For example, CD-quality audio has a sample rate of 44.1kHz, meaning the sound is sampled 44,100 times per second, and 16 bits of data are recorded per sample. I have some Elvis gold CDs that sound better. In an email exchange with MFSL, they admitted the LP's were not cut from the "original masters" but from a remix provided by Yoko Ono (who knows if digital was involved). It also is used to evaluate practitioner performance, to monitor resource use, and to determine . I cannot quiet put my finger on it. I'd take the DSD sourced vinyl over those any day as they are way closer to the masters (unboxed Decca UK pressings are a different matter, most of those sound great if you can find them in good condition). The original UK presses walk the floor with them. Ie., fully open. doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2014.11.018. October 23, 2020. I'd like to throw in my two cents: Avoid anything released by the Italian reissue label Get Back records. The Chess Masters reissue, it was done all analog by Steve Hoffman. There is amazing variation,the "Exile" reissue sounds like a shrill, lifeless compressed mess. I guess I have to stick with mainly used vinyl. ON THE CUT! Blues and Jazz This is supposed to sound good. This program brought electronic health records to well over 80% of ambulatory physicians and virtually every hospital in the United States. Great article, and critical subject matter.

, Geoff called it "rubbish" and demanded a take it off the turntable! I completely agree with Mickey that it's dicey at best with remasters if the info is limited. Taxonomic accuracy was generally high (Table 3). If you have the box setthe LP's have the photos of the EMItape boxes. ). Detroit VA hospital harmed patients, altered records, investigation reveals Washington Investigators found lacking oversight they believe contributed to patient harm and death, and a pattern of "substandard" care in the surgery practice at Detroit's John D. Dingell VA Medical Center that leaders tried to conceal by altering external peer reviews and other data. Compression has a HUGE impact on the aural perception of a recording and should be banned as far as I'm concerned. Only the record companies that own the rights to a recording have access to the original master tapes. Legend states that "Pink Moon" was the only Nick Drake album that still has the existing analog, 2-track master. Legend also states that because of the availability of the "Pink Moon" original tape, it is the only remaster done with an entirely analog signal path. No-one seems to know. It's not just the remaster, it's the fact the new Beatles releases are digital. With these mono (false mono) too much clean and uniform. I've been around vinyl since the 70s and many of the Scorpio records sound good and have stickers stating "manufactured by Rhino" (whatever that means). Thanks for any advice you may offer, and I'd like to wish you all a safe and happy new year. The SV reissue was bright and hard by comparison. Of course they have their own set of problems. It is suggested that you develop one procedure to comply with Clause 4.16. It really stinks to drop $50 on a brand new copy of "The Wall" only to be inundated by staticky noise. Scorpio and many other "to be avoided labels" are reissuing many hip rare underground records that the high end reissue labels aren't doing and will never do. Great read Mikey, thanks! We have Received a Contact Inquiry From Martin We will let you know before it is started. I recommend Muddy Waters sings Big Bill Broonzy. I played the box version of Sgt. Even Kevin Gray don't want to tell me what is it really. Awful! Of course sometimes content trumps source but if the source was originally analog and the source is available, using a CD to cut a record is inexcusable. There are so many recordswith that common "180G" gold on black sticker..when I see that sticker, I assume its straight up transfer of a CD to vinyl by whichever summer intern in the office shows a bit of apptitude. In my opinion, 10 new songs suffered a bit from some wierd Pro-tools sounding stuff. Apparently no one at Simply Vinyl pays much attention to sound. But still other times you get nothing, yet you're asked to plunk down big bucks for these reissues. Under 120X power, I gently pushed the material out of the grooves with the clean tip of a wooden toothpick. It is HUGE. So I will continue to purchase WaxTime records. Simply Vinyl is pure chance, you never know what you get. Also Traffic's "Shoot Outn At The Fantasy Factory", which I bought the week of release in 1973, featured EDITED versions of 2 tracks. Best see if you can find a review before purchase, or whether you can give it a listen. Love the record, it sounds just a tad muddy. I m sure he knows about this question of this DBLP serie blue note reissie mono Japan EMI. and anybody else who have information about this subject. Here is the confirmation I recently received from them: "Thank you for your interest in Exhibit Records. It's not easy! Didn't know there was an analogue version of Modern Times. Rolling Stones, get your ya yas out reissue box set; 