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Nickdfresh
11-27-2004, 07:42 PM
What CD sounds the best in your collection? and by that I mean not the actual music. I mean the technical issues such as the recording, mixing, engineering and such. Do any stand out? Are any louder, crisper, and more intense than the others? Kind of like the Van Halen Remasters series compared to the origional CD's.

My favorite five sound-wise (but not necessarily musically) are:

Radiohead- Hail to the Thief

Green Day- American Idiot

U2- How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

Led Zeppelin- How the West was Won

The VH Remasters
nosuchluck
11-28-2004, 10:36 AM
Joe Satriani - Joe Satriani
Freak Kitchen - Move

more later...
rob100
11-28-2004, 12:13 PM
Roger Waters - Amused to death
Warham
11-28-2004, 01:24 PM
The best thing to my ears is Pet Sounds.

Brian Wilson was an absolute master at recording in the studio, with the wonderful help of Chuck Britz at the console.

It might have been recorded in 1965, but it sounds just as clean as anything released today. But it's analog, so it's even better.
Coyote
11-28-2004, 01:38 PM
AC/DC - Highway To Hell
Deep Purple - Machine Head (25th anniversary)
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
ZZ Top - Eliminator, Recycler (Afterburner sounds a bit too slick right now... Maybe next year. :D )
Pink Floyd - The Wall


Something from the Finnish section:

Hurriganes - 25 Golden Greats (featuring an INSANELY deep kick drum sound on some songs)
Seshmeister
11-28-2004, 03:03 PM
The Power Station.

I was always a sucker for huge drum sounds.

Flame away...:)
Nickdfresh
11-28-2004, 03:08 PM
Originally posted by Warham
The best thing to my ears is Pet Sounds.

Brian Wilson was an absolute master at recording in the studio, with the wonderful help of Chuck Britz at the console.

It might have been recorded in 1965, but it sounds just as clean as anything released today. But it's analog, so it's even better.

Good call! Pet Sounds has had a huge influence on the recording industry.
DlocRoth
11-29-2004, 11:16 AM
Call me crazy, but Tom Petty's "Wildflowers" production is really good. Crisp.
DLR7884
11-29-2004, 12:51 PM
VAN HALEN-DIVER DOWN (REMASTERED).

IT CAME OUT BETTER THAN THE OTHER 5 BY FAR.

DLR7884
GRANT FROM THE OLD VHND WOULD AGREE :)
ODShowtime
11-29-2004, 03:59 PM
HTWWW is an excellent choice. Just a tad better than the audience tape!
DLR7884
11-29-2004, 05:14 PM
WHAT THE FUCK IS "HTWWW?"

DLR7884
I HAVE NO CLUE.
Nickdfresh
11-29-2004, 05:23 PM
Originally posted by DLR7884
WHAT THE FUCK IS "HTWWW?"

DLR7884
I HAVE NO CLUE.

Led Zep. "How the West was Won" I think.
DLR7884
11-29-2004, 05:24 PM
OH, HOW THE HELL DID I MISS THAT?

THANK YOU.

DLR7884
THAT ALBUM DOES SOUND GREAT.