| Author | Message | ||
| glocke
Senior Member Username: glocke Post Number: 790 Registered: 9-2002 |
are now on itunes...but its a compressed format so Im really not interested. But I am in interested in one of the Beatles box sets, but which to get? Mono or Stereo? Suggestions? | ||
| terryc
Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 1423 Registered: 11-2004 |
get both glocke..the sound is amazing, all retro mini sleeves as well Christmas is coming so there is a gift suggestion | ||
| jon_jackson
Junior Username: jon_jackson Post Number: 49 Registered: 12-2008 |
If you can only get one box set, I recommend the mono version. Then, if you want to get a couple of the later versions in real stereo, go for The Beatles (white album) and Abbey Road, as the mixes are different. -Jon | ||
| terryc
Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 1426 Registered: 11-2004 |
jon..yes I prefer the mono mix but I had to have both!!! | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 1396 Registered: 5-2009 |
I agree , both is the way to go. I like to compare sonic differences . I love Paul's playing on "Dear Prudence " ; Counter Point ! (Message edited by sonicus on November 17, 2010) | ||
| terryc
Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 1428 Registered: 11-2004 |
Looks like I will have to listen to them now you lot have brought this up. | ||
| glocke
Senior Member Username: glocke Post Number: 793 Registered: 9-2002 |
Had the mono box set delivered via amazon on Friday and am listening to the "White Album" as I type this. Amazing...Ive heard it all before of course, but this sounds incredible. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 9879 Registered: 5-2002 |
I just have to ask. What is the difference between the mono and the stereo sets; and why wouldn't the stereo sound significantly better than the mono? | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 4649 Registered: 7-2004 |
Weren't the early albums recorded, mixed and issued in mono? Bill, tgo | ||
| jbybj
Advanced Member Username: jbybj Post Number: 318 Registered: 6-2006 |
Mr. Emmerick talks about this some in his book, Here, There, and Everywhere. The mono mixes were done first, and had the most effort and finesse employed. It was generally assumed that the vast majority of listeners would be doing so in Mono. The stereo mixes were done as somewhat of an afterthought. I am generalizing a bit, but Mr. Emmerick certainly considers the mono versions to be the "better" mixes. When I got the collection for my wife last Christmas, I chose the stereo versions in the USB package. No regrets. | ||
| hydrargyrum
Senior Member Username: hydrargyrum Post Number: 882 Registered: 3-2004 |
I found the following flow chart to be helpful:  | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 4652 Registered: 7-2004 |
Kevin: ROTFLMAO!!!! However, I believe the original question concerned the actual box sets, not the compressed "virtual" records from itunes. Bill, tgo | ||
| adriaan
Moderator Username: adriaan Post Number: 2690 Registered: 6-2002 |
As funny as that flow chart is, it doesn't take into account those of us who have no use for anything available via iTunes. | ||
| wideload
Intermediate Member Username: wideload Post Number: 164 Registered: 6-2003 |
As an Apple stockholder, I encourage everyone to get both the boxed set from iTunes, and each individual album from iTunes, and anything else you can think of from iTunes, and maybe a few iMacs to play your iTunes collection on, and... I really would like to retire soon. Helpa brother out?? (Its had to type this with my tongue firmly implanted in cheek!) | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 2795 Registered: 10-2002 |
I'd only be interested if these were coming out on 180gm vinyl. Graeme | ||
| adriaan
Moderator Username: adriaan Post Number: 2692 Registered: 6-2002 |
Are you sure you don't want that in imperial measurements? 180 grams equals 6.349313150924474 ounces, surely that can't be right for analogue sound. | ||
| terryc
Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 1433 Registered: 11-2004 |
jacko..I am telling you that the remastered CD's are brilliant, okay vinyl would be the ultimate but I would be a right collector and never play them. Is that Deutsche Gramaphone weights?? I always remember they were much heavier than the run of the mill LP's that were sold | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 2801 Registered: 10-2002 |
I believe you Terry. However, I'm unlikely to ever find out as I already have all the Beatles albums and I've never got into the habit of collecting all the different releases. I only started collecting 'Audiophile' LP releases around 6 or 7 years ago when I upgraded my turntable but I'm only buying music I didn't already have. There's something very satisfying about handling one of these heavier LPs. I have Carole King's 'Tapestry' in 200gm vinyl which is about the heaviest in my collection and it sounds superb. I don't know much about the earlier DG releases; I have quite a few of karajan's works from around the late 80's - early 90's when CD was getting very popular and you can tell that the company was starting to focus on the new media as the LP vinyl is very flimsy. Same with YES releases from then e.g. Big generator and Talk. Graeme | ||
| terryc
Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 1434 Registered: 11-2004 |
jacko..I bet 'Tapestry' sounds as good as you describe and as you say you need a high quality turntable to play those discs. On the CD note, I remember when my son was very young and I got an LP out and he said 'That's a big CD, how do you get it in the machine!' LOL | ||
| benson_murrensun
Advanced Member Username: benson_murrensun Post Number: 383 Registered: 5-2007 |
I just re-organized my vinyl albums after making a move last year and found my Country Joe And The Fish Live At Fillmore West 1969. It is on two thick, heavy vinyl discs. The sound is OK, but I wouldn't describe it as "audiophile." It's an awesome jam, with Garcia, Hart, Casady, Kaukonen and others contributing. And hooray for my old Acoustic Research XA turntable, which has been with me since 1970! | ||
| tomhug
Member Username: tomhug Post Number: 53 Registered: 7-2008 |
I posted before when the 2009 remasters came out, and I'll say it again. ANY BASSIST MUST GET THESE VERSIONS! Paul is mixed way up and the level of detail and definition is nothing short of revolutionary. I don't care much one way or the other about the iTunes version (although the stats on the Beatles sales figures are quite interesting). The 24-bit FLAC versions that came in the Apple-shaped USB key are like a doctoral dissertation on what would become rock bass going forward. I know Sir Paul wasn't the only innovator, but after listening to these in full resolution, I realize I didn't give him enough mental credit. | ||
| glocke
Senior Member Username: glocke Post Number: 797 Registered: 9-2002 |
"I posted before when the 2009 remasters came out, and I'll say it again. ANY BASSIST MUST GET THESE VERSIONS! " I agree, though when I mention to some other musicians that I consider Paul, James Jamerson, Jack Cassady and Phil Lesh to be four of the greatest bassists to have lived, and my four personal favorites, I get weird looks because I dont have Stanley, Victor, or other slappity slap guys on my list. | ||
| tomhug
Member Username: tomhug Post Number: 54 Registered: 7-2008 |
Well you'd get a high-five from me (or maybe a low four!). I would substitute Entwistle for Casady in my list (and somehow try to sneak John McVie on there, too). Casady would still be high on my overall list though. One very good low, round note, right in the pocket, beats clickety slappity in my book (with no offense to the many highly talented slappers in the world intended - just not my absolute favorite thing) | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 1565 Registered: 9-2002 |
Paul and Jamerson and Carol Kaye and Duck Dunn made me want to play bass. As much as I can admire Stanley and Victor and the latest NAMM-show Bass Olympics monster, that's not who I am. I always say the greatest four-minute bass lesson in the world is Carol Kaye's 'Good Vibrations' chart. PROOF that God really may be a woman, if it's not Susan Wickersham ! J o e y |
