STOP! Get the JVC XRCD2 copy of "Brothers in Arms", which has the reputation of being the best CD version of this album. I have several SBM CD's, but I have been most impressed with Japanese pressed CD's. Also, Australian pressed CD's are also quite good. But you are right, SBM represents a quantum leap in fidelity over regularly mastered CD's in the rock genre. My comments are a generalization, and not true in every case. Happy listening!
Dire Straits Remasters
Wow.
Picked up the Warner Remaster of Brothers in Arms to see the difference. Not only are things cleaned up, tightened up, and tuned up, but the whole disk, well, flowed better.
Just amazing.
I do not know much about mastering and would like to learn more. I've listened to several of the Riverside 20bit remasters on Jazz and have been unimpressed -- they are grainy and bright. And while the Riverside master is clearly in a different in genre, the SBM remaster is much better. Much, much, much better. So clearly there are different approaches in eeking out the last bit of fidelity in the flawed Redbook format and some appear more successful than others.
I suppose this rolls up into two questions:
1) Any SBM recordings you recommend (I'm replacing my Dire Straights collection with the SBM remasters)?
2) Could you direct me to resources (web or book) which explains the details of different mastering approaches?
Thanks in advance,
Picked up the Warner Remaster of Brothers in Arms to see the difference. Not only are things cleaned up, tightened up, and tuned up, but the whole disk, well, flowed better.
Just amazing.
I do not know much about mastering and would like to learn more. I've listened to several of the Riverside 20bit remasters on Jazz and have been unimpressed -- they are grainy and bright. And while the Riverside master is clearly in a different in genre, the SBM remaster is much better. Much, much, much better. So clearly there are different approaches in eeking out the last bit of fidelity in the flawed Redbook format and some appear more successful than others.
I suppose this rolls up into two questions:
1) Any SBM recordings you recommend (I'm replacing my Dire Straights collection with the SBM remasters)?
2) Could you direct me to resources (web or book) which explains the details of different mastering approaches?
Thanks in advance,
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