feline1973 wrote: Well don't thank me, thank Sound on Sound magazine. I've been a subscriber for years, it really is a very good source of reliable technical info.

Thanks for finding the links all the same - very interesting articles ...

Vinyl can never come close to fidelity in a million years, and inevitably imparts a variety of audio distortions all of which are objectively measurable Again, I agree. The problem is that the so called 'loudness war' has meant mastering has become so loud that vinyl - with all the limitations you ...

feline1973 wrote:
that's a very odd way to think about it

CD, with its 44.1kHz 16bit PCM audio, *can* come very close perfect fidelity if the mastering engineer isn't a total dick.

.. and if the mastering engineer is a total dick ?
My point precisely.

I've no problem with the flakking it's more sharing the wave I'm at a loss how to do ...

HunterTech wrote:Wow! How much did you guys have to pay for them? I was lucky to have an 80s CD that didn't have the cracks on Equinoxe 3 for $8 (It still had the remixed 5 though).

You won't get much change from anything between €80 - €300 ...

Thanks everyone - as for waving the flak about, I'd be interested in advice on the subject

As of today, I'm the proud owner of a 'Red Face' Equinoxe CD. To confirm, it has the original 1978 album mix on it - chuffed

Didn't pay silly money for it either

Funny that, as it was surely recorded on digital to begin with in 1997?! I mean Jarre was recording on digital in 1984! Yes, but stopped. Rendezvous, Revolutions and Chronologie were recorded in analogue - Cities In Concert and WFC were digital recordings. The AAD, ADD and DDD recording logos were ...

I finally picked up a copy of the trilogy today - haven't listened to it yet, but I noticed that the booklet claims Oxygene 7 - 13 is a remaster by Dadwater "from the original analogue tapes" :roll: All the 2014-15 remasters have this statement on them. A cut-and-paste job, for sure ...

CiC Ireland Vinyl labels


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Any ideas why that 0:21 track on Concerts in China (after "Orient Express") is called "Magnetic Fields 1"? It has absolutely nothing to do with that particular piece. It's an error that was not corrected from the very first vinyl pressings. In the picture sleeve inlays for the s...

Velodynamic wrote: I really hope that he's not just saying it this time.

So do I

At least time this he specifically stated that he (or Aero Prod.) were discussing the possibility with the record company ...

It seems he's discussing the possibility of DVD / BD release of past concerts with the record company ...

Vangelis' 'Rosetta' * * Apart from a few glitches ... AFAIK, Vangelis isn't into re-recording any of his older tracks ("Hymn" from the 1996 compilation album .... Then again, it's probably the record company's fault, they really don't seem to like him. :P Vangelis' recent remasters 'Heave...