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Review by sonnysin168 January 17, 2012 (8 of 8 found this review helpful)
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I own the German dvda version for years now and I like it better than the previous rbcds I owned in the past. I must admit that although I like the dvda for its details I find it a bit bright sounding at times and that there's a certain "edginess" in its vocals.
When musicdirect announced that its stocks are shipping, I readily ordered a copy. I got it on the 2nd week of January, courtesy of the local branch of my NY forwarder. After properly warming up my gears, I sat out to listen. The first thing I noticed is that this was mastered a lot less louder than the dvda, as I have to crank up the preamp gain knob to about the 11 o'clock position to get a satisfying volume level. Is this bad? No, it's not, to me it is a sign that the recording is not compressed. The sacd lead and backing vocals are clear and smooth, the instruments seemed to have that "rounded edge" treatment that for me represents a warmer recording without significant loss of details. I also noticed that the sacd is more quiet than the dvda, in the sense that the tape hiss is less pronounced in the former. But this will turn off the bass lovers: the sacd, though possessing firm bass, is leaner than the dvda in this department.
I played the sacd followed by the dvda, in three separate occasions the past week and I think I slightly favor the sacd. It is more "pleasing to the ears" or "ear friendly", I should say. But this doesn't mean the dvda sounds bad, it also has its strengths. It's just that it sounds different compared to the Mofi sacd. Although I'm recommending the sacd to fans of this album, I'm keeping both the sacd and dvda versions!
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