Pink Floyd Discovery Box is here...

Another vague post - an improvement over which other version?

 

The 1994 remaster.

 

Interesting, I like the Mofi a lot, it is my go to disc over the Sax or Black Triangle versions.

Too vague?

 

I always thought the MOFI had a great deal of bottom end.

 

It does, that has me wondering what this new disc sounds like. It may rattle the windows.

 

Ok I managed to get a hold of a copy of Animals. Not the actual cd, but it is from WAV files converted from Flac, so it may have some bearing on my findings.
With a quick comparison to my 28dp & Doug Sax discs I have determined that this is the least favorable of the three. Not to suggest it is overall bad, but it lacks a bit of warth that the Sax disc has & the detail of the Japanese disc. I didnt check my OBTW yet, but I may throw it on next. So far IMO, the Sax wins out. The new disc is louder and sounds very clean, but lacks an Analog "feel" that the others have.

 

Mofi's Meddle does have a little more bottom end but nothing like Mofi's The Wall.

 

So I don't have to buy them. YESSSSS!

 

You're so happy you could kick over a space heater.

 

wouldnt you like to hear them yourself?

 

I could, but why not simply assume my Shine On set and MFSL discs are superior and save a heap of cash?

 

That's not the sentence of an obsessive audiophile ! Nothing must stop you in your quest to find THE ultimate version of an album. NOTHING.


nice common sense answer there slick.

 

1992

 

Yep, save the cash!

Thanks to a friend, listening to Shine On now.. Enough PF already!

 

That's fine for me. im not fan of analogs. Still thinking abot buying it.

 

Ok, so now if I have the original late 80's CD's, the Shine On box, the OBTW box and the Discovery box, what's left?

 

The 4 MFSLs / 2 Black Triangles / 2 Track WYWH (2)...

 

Other artists.

Of course I'm kidding, there are other masterings you can seek out which other good forum members will point out.

I love the Floyd, but I've spent way more money than I can count in the 18 years I've been a superfan. Multiple masterings of pretty much everything except The Division Bell. I think I'm sitting the 2011 campaign out.

 

Got the MFSL's on CD and LP and just picked up a UHQR of DSOM! And have the Mastersound LP and CD of WYWH too. I've been pulled in.....

 

Good one. Typically, I'm not one to collect more than two pressings of anything. This article really pulled me in for the ride, though.

 

On the other hand, the new remaster may be a more accurate representation of what's on the master tape.

 

Doug Sax' Saucerful of Secrets is outstanding in sound and I can't imagine how it could be improved upon. I will hold out some hope that Animals sounds better than the Sax and Guthrie remasters, but without a remix my hope there is pretty dim. The box packaging looks great...I think this would be a great gift for the Floyd novice.

 

Yes, intended double-meaning.

That would be easy, just use the mono mix!

 

Though the european 1994 "Remaster" CD isn't actually the Doug Sax remaster, it's the horrible NR'd 80's mastering. BIG difference there! He probably has the Euro version

 

Yes this is a cd I need an upgrade on since all I have is the OBTW set.