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Pink Floyd best CDs soundwise

Hello Goners. I have a nearly complete collection of Pink Floyd on vinyl, mostly regular pressing, mostly old pressings, and they sound really good. Recently I decided to get them on CDs to use in my car and to preserve my vinyl a bit. I was surprised to hear really crappy sound. These are regular versions. "Dark Side" is mediocre, "The Wall" is barely OK, so is "Final Cut", "Wish YOU Were Here" is plain unlistenable - dark, un-transparent with barely a hint on highs, "Animals" is the same way. Then I picked up a couple of either bootlegs or copies, probably made in Russia or somewhere near (:-)))). One is something called "Animals" with a slightly different cover, and it contains original "Animals", and it sounds like somebody tried to bring some life into it, but still "no cigar", BUT - it also contains original "Saucer full of Secrets" - and WOW! that sounds great! The other is something called "Complete Zabriski Point sessions" and it is a KILLER! I used to work in a studio, and this is by far the closest I have heard anything, whether on CD or LP, to studio masters. Now, music there is not really nuch to talk about, but the sound!

So I have two questions:

1) the latter shows that master tapes exist of excellent quality, then why production Pink Floyd CDs suck?

2) please somebody tell me which CDs or SACDs of Pink Floyd I should be looking for, if something of good sound qaulity does exist?

(I am not looking for anything they made after "Final Cut")

Thanks
markshvarts
surfgod
229 posts
 
Have you guys heard he red book copy of Delicate Sound of Thunder. Excellent for just the avg CD. I wish they all sounded like that.
scramman
43 posts
 
I just listened to Animals, Wish, and DSOTM on CD last night. Both Wish and Animals were remastered. DSOTM seemed to be covered in a veil of haze compared to the other two. I listened to it twice.

I'm going all digital, I bought these copies to replace US and German vinyl versions.
undertow
1,032 posts
 
The new Box set that cost more than any on the planet I think is probably pretty good, its like 300 plus retail I believe. I have not heard it but I would assume worth a shot. However the BEST digital versions I have heard are in the Columbia released from like 1992' "Shine on Box set"... And this is pretty readily available on Ebay but still rare, They are some kinda master transfers and in black shiny CD cases.
talon4
185 posts
 
I have the Japanese remaster of Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here". It is one of my best sounding cds. It was done by Toshiba EMI (Japan) with a street date of Oct. 14, 2002. I see that it is still available @ CD Universe for $38. They have 2 in stock. If you notice, the majority of the Japanese Pink Floyd releases are backordered @ CD Universe. If interested, go to CD Universe and key in "pink floyd". Then scroll down to "Show Only: Everything" and click on it. Scroll to "imports" and click on it. All Pink Floyd imports come up. This one sounds better than the Japanese cd/sacd hybrid "Dark Side of the Moon" mentioned above. I have that one too. They sure are expensive, but the sound is alot better than the "Best Buy" cds.
scramman
43 posts
 
The David Gilmour CD "On an Island" and the DVD from the 2006 tour are spectacular sounding.

I also like the David Gilmour solo CD from 1978.

I'm a little off topic, the Gilmour thread died a long time ago.
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