Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon (2011 Remaster from the "Why Pink Floyd?" series)
CD
Got a chance to give a quick listen to this last on a good hi res system (MG IIIs, Dyna tube monoblocks, Cary Pre, EE DAC etc.) and compare it to the redbook layer of the 30th Anniv SACD Hybrid. The first thing I noticed was that the new release was cut at a considerably higher overall level than the SACD (Warning Will Robinson!
). Then I noticed that the amplitude peaks on "Time" (bells during the clock sequence and some of the noted during the guitar solos) seemed to have a jagged kind of distorted edge on them. This edge along with the overall high volume leads me to believe that what I am hearing is compressor artifacts an that this new release has been mastered with an eye towards the ipod crowd not toward overall best SQ.
Granted this is only a first impression after a relatively short listening session, but at least in my mind, this does not look promising. I would like to listen to it for a longer amount of time perhaps on another system before passing final judgement , but as of now this doesn't seem like it will be a good candidate to become #20.
Has anyone else listened to this disc and have any other comments they could offer?