Potentially stupid question: Is it a good idea to stock on GREAT sounding CD's...?

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by fjhuerta, Mar 4, 2004.

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  1. fjhuerta

    fjhuerta New Member Thread Starter

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    I might be wrong about this. I dunno... I'm no expert. :)

    Lots of remasters lately have been given the death kiss by maximisation, compression, and NoNoise processing by some of the big labels.

    SACD, AFAIK, still doesn't have these problems. As well as MoFi, AF, and other labels.

    The question is - should we worry that, in the near future, audio quality will drop due to the techniques mentioned above and the onslaught of on-line music? If you think so, are you buying the best versions of the music you love right now because of it?
     
  2. Dave

    Dave Esoteric Audio Research Specialist™

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    Yup! :agree:
     
  3. alexpop

    alexpop Power pop + other bad habits....

    Ditto !!! DCC & MFSL spring to mind :shh:
     
  4. fjhuerta

    fjhuerta New Member Thread Starter

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    Alex, the sad thing is DCCs and MFSLs are too expensive by now. :(
     
  5. Jamie Tate

    Jamie Tate New Member

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    Don't make the mistake of selling your old CD's when the newer remasters come out.
     
  6. Gary

    Gary Nauga Gort! Staff

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    Fjhuerta, I thought you were referring to your future child's ability to destroy CDs.... :D

    Yea, stock up on whatever you find!
     
  7. Stax Fan

    Stax Fan Forum Resident

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    I kinda prefer to keep putting it off again and again until I hafta get 'em on eBay for outrageously inflated prices. Adds some excitement to the chase. :D
     
  8. TMan

    TMan Forum Resident

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    Does anyone hold out any hope that one day the folly of recent ways will be realized, and back catalogs will be remastered again, using best tapes available and preserving dynamics without excessive noise reduction?? :shake:
     
  9. SonicZone

    SonicZone Senior Member

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    The thought of it actually keeps me up at night sometimes . . . :sigh:
     
  10. Stax Fan

    Stax Fan Forum Resident

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    A bit off topic here, but speaking of the future...

    I remember seeing something on TV back in the late 1980s or early 1990s that portrayed people listening to music at home in the future. They were playing a Supremes track (can't recall which) and they're was a holographic life-size representation of the Supremes tied in with the software. Kinda like a virtual reality music video. Might've been Twin Peaks, but I dunno.

    Wouldn't that be cool! :)
     
  11. therockman

    therockman Senior Member In Memoriam

    Actually, this is really not a stupid question. Right now SACDs and DVD-As still seem retain some sembelence of good sound quality, but the digital maximazation and compression bug might bite the high rez discs in the future. My vote is to buy all the nice sounding discs now, before its to late. (Stock up on the Audio Fidelity titles.)
     
  12. Grant

    Grant Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me!

    I learned that the hard way! Now, if I can just find the old Huey lewis & The News' "Sports" CD...
     
  13. Grant

    Grant Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me!

    No. And, with all the downsizing the record companies are doing, we are going to first see more noise reduction used in the effort of boosting sales, then the lesser talented engineers will take over because they will work cheaper. And, the younger guys will be oriented to digital, no-noised, compressed sound, just what the exectutives like, unless, WE can find a way to worm ourselves INTO the industry to SAVE it from itself!

    The worst part, we already have a generation of people working ON the music RIGHT NOW who have NO memory, knowledge, or CARE of the MUSICAL LEGACY we must PRESERVE for future generations. When this stuff is mastered, the producers and engineers have to have an idea of what the freakin' stuff SOUNDS like! We need the younger people to know not only what an SSL and Pro Tools are, but also what TAPE technoloogy was and is. They need to be very familiar with the asthetics of the music that came before the CD age.

    Sorry for the rant, but i'm sick of buying CD upon CD of mistakes with no one held accountable! I won't even get into the ones produced by people who should know better!
     
  14. therockman

    therockman Senior Member In Memoriam

    Grant, I think you said it very eloquently.
     
  15. Tim Casey

    Tim Casey Active Member

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    Mr. Gloom and Doom here....

    I've felt this way for a long time - quality doesn't count. What I'm really seeing for the future, though, is that no one will know what you're talking about when you mention any movie or album/cd/whatever that's more that 20 years old. Except for a few blockbusters (some of the Beatles albums, The Wizard Of Oz, maybe Casablanca) the VAST majority of consumers will only be focused on the here and now - and what they make nowadays has a shelf life of just over a year IF it's considered a massive hit. Now project that attitude twenty years into the future, and no one will even believe there's any reason to dig into the past.
     
  16. joelee

    joelee Hyperactive!

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    People are always craving re-,asters from the Warner Brothers and MCA catalogues then when they're put out most are disapointed. I rarely buy remasters anymore. Very disapointed with the Tom Petty, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Jimi Hendrix remasters.

    Joe L.
     
  17. floyd

    floyd Senior Member

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    well we are already hearing of the cd disappearing. If everyone starts getting musical downloads and mp3 then that is the way much of the marketing will go. There will probably still be cd but their prices will go up much like new vinyl eventually did when cds took over.
     
  18. fjhuerta

    fjhuerta New Member Thread Starter

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    Well, I had a talk yesterday with him / her. I tried to talk as close to mommy's tummy as possible, and I told him / her he / she would have her own audio system, but that she'd always have to ask for mommy / daddy to put the disc in the tray. :D

    I also told him / her that the R/C cars would be off-limits until he / she was at least 8 years old.

    I wonder if that will work. :D
     
  19. Metralla

    Metralla Joined Jan 13, 2002

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    Really? Are you referring to the Eddie Kramer remasters on MCA. I've bought the big three - Are You Experienced?, Axis: Bold as Love, and Electric Ladyland and I've been very impressed. These are pretty terrific CDs. What is it you don't like?
     
  20. TSmithPage

    TSmithPage Ex Post Facto Member

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    Yesman, I actually thought of you today when I picked up the latest remasters of 90125 and Drama. I planned to keep my old 90125 anyway as I have the HDCD mini-LP version of this. As to the Gastwirt version of Drama, is this something you would still hang onto compared to the newer remaster? (sorry about the digression/thread crap from the original topic...)
     
  21. Randy W

    Randy W Original Member

    I only buy new CDs now if they are recommended here, or I can hear them on a decent system first - about half of those don't last long in my collection - that is how bad it has become. I am actually buying more vinyl now than CDs - something that has not happened in over 15 years. I see nothing on the horizon that makes me think things will change over the next 5 years. Sorry... :(
     
  22. ACK!

    ACK! Senior Member

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    I also make backup copies of my DCCs so that I can listen to them in the car without worrying if they get lost or damaged. They will never leave my house. Linda Ronstadt's Greatest Hits CDs both fit on a single CD-R. :righton:
     
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