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Nicholas Martin · 02-13-2008, 03:40 PM

The music was recorded and mixed by Shawn Murphy, who has done countless film score recordings. Oddly enough, his recordings are considered audiophile quality by review sites like Stereophile, but a large number of film music fans don't like his mixes at all. Perhaps that's because of situations like this, where the conventional CD is substandard compared to the analog LP, and of course most albums are CD/cassette only which gives a false impression of what the true source material is like. Audiophiles out there may appreciate what the CD presents while conventional listeners don't in this case? Only a guess.

Glory was also reissued on vinyl to recapture that acclaimed original LP release back when the album was first released in 1990, and this DAD version which is designed to recreate the LP digitally. It's been a week and I'm still waiting for it to arrive in the mail.

02-13-2008, 03:40 PM	#11 of 12
Nicholas Martin Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Local Time: 10:41 AM Local Date: 08-30-2008 Posts: 1,734	Re: 24/96 DAD - Any opinions on this type of disc? The music was recorded and mixed by Shawn Murphy, who has done countless film score recordings. Oddly enough, his recordings are considered audiophile quality by review sites like Stereophile, but a large number of film music fans don't like his mixes at all. Perhaps that's because of situations like this, where the conventional CD is substandard compared to the analog LP, and of course most albums are CD/cassette only which gives a false impression of what the true source material is like. Audiophiles out there may appreciate what the CD presents while conventional listeners don't in this case? Only a guess. Glory was also reissued on vinyl to recapture that acclaimed original LP release back when the album was first released in 1990, and this DAD version which is designed to recreate the LP digitally. It's been a week and I'm still waiting for it to arrive in the mail. Last edited by Nicholas Martin : 02-13-2008 at 03:42 PM.