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Morph The Cat : Revisited

I recently purchased the Donald Fagan LP Morph the Cat. Man, I believe this is the best sounding rock LP i have ever purchased (at least one of the best). I saw a post a while back in which some posters felt that the LP was a disappointment in that it had no top end to it, and that it was bass heavy. I found that with a small VTA adjustment, the top end sparkles without losing the tight, deep bass. I love every song on this LP. It is much better IMO than the recent Steely Dan LP's. Anyone else have any thoughts on the sound of this LP?
slowhand
snofun3
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Morph the Cat better than Two Against Nature and Everything Must Go? Really?

Morph the Cat sounds like Fagen phoned it in. A couple of decent tracks, but nothing memorable. It's the first Steely Dan or Fagen album that I've yet bought in two or three formats, and doubt that I will.
stlram
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Night Fly is a very good album and you will enjoy it., However, it was recorded at 44/16 and is forever strapped to that limiting factor.

As for sound, Morph will sound better, especially the DVD-A.
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onhwy61
4,163 posts
 
Actually, "The Nightfly" was recorded at 50/16 on a 32 track 3M digital recorder using 45ips tape. I believe it won a Grammy for best engineering and it is frequently used as a reference by engineers particularly for vocal recording.
stlram
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44 or 50, it is still limited. Yes, it sounds good but by todays standards it is limited. My point was more that I wish it was recorded in the analog domain, since that was a far better medium when compared to the best digital of the time.
stlram
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BTW, I don't disagree that "Morph" album can sound good if you do not reference it to the DVD-A, or even the CD. But, once you do you will notice the frquency limited, or 3-4 db's down in level starting at around 10,000hz and bloated low end, i.e., 80 hz and lower boosted 3-5 db's, the album has when compared to the other mediums.

The caveat of course is that you will need speakers that extend an extra octave below 40 hz.
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