96/24. Ermitage @ermitagerecords 32.7K subscribers Subscribe Home Videos Live Playlists Community Channels About Created playlists Sort by 1 The Beggar's Opera - Il teatro di Lucio Dalla | Ermitage. Leonard Cohens"10 new songs" also digital. That's their right of course, but I swear it's almost like a disease..okay, I'm probably ranting about this in the wrong place. I purchased this album with that information in mind. The article, and subsequent comments have been enlightening, but, What about the Supercuts vinyls (EU) of H-Q Records.? I have not yet tried any of their jazz releases. The original was much better. Plus they're titles that most labels wouldn't dare put out. Demand for new vinyl records outstripping supply is a common theme when the topic of quality control rears its ugly head. Januar 2012 22:59 Isn't this what the search engine is for? My reference recording is Sheffield Lab's direct to analogue recording of James Newton Howard & Friends. Simply Vinyl refuses to identify sources. I use a V15 VMR on a variety of turntables, and MoFi has been pretty noisy. It was my first MFSL and nearly my last. And some post partial information, like on some John Coltrane reissues that have a sticker that says "Sourced by Rhino, distributed by Scorpio.". My sources told me back then that Bob's people brought both ProTools files and an analog master tape to the mastering sessions for Modern Times and Bob went with the digital files. Mark Hammar is a Certied Manager of Quality / Organizational Excellence through the American Society for Quality and has been a Quality Professional since 1994. At least one track on it was on the ZYX reissue. It's not pretty. Anyone else unfortunate enough to grab that same LP? A couple of years ago I bought a Vinyl Lovers reissue of the Allman Brothers "Eat a Peach". Classic Records' version of Tapestry was fantastic. Great sounding, good dynamics. My apologies if someone has already asked this. EHRs Support Provider Decision Making. And I'm glad you are not "digiphobic" and call them as they sound. But believe whatever you want. This goes way back to the original Mobile Fidelity LP's from the 70's and 80's. I bought 3 records, opened only 1 - Jacob Fischer Trio/My Romance. The fact is, these are obviously not from analog tape. I have a general idea of what people on here think of this site (see below), but maybe, just maybe, this is a way for all of us to be a part of the solution. eXhibit Records/Soundboard She hit the brakes, put some money in my elder brother's hands (he was the bravest of us three boys, although not the eldest) and said "Tell the store owner that your mom wants to buy the man hanging in the window." Recorded 2/65. The Hoffman/Gray re-issues from Analogue Productions and Music Matters are spectacular, and a benchmark for how an audiophile re-issue should be made and marketed. I have about 20+ of these EMI japan reissues, they are totally fantastic. Then there are all those cheap Blue Note reissues. "I have not been at liberty to reveal sources on mastering since around 2000. Why not put them to use and aide "the cause? The sad reality is that some people involved in putting vinyl out probably check it on a crappy deck in a poor system and would regard a SL1210 as high end, our vinyl gets played and checked by at least two or three of us on a Rega 3, SL 1210 and a Michell Gyro or Orbe, plus one or two other decks as well and in different systems, bad pressings may still slip through, but they will be very few and not down to a problem with the whole run. Often you can see a "WG/NRP" on the inner groove area, which means "Wes Garland at Nashville Record Productions" did the cutting even though the credits say "mastered by Bob Irwin". As this is the reason why someone with the original LPs would buy these. I do not have a crazy material, but I tend to perfect my system. Simply Vinyl has done some Elvis reissues and other LPs. I wonder if DCC used an original master tape on more than just a handful of their releases. I don't believe in conspiracy theories, why would Kevin convert the tapes to digital files? I have two very good sounding compilation LPs from "The Swingin' Pig" from the early '80s with a selection of Beatles, Stones and Hendrix tunes. The truth of the matter is records in good condition have a higher sound quality than any other medium - even better than a modern CD or DVD. When I played the record back, it played beautifully with no more skips. The T-Rex "Electric Warrior" reissue is also "apparently" Hi Resolution digital, though I haven't heard it. Well if the source and other info is listed on the record, of course consider that release. Thanks for that information. And even if they did, as a new collector, is it trial and error or is there a comprehensive list out there of the good and not so good producers? Take a look. Third fact. 1,2 The move from vision to reality is not as simple as we would like, however. The Doors, Box set from a few years ago, 192/24k digital. The "sourced from" designation pretty much means: 1) it is not cut from the original master. . Rhino is a division of Warner Brothers and if