Just got the Blue Note XRCDs: Horace Parlin - Speakin My Piece, Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin, Tina Brooks - True Blue. The music stands on its own and is outstanding. These are some of the best sounding disks that I own! Anyone have them and care to comment?
Rsorrenl - Agree that the music is great (have Sonny Clark, Tina Brooks, Hank Mobley, all on standard Red Book), but as far as the playback quality, did you compare these to the standard Red Book?
Guy's, I thought my post answered your questions regarding how the XRCD's compare sonicly to regular red book and RVG masters. The XRCD's are significantly better then either format by a wide margin. Everything from clarity, timbres, soundstage/air, and microdynamics improve greattly.
Teajay is correct. That is what I hear too. I purposely did not buy the Hank Mobley CD since I already have it as a RVG remaster. I'm ordering the XRCD today. One thing I will add about the RVG remasters: the later set are MUCH better than the earlier ones. I've noticed that the RVG CDs that have "EMI" on the CD spine are later releases and sound much better than earlier ones. However, no contest compared to these XRCDs.
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