Many Beatles fans already own all of their albums on CD and may be wondering if they should really buy their whole catalog on CD again simply because they have been "remastered."
The Beatles In Mono Box Set's appeal is easy to see. The mono mixes in that box are making their very first appearance on CD and considering that the mono mixes are the ones the band themselves worked so hard on, it seems obvious that every real Beatles fan will want a copy.
Sound quality is the big draw with The Beatles Stereo Box Set but you don't have to be an audiophile to appreciate the improvement in sound quality. The improvement is so obvious that sometimes it almost sounds like the songs have actually been remixed as well as being remastered ("Long Long Long" is a great example of this huge improvement.)
To describe the difference in clarity between these new stereo Beatles CDs and the old ones I've read the example of going from DVD to Blu-Ray on a movie. You don't really know how much better it can look until you see the high definition version. It's sort of like that when you hear these remastered CDs for the first time.
But I actually this it's a far more revelatory experience than seeing a movie in high definition because hearing each of the parts of The Beatles music clearly really adds a lot more depth to the appreciation of the music more so than seeing a crisper version of a movie adds more appreciation to the viewing of that movie.
Hearing these newly remastered Beatles CDs is like hearing them for the first time. Yes, the improvements in warmth & clarity are that big!
They worked on these getting these remasters just perfect for years and all of that work has definitely paid off because they managed to do something which is very difficult which is to keep the original analog sound of the tapes while also improving upon the clarity of the music.
The most obvious improvement in the sound is with the bass and the drums. With the old CDs the bass and drums were too often buried in the mix. Not anymore. Now they propel the songs forward as they were intended to.
When I heard about this remastering project I was concerned. I was worried that they would suck the "life" out of The Beatles recordings in an attempt to make them super "loud" (I recommend looking into the "loudness wars" to discover part of the reason so much modern music sounds awful.) I was worried they would take out all of the ambiance in an effort to make a perfectly "modern" (ie: sterile) recording. Luckily, they didn't make any of these mistakes. They did a perfect job. - 30404
The Beatles In Mono Box Set's appeal is easy to see. The mono mixes in that box are making their very first appearance on CD and considering that the mono mixes are the ones the band themselves worked so hard on, it seems obvious that every real Beatles fan will want a copy.
Sound quality is the big draw with The Beatles Stereo Box Set but you don't have to be an audiophile to appreciate the improvement in sound quality. The improvement is so obvious that sometimes it almost sounds like the songs have actually been remixed as well as being remastered ("Long Long Long" is a great example of this huge improvement.)
To describe the difference in clarity between these new stereo Beatles CDs and the old ones I've read the example of going from DVD to Blu-Ray on a movie. You don't really know how much better it can look until you see the high definition version. It's sort of like that when you hear these remastered CDs for the first time.
But I actually this it's a far more revelatory experience than seeing a movie in high definition because hearing each of the parts of The Beatles music clearly really adds a lot more depth to the appreciation of the music more so than seeing a crisper version of a movie adds more appreciation to the viewing of that movie.
Hearing these newly remastered Beatles CDs is like hearing them for the first time. Yes, the improvements in warmth & clarity are that big!
They worked on these getting these remasters just perfect for years and all of that work has definitely paid off because they managed to do something which is very difficult which is to keep the original analog sound of the tapes while also improving upon the clarity of the music.
The most obvious improvement in the sound is with the bass and the drums. With the old CDs the bass and drums were too often buried in the mix. Not anymore. Now they propel the songs forward as they were intended to.
When I heard about this remastering project I was concerned. I was worried that they would suck the "life" out of The Beatles recordings in an attempt to make them super "loud" (I recommend looking into the "loudness wars" to discover part of the reason so much modern music sounds awful.) I was worried they would take out all of the ambiance in an effort to make a perfectly "modern" (ie: sterile) recording. Luckily, they didn't make any of these mistakes. They did a perfect job. - 30404
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