Bob Dylan SACD on MFSL: What's Next?

Yeah, I've got the "inferior" US DCC with the .5 db more shrill harmonica. But it still sounds good to me.

 

I sent you a message.

 

Er, any chance I can have the same "message"?

 

I hope MFSL with do Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. Love the instrumentals. The wild west in e minor.

 

It was not a review so I don't think you would get much out of it. Sorry.

 

Beating the DCC is going to be tough.

Will wait for the reviews.

 

If anyone has had a chance to audition the new Highway 61 or Planet Waves and wants to share their thoughts, please feel free

 

The Mfsl Planet Waves sounds great to my ears. Cranking it up it sounds like Dylan and the Band are playing in your living room. Great separation of all the instruments and Bobs singing. This is maybe my favorite Dylan Mfsl SACD. Two thumbs up. Tough Mama!

 

How does it compare to the Sony SACD?

 

I haven't done a side by side but have listened to the Sony SACD recently and the Mfsl is superior in every way. Way more life like, very warm and detailed. I don't have high end gear but do have a Sony SACD ES player with a Denon receiver and very good Energy speakers which serve me good enough.

 

Is there any high pitched hiss on one of the first few tracks on side one? I can't remember which track it is off hand but the vinyl mofi has a very annoying high pitched noise throughout one of the songs. It;s not evident on any of the other tracks on the album.

 

What release are you inquiring about? Planet Waves or Highway 61?

 

i'd have to assume planet waves as track 1 on Highway 61 tends to go by its official name!

 

Planet Waves.

 

Curious how the MFSL Planet Waves SACD layer compares to the 2004 non-SACD Sony CD ... Thanks!

 

I'm curious how Highway ... sounds to the DCC. The MFSL was mastered from a copy.

 

I need to play them back to back to get a good sense. I played the 2004 SACD a little over a week ago and was hoping the MFSL would come out a little less bright. I have since received and listened to the MFSL, and really enjoyed it, but to comment on how they differ, I'd need to play them back to back. When I played the MFSl, I was just enjoying the songs. I didn't hear anything sonics-wise to take away from that.

 

Agreed.

 

Mine were sent to my former address and haven't been re-routed to me yet. Sigh. I don't have the DCC Highway but I can compare Planet Wave SACDs.

 

Others have commented that the MFSL sounds a bit brighter and less natural in the vocals.

 

Given that you have the pleasure of listening to PW on the Esoteric K03, this verdict carries quite some weight !

 

I'm playing PLANET WAVES (the MFSL SACD) for the second time and I'm delighted with it. It's one of my top three favorite Bob albums and the SACD is very well done. I have the MFSL LP as well, but haven't listened to that just yet ...

This SACD is just about perfect. You must remember this album was recorded in like, three days and all the harsh spots heard on all previous incarnations have been smoothed out beautifully. This is my go to version now.

 

I carefully listened to DCC's Highway 61 Revisited again. The challenger was the new MFSL SACD mastering. The MFSL has slightly (!) better details in the upper midrange, but the voice sounds a little "strange" to me. The DCC 24 Karat disc has a beautiful analogue sound of the complete spectrum without any harshness. Sounds more musical on my dCS playback. The DCC is still the best digital version out there.... IMO.

 

That DCC CD has a magical sound to it that's hard to beat. I'm more interested in getting New Morning and Planet Waves next.

 

New Morning sound unbelievable. Very smooth yet detailed with lots of weight I never heard before. It's one of my favorites of the reissue series so far.