into the foreground."  

Background I mean!  Oops

[Dmitry]

So I compared my 47 W 63rd original pressing of Jimmy Smith's Groovin' at Smalls Vol.1 to the RVG that I just bought.

  I will preface by saying that I am in no way prejudiced against CDs in favor of records, but the sound on this LP vs the RVG is so clear...

I'm still keeping the RVG 2-fer for the previously unissued material, but boy does it sound flat and lacks definition  comparing to the three-dimensional sound of the record. Once I get going with taping my records, I'd be happy to supply the sound files for your own scrutiny. I'm almost oblivious to the process of cd mastering, but the sonics on the LP are just so much better than it's CD counterpart...how is that possible?! I can assure you that my cd player and outboard dac are pretty good, so the problem isn't with the digital playback. It's the material itself...

Edited October 19, 2016 by Dmitry

[JSngry]

Like the man said, it's what's in the grooves that count!

 

His math was wrong, his philosophy, not.