you see Rhino, chances are sources are good, even if the label is Scorpio. Actually some of them, especially those licensed from EMI, can sound very good and could very well be analog tape sourced, but the company refuses to identify sources. Considering how full of errors Discogs already is and that there is no objective way of measuring pressing quality then it wouldn't be something that worked well, the best thing to do is learn which plants pressed most of your favourite records and those that pressed the ones with most problems, buy from the former and avoid the latter. I would move Doxy Music / Doxy Records from the "generally avoid" to the "check before buy" category. Seem like they're readily available and less than $15/LP. I kept listening in hopes of adjusting my ear, but could not have avoided that eerie feeling that they tortured music to death before they buried in the vinyl. Vinyl Lovers definitely cuts from CDs. This is a really good article and makes a very good point. Electronic medical records and quality improvement Neurosurg Clin N Am. Even with the good audiophile companies that Michael listed, one needs to check carefully. Morton Feldman and Earl Brown, 3 Pierre Henry records and A couple John Cage Lp's. True story! Again, this is 1960s jazz material that is in the public domain in the EU. Hi! Perhaps one day the reissue and "HD" music businesses will reach a level of public conscieness that similar ad hoc (voluntary, yet accurate and agreed-upon) standard vocabulary --- and its uses --- will come about. I don't know of a comprehensive list, but. Short of a "AAA" type rating system, why not impart our will? The same problem exists for audiophile CD reissues. The CD is totally compressed while the LP has lots of dynamic range and better tonal balance. And while some pressing plants are clearly better than others, there is a general feeling that many well-meaning pressing plants are running flat-out to meet demand. At least I'm not as dissapointed when it is a dud. I got rid of them, I have sold them. I'm going by mostlymemory here since I've long parted with mine. Yazoo appears to have nothing to do with these as their ability to coax fantastic sound out of old 78's set the gold standard on vinyl back in the 70's. Audiokarma is about to undergo a server change and upgrade. Are the HD Tracks files really Hi Rez? Yesterday I compared the Beatles White Album, original and 180 gram remastered and now I'm checking all my newly purchased remastered vinyl. Don't dismiss them outright because of the label, because you might be passing up a good vinyl. Wax Time is made in Spain, if I recall correctly. Leonard Cohens "Old Ideas" is digital, resolution unknown, but quite nice sounding. I hope to see the thread keep going with peoples opinions on other reissues. Once MFSL was able to license the whole shabang for the box setthey were granted access to vault tapes from EMI England. Greetings, Kevin here in The City. But the latter doesn't sound better IMO. The same problem exists for audiophile CD reissues also. Ermitage 66K views10 years ago Pierino e il lupo - Lucio Dalla Play all Fiaba con musica di Sergej Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) Lucio Dalla - regia e voce recitante Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di. If the analog master and mastering was used than is should be "AAA" and so on. And, I still own the first LP my family ever owned - Neil Diamond's Moods from 1972, which my mom bought on impulse as we were returning home from school and she saw the album in a record store window. I know the individual components are quality pieces because I never buy any hardware or software (the real subject of this article) that hasn't received some favourable reviews from credible sources, so I am sure it's that they are not complementing each other as a system. Many comments say that Lilith, Doxy, Dol and others are labels that exploit works that have fallen into the public domain. The 68 records which did not allow for accurate identification (38 records with poor image quality, and 30 records without a picture), were removed. I also really like the Japanese red mono vinyl, but mostly for the different mix. I remember when MFSL reissued several John Lennon LP's about 10 years ago. I had a track on a CD made from the original pressing and we compared the two and the CD killed the vinyl played back on a very good turntable. Not particularly good You can read a review of a Vinyl Lover's John Cale reissue on this site. Is Audio Intelligent's Enzymatic Stylus Cleaning Fluid Safe For Your Ortofon Bonded Stylus? Bob Dylan, "Modern Times", digital, resolution unknown. Can anyone of you tell me about the reissues on the DOL-Label? 8491 Sunset Blvd., #174 Create or Clone a Quality Record; Edit a Quality Record; Share a Quality . Transparency in what you buy in music is not good. The vinyl is also perfectly flat with no surface noise, essential for this kind of music. The terroir of wines in Ermitage and Hermitage Hermitage Hill is one of the few places in the world to benefit from the 4 geological eras that have taken place over time.