I won an Abbey Road black triangle CD on eBay today!

I've wanted one of these for a long time. No OBI, but it was listed as being in "Like New" condition, and it looks good in the pictures. I probably paid too much, but I don't care. I'm excited and feel like bragging!



Beatles - Abbey Road (CD; Japan; 1st Pressing; No OBI; EMI CP35-3016) | eBay

 

Congrats!

 

That's great!! You spent your money on something you LOVE and have wanted...no price tag on that far as I'm concerned. Hopefully it's everything you expect it to be.

 

Thanks! As long as USPS doesn't destroy it on the way here, I'm sure it will be! I had a CD-R of a friend's copy before, and loved the sound of it.

 

Way to go!

BTW some of those were issued without obi's but a round sticker on the cellophane instead.

Enjoy!

 

Holy Grail, indeed!

 

Nice!
If you have any questions on getting it properly EQ'd ask away

 

You're really going to dig it. Love mine!

 

You did fine. I just checked the records here, mine was $225.00 8 years ago. Nothing sounds like it, 'cept maybe my UK vinyl.
Enjoy !

 

Congrats!

 

Wait, it won't play fine on a modern CD player?

 

Not a SUBQ tag with an Oppo
Haven't you been following that Floyd thread?

 

What about my Yamaha CD-S300?

 

Not sure George, the Onkyo 7030 with the Wolfson DAC did, but they recently swapped it out.
If you have a pre disc verified with the tag in the SUB, go back and forth between digital and analog out. You will hear a difference, especially in the vocals.

 

(My play has Burr Brown 192 kHz/24-bit DAC)

Can you tell me how I can "go back and forth between digital and analog out?"

 

I actually forgot about that. Well, my player is from 1988 (Sony CDP-507ESD). I'm sure it will pick up the pre-emphasis just fine.

 

Congrats also!

 

Sorry, I’m not too enlightened on the sound of these particular CDs. How do they compare to the 2009s in terms of objective differences?

 

Jealous. Enjoy!!

 

Nevermind, I just ripped my BT and played the ripped file on my USB. Lot of hiss on top. Then played my CD. Nice and smooth, with only a tiny bit of hiss on top.

 

Awesome. Congratulations!

 

Congrats, if you enjoy it, then it’s worth it!

I admit I’ve been browsing them on eBay too!

 

Definitely the best sounding digital version of this album. Remember to de-emphasize correctly if you rip it to your PC.

 

Great enjoy Your cd!!

 

The 2009 sounds terrible. I can not even listen to the 2009 because it is tooo loud and hurts my ears.