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How are the blue note RVG CD's?

After seeing a recent thread about the pricey used Blue Note LP's, esp. japanese pressings, what are your opinions of the sound quality of the recently re-mastered by Rudy Van Gelder editions, done I think in 1999-2002 or so, on a 24 bit system. I bought a bunch for around $12.99 each, and on my Rega Jupiter 2000 think they sound pretty darned good. Anyone else?
xiekitchen
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jond
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Alpass,
The correct website is www.fantasyjazz.com, the process it jvc but the music is licenced to Fantasy Records.
alpass
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thanks
pabelson
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You can often find the Fantasy K2s in brick & mortar music stores. They will credit a JVC engineer on the back for the remastering, so they're easy to distinguish from regular issues. If a K2 is available (and www.fantasyjazz.com should have a complete list), they're the way to go. If not, the RVGs aren't bad. Blue Note also has a "Connoisseur" line, also remastered.
abb9ae7
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Get your RVGs at alldirect.com for $7.99 each!
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bombaywalla
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I have a remastered RVG Blue Note Kenny Burrell "Midnight Blue" CD & I think that it sounds really very good. The tube mic hiss overtakes what should be a dead quiet spot but that's what tube mics did when there was so much gain in the system! I don't mind it at all, as I feel that the remastering job is trying to reproduce what was on those master tapes to begin with.
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