Pieces Of My Life sound comparisons
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Pieces Of My Life sound comparisons
Just played the Elvis Today CD remastered from Japan and it sounds incredible! I compared with the FTD thinking that was the best version but sounded veiled and lifeless. I remembered that Pieces Of My Life was in the new country compilation (DSD redbook) and it was close but not as much detail in the top end with the guitars, strings etc. and very defined bass in the low end! Seems to me the Japanese are not messing with noise reduction because the tape hiss is audible in contrast with the other two. If I burn a compilation for a friend or for my car this Japanese version is the one I will definately use. Get it if you are interested and your budget allows... you won't be dissapointed.
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Most paper sleeve remasters from Japan sounds better.The best in my opinion is (soundwise) On Stage,ROR,Love letters From Elvis and Now.JLGB wrote:Just played the Elvis Today CD remastered from Japan and it sounds incredible! I compared with the FTD thinking that was the best version but sounded veiled and lifeless. I remembered that Pieces Of My Life was in the new country compilation (DSD redbook) and it was close but not as much detail in the top end with the guitars, strings etc. and very defined bass in the low end! Seems to me the Japanese are not messing with noise reduction because the tape hiss is audible in contrast with the other two. If I burn a compilation for a friend or for my car this Japanese version is the one I will definately use. Get it if you are interested and your budget allows... you won't be dissapointed.
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The way the Japanese "Today" album (and some other 70's albums in this Japanese series) seems to have been mastered is actually quite deceiving. You can pretty much get the same effect by playing the original album and pressing the loudness button on your stereo and recording the output. The result is more definiton in the bass and midrange and a big gap around 500Hz (I've seen up to 6dB on some of them compared to the flat DSD masters) which pulls down the fundamental frequencies of Elvis' vocals. Sure, it sounds better when played back at low volumes but once you crank it up it gives you a headache because it exaggerates these ranges. Give me the DSD masters any day, those I can at least crank up and enjoy, as the frequencies have a natural balance to them. Mastering with the loudness button on is a big no-no, luckily some Japanese albums seem to be simply flat transfers from the album production masters and have not been tempered with, but I don't know why they felt the need to "enhance" some of the 70's albums this way.JLGB wrote:Just played the Elvis Today CD remastered from Japan and it sounds incredible! I compared with the FTD thinking that was the best version but sounded veiled and lifeless. I remembered that Pieces Of My Life was in the new country compilation (DSD redbook) and it was close but not as much detail in the top end with the guitars, strings etc. and very defined bass in the low end! Seems to me the Japanese are not messing with noise reduction because the tape hiss is audible in contrast with the other two. If I burn a compilation for a friend or for my car this Japanese version is the one I will definately use. Get it if you are interested and your budget allows... you won't be dissapointed.
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For those of us with no loudness button?!!thenexte wrote:I don't know why they felt the need to "enhance" some of the 70's albums this way.

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Re: Pieces Of My Life sound comparisons
[quote="JLGB"]Just played the Elvis Today CD remastered from Japan and it sounds incredible! I compared with the FTD thinking that was the best version but sounded veiled and lifeless. I remembered that Pieces Of My Life was in the new country compilation (DSD redbook) and it was close but not as much detail in the top end with the guitars, strings etc. and very defined bass in the low end! Seems to me the Japanese are not messing with noise reduction because the tape hiss is audible in contrast with the other two. If I burn a compilation for a friend or for my car this Japanese version is the one I will definately use. Get it if you are interested and your budget allows... you won't be dissapointed.[/quote
thanx JLGB. fro the review.
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thanx JLGB. fro the review.
