From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2012 #1154 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe:mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website:http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Sunday, August 19 2012 Volume 2012 : Number 1154 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Subject: Dog Eat Dog [Michael McCarthy Subject: Re: Subject: Dog Eat Dog On 19 August 2012 14:01, Mark wrote: > -----Original Message----- From: Jussi Pukkila > Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 1:27 PM > To: joni@smoe.org > Subject: Re: Subject: Dog Eat Dog > > I still stand by what I wrote back then. Differences in sound level > aside, I don't hear a big difference in sound quality. It says on the > booklet: 'mastered from the original master tapes' which isn't the same > as 'remastered'. They simply made a new master from the original tapes. > And since they obviously used better A/D converters than in 1985, there > is unavoidably some added clarity - but that is not the same as 'proper' > remastering. > > Jussi, > > Thank you for making this distinction. I never remember exactly which > recordings were 'remastered' and which were 'mastered from the original > master tapes'. > > DED was the first of Joni's new releases to come out on cd and I refused > to buy the vinyl until I could get that cd because I love the fact that > cds, with minimal care, do not scratch and degrade like vinyl does. Now > all these years later I realize just how crappy some of the transfers onto > cds were. I still feel like DED benefited immensely by the superior > transfer in the Geffen box set. But that opinion also comes from listening > to it with headphones and I always pick up more detail when the sound is > coming directly into my ears. > > Mark in Seattle ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2012 #1154 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------