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Sam

03-10-2002, 05:15 PM

Dear Members, what are you sonic opinions on the remastered Hendrix heavy vinyl reissues that came out several years ago?

Grant

03-10-2002, 10:59 PM

They sound the same as the CDs. If they don't on your system, your system ain't right.

Ronflugelguy

03-10-2002, 11:23 PM

Try the CLASSIC VERSION OF "BAND OF GYSPYS", or the MONO CLASSIC OF "AXIS BOLD AS LOVE.:D

Beagle

03-11-2002, 06:26 AM

Originally posted by Grant
They sound the same as the CDs. If they don't on your system, your system ain't right. I guess my system ain't right, because my Electric Ladyland MCA LP sounds better than the CD :D

KLM

03-11-2002, 06:43 AM

One reason the lps sound close to the cds is that the lps use a digital master rather than analog. I think overall the sound is pretty good however I would've preferred the analog master. I have an early Reprise recording of Are You Experienced that sounds as good if not better than the reissues. I really enjoy Classic Records issue of Band of Gypsy's but since it is mono I can't make a direct comparrison to the MCA reissue.

Sckott

03-11-2002, 07:59 AM

I really liked the MCA Vinyl packages that have come out over the past years for Hendrix.

But I was quite suprised when I listened to the Polydoor UK reissues from the early 90's. Beat the heck out of the MCAs.

Sam

03-11-2002, 10:50 AM

Dear Grant:

If they sound the same as the cd's, then that's not good. That's what I try to avoid. Once again, from my past experience on a $3000 cd playback system, ALL the cd's ever auditioned in my system had that upper frequency "sheen" to it. A type of irritating glare to the music that made one run for the volume control to turn it down. Maybe they were made from the digital masters. I own the mono classic records Axis Bold as Love. I can tell you that is warm, smooth and contains bass to shake the room.