Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (07/04/89)
Really-From: fetrow@bones.biostat.washington.edu (Dave Fetrow)
I just purchased a CD player, which was slightly disappointing. Classical
and Romantic music sounded vastly better but most of the contemporary
music wasn't helped a whole lot. An awful lot of people have been making
music with the limitations of vinyl in mind (e.g. no silences, not much
dynamic range, etc.).
...but Kate Bush was an exception. Wow (or should I say "Wow oh Wow oh Wow
oh Wow....UNBELIEVABLE"?). Now, not only won't my KB music wear out (even a
1 gram tonearm on clean vinyl takes its toll) but it sounds better.
This is seriously old news for most of you no doubt, but I'm an awfully
happy guy about it. Not to mention the joys of a remote (yeah, let's hear
'Night of the Swallow' again while editing a bitmap) and the wonderous
ability to play the cuts in different orders which makes the recordings
seem fresher somehow (I wouldn't do that to 'The 9th Wave' of course).
I didn't go for those new 6 CD changer/players. *SIGH* A 6 CD stack of
KB.
If you've been putting off getting one: It's Time.
I've even seen the comeback of the "Can I listen to it before I buy?"
places which, lately, I have only seen in used shops. Very heartening.
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"It's 1989! I'm supposed to take a language with `cards' in it seriously?" Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (07/06/89)
Really-From: "William M. Bumgarner" <wb1j+@andrew.cmu.edu> Kate bush DOES sound better off CD... (at least I think so)... But, not only does she sound better off of CD, but she sounds better off of certain CD's as compared to others. The import (from UK) CD's of Kate Bush are mastered ADD instead of the US domestic AAD... b.bum wb1j+@andrew.cmu.edu
gregr@basser.cs.su.OZ.AU (07/07/89)
In article <QYgYIFS00WBMA1bVIN@andrew.cmu.edu> "William M. Bumgarner" <wb1j+@andrew.cmu.edu> > > The import (from UK) CD's of Kate Bush are mastered ADD instead of the US I'd be careful of the [AD][AD]D labelling that companies put on their CDs. An ADD disc would require a remix of the album from the multitrack to a digital master and I don't believe this has been done in that case of any Kate Bush albums. You should take these labels with a grain of salt. Remember that the first CD releases of Beatles material claimed ADD as well, which would have been a neat track in the mid '60s. The letters should refer to the type of multitrack used (analogue or digital), the type of tape (or other) mastering device used for the final mix (analogue or digital) and in the case of CDs the CD master is always digital.