Reissued vinyl
Posted by: Alan Paterson on 12 January 2010
This is from another thread i started but will probably get a better answe if i ask it seperately:
I went looking for Songs of Experience on vinyl and found this place http://www.vinyl.com/help/faq.php
However in the F.A.Q section i read about how they themselves seem to reissue the albums, can anyone tell me what this is all about? The copy of the 'Auction' i got came from the states i think too and the sound is terrible. I tried listening to it on my headphones (Grado GS1000) and thought at first they were damaged. The best way i can describe the sound is that it was akin to going to parties as a teen and people would have there mini systems turned up full and the sound would start to distort and break up. I then played the album through my speakers where it was less noticeable but if i went fairly close to the speakers i could hear it, not enough from my listening position to spoil the music but through the cans it was terrible. Is this something to watch with reissues? Am i correct in saying that this company gets the masters and has the machinery to produce the vinyl themselves? Would i be better off with the CD? I know my headphones are going to show weaknesses on a recording more so than my speakers (Kudos C1) but it really is unlistenable through the Grados.
What do you lot think?
I went looking for Songs of Experience on vinyl and found this place http://www.vinyl.com/help/faq.php
However in the F.A.Q section i read about how they themselves seem to reissue the albums, can anyone tell me what this is all about? The copy of the 'Auction' i got came from the states i think too and the sound is terrible. I tried listening to it on my headphones (Grado GS1000) and thought at first they were damaged. The best way i can describe the sound is that it was akin to going to parties as a teen and people would have there mini systems turned up full and the sound would start to distort and break up. I then played the album through my speakers where it was less noticeable but if i went fairly close to the speakers i could hear it, not enough from my listening position to spoil the music but through the cans it was terrible. Is this something to watch with reissues? Am i correct in saying that this company gets the masters and has the machinery to produce the vinyl themselves? Would i be better off with the CD? I know my headphones are going to show weaknesses on a recording more so than my speakers (Kudos C1) but it really is unlistenable through the Grados.
What do you lot think?