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Morrison came out of the Ray Charles mode for singers where it's all about the sound being just right and not about special effects and whatnot. I think that's why his music has stood the test of time so well. It isn't over produced like so much stuff is. I like well done over produced stuff but...

Van could have re-recorded the whole album onto better tapes and made it sound nearly identical to the original. I've heard about this happening but I've always been skeptical. I think the quality of the medium has improved a lot in 20 years and it continues to improve. At the beginning I think...

Redbook was a compromise from the beginning. They could have gone with higher res from the start but they were limited by the amount of data on the available digital format. They choose to put more material on CD's instead of better quality CD's. I've always thought they made the wrong choice...

My friends used to loan me their albums because they knew they would come back cleaner than when they left. These were people that wouldn't let most people even touch their album covers (that artwork was always a big deal). I made a lot of cassettes off of other people's albums that they loaned...

I think anyone who bought an early CD can make that claim. :) Many of them were just plain junk. :frowning: None of them were up to the quality of vinyl at the time. But I think you overlook the obvious advantages of digital when you claim analog is better. I wouldn't argue that a primo LP is...

I guess I missed out on buying any of that stuff from the loudness wars. I stopped buying rock CD's when I pretty much had all the classic rock stuff and everything since the 80's sounds like regurgitated crap from the 60's or just an excuse to annoy people with repetitive bass tones. Barbie...

I was only suggesting using an old receiver for those who already had them lying around in a closet or an attic just waiting to be useful again. Phono pre-amps aren't that expensive. But right underneath my turntable I have at least 3 old receivers or pre-amps ready to do the job. I have lots of...

It's been a while but I've seen phono pre-amps for plugging into an input at a normal line in level. Or you could do what I'm doing. I'm keeping my old pre-amp/tuner for no other reason than it's got a phono input. I can run the tape monitor jacks into an input on my new receiver and essentially...

Wish I could say that about the re-mastered version of Aqualung I bought on CD. It is far inferior to the original CD and the vinyl. BTW I would have agreed with Neil Young when CD's first came out but that's been a long time ago now. The problems of the early generation CD's are all gone...

I still have a decent turntable from the old days and about 100 albums that survived in playable form. Albums sound great for the first 10 times you play them but I don't care what kind of equipment you have or how well you take care of the vinyl (which was a chore btw) the very act of dragging...