Ratt 24 bit cd's anyone have any?

So I am curious if anyone has these and if there is an improvement in the sound?

It appears they were released in 09 and are now being re released.

They are japanese but I also see Rock Candy Records offering them.

Just interested if there is an actual improvement. I wouldnt mind checking them out.

http://www.rockcandyrecords.com/store/?letter=recent

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RATT-INVASI...331137572230?pt=Music_CDs&hash=item4d19565d86

http://www.hmv.co.jp/fl/151/52/9/

 

I have the Rock Candy version of Dancing Undercover on the way...will try and post my thoughts when it gets here.

I'm usually happy with RC's remasters, but the Dokken releases were not good.

 

I just ordered the rock candy out of the cellar and dancing undercover! Damn I hope they dont sound bad...I was interested in those dokken remasters but that doesnt sound good.

 

I don't bother with DR numbers, I go by my ears.

I thought Rock Candy did a great job on the Badlands discs, and Blue Murder was a huge improvement over the rather thin and distant sounding original pressing. But the Dokken's (at least Tooth & Nail and Under Lock & Key, I didn't bother with Breakin' The Chains) are very squashed. For instance, on the song "Lightning Strikes Again" there is a drum roll near the end with Don screaming over it, and there is just no headroom or dynamics to it. The original CD isn't great, but it still sounds better.

 

How does the Badlands s/t Rock Candy compare to the original cd?

 

I have the original, the Koch remaster and the Rock Candy remaster; and the RC version is my favorite.

 

The Ratt Japanese mini-LPs from 2009 are pretty much counterparts to the Dokkens from that year - the obi, HMCD front sticker and booklet all have the same layouts and fonts, and both are loud. The Ratt booklets credit Isao Kikuchi for the remastering (the Dokkens credit Ryuichi Tanaka). Here's "She Wants Money":

 

I thought the Rock Candy Dokkens were done by Jon Astley?

 

Looking forward to your review, i hope they're not eardrum breaking loud and muddy

 

Rock Candy are not the Japanese remasters.

 

Good lord.

I hope the Rock candy remasters are not like that. I have everything on vinyl and cd and had the tapes as a kid. I guess I am just a sucker for a handful of bands and will always give them a chance.

 

Just got my out of the cellar and dancing undercover in the mail.

I am going to sit and compare the original vinyl with the standard cd's and these new rock candy remasters tonight.

When I put them in my blu ray drive on my cpu vlc shows them as 16 bit I assume that is correct and they were mixed at 24 bit and that cant go on a cd right? Just double checking because I am not aware of the codec..

iTunes or the gracenote database I should say doesn't have them listed...Guess I will do it!

 

Aren't the original pressings cheap and plentiful? Seems the way to go IMO.

 

Yes cd is 16/44, they were remastered @ 24 and dithered to 16bit cdda format

 

Redbook CD is 44.1/16. Sure you can mix at whatever, but CD is always going to be 16 bit. Not to say there is or is not a benefit to a higher Rez chain before it gets to CD, it all depends on the mastering.

 

And already sound good, In my opinion

 

Gotta admit I haven't played them since the 80's (really) but the first three full length discs although low in volume sounded good. That Rhino collection is compressed sheat. Still have a soft spot for Out of the Cellar and Lay it Down.

 

I wonder if these are comparable to The Cars Japan SHM- Mini's, I bought a couple years ago out of curiosity, way to loud for my tastes, but with someone who would use them in portable mode may enjoy them

 

I have them and even stated I have them in this thread. I have multiple copies of out of the cellar, invasion and reach for the sky on vinyl..American and german...

I was just curious about how these would sound and decided to buy them, not sure what asking me aren't the originals cheap and plentiful proves.

 

Oops, sorry I missed post 11 jack***! Keep Rattin' and Rollin'.

 

I forgot to ask.

I am going to rip this via iTunes in apple lossless.

will it change it in anyway? I am assuming no that its just like any other cd and the difference was in the remastering...just checking though!

 

no problem man, I wasn't trying to be a rick with a p...sorry about that.

fwiw I agree with you, I listen to the original vinyl all the time and like them the most.

 

How did they compare? I want to buy these but I hate the sound of the Dokken albums that Rock Candy put out.

 

Absolutely, the first pressings have the best SQ of any of the later copies