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Just a random thought... I think the majority consensus - myself included - is that these new releases are wrought with multiple problems. But I wonder if the root issue is with the original recordings themselves, and if we could ultimately be satisfied with the best that MM or one of our labels could do? Perhaps there are inherent flaws that can never be completely overcome.
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I picked up A New Hope last week, I've been enjoying it, I like how it sounds, so I grabbed Phantom Menace today - I've never owned the prequel scores before - and to me the high-end horns on it sound very thin and harsh. Does the original album sound similar? I'm happy with what I've got for Empire and Jedi, but I was going to grab the new Clones and Sith, and now I'm not so sure.
Read the rest of the thread, friend!
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Jul 29, 2018 - 4:45 AM
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jenkwombat
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Having just sat through a massive session of Star Wars I cannot understand what all the complaints are about.
The Empire Strikes Back has never sounded this good, the mastering is first class.
The quiet bits are quiet the full orchestral passages are loud, which is what they should be (no brickwalling here) the whole series of albums sound magnificent, the best that Star Wars has ever sounded.
It must be me (probably due to advancing age) but I can't understand all the moans about editing, about it being too left sided or too right sided, well mine aren't. When the strings and horns play (Asteroid Field) it mostly comes out of the left speaker which is what it should do, when the brasses play (Imperial March) it mostly comes out of the right speaker, but isn't that what it's supposed to do?
It seems that these releases are getting a lot of negative comments, which aren't deserved.
The people who mastered these have done an excellent job of breathing new life into these classic scores.
If anyone is thinking of not buying these think again, at £5 apiece they are cheap and you won't be disappointed, well not if they sound like the ones I bought. 
Most rational post in the thread.
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Jul 29, 2018 - 8:22 AM
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Solium
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Having just sat through a massive session of Star Wars I cannot understand what all the complaints are about.
The Empire Strikes Back has never sounded this good, the mastering is first class.
The quiet bits are quiet the full orchestral passages are loud, which is what they should be (no brickwalling here) the whole series of albums sound magnificent, the best that Star Wars has ever sounded.
It must be me (probably due to advancing age) but I can't understand all the moans about editing, about it being too left sided or too right sided, well mine aren't. When the strings and horns play (Asteroid Field) it mostly comes out of the left speaker which is what it should do, when the brasses play (Imperial March) it mostly comes out of the right speaker, but isn't that what it's supposed to do?
It seems that these releases are getting a lot of negative comments, which aren't deserved.
The people who mastered these have done an excellent job of breathing new life into these classic scores.
If anyone is thinking of not buying these think again, at £5 apiece they are cheap and you won't be disappointed, well not if they sound like the ones I bought.
Most rational post in the thread.
Not to rehash things but Star Wars and Empire I full of audio problems. I'll never listen to them again and won't buy the rest. Maybe someday, someone will do these iconic scores justice.
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Jul 29, 2018 - 4:33 PM
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jenkwombat
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Having just sat through a massive session of Star Wars I cannot understand what all the complaints are about.
The Empire Strikes Back has never sounded this good, the mastering is first class.
The quiet bits are quiet the full orchestral passages are loud, which is what they should be (no brickwalling here) the whole series of albums sound magnificent, the best that Star Wars has ever sounded.
It must be me (probably due to advancing age) but I can't understand all the moans about editing, about it being too left sided or too right sided, well mine aren't. When the strings and horns play (Asteroid Field) it mostly comes out of the left speaker which is what it should do, when the brasses play (Imperial March) it mostly comes out of the right speaker, but isn't that what it's supposed to do?
It seems that these releases are getting a lot of negative comments, which aren't deserved.
The people who mastered these have done an excellent job of breathing new life into these classic scores.
If anyone is thinking of not buying these think again, at £5 apiece they are cheap and you won't be disappointed, well not if they sound like the ones I bought.
Most rational post in the thread.
Not to rehash things but Star Wars and Empire I full of audio problems. I'll never listen to them again and won't buy the rest. Maybe someday, someone will do these iconic scores justice.
The only thing that really jumped out at me on Star Wars was the missing tapping high piano note on the Ben-sneaking-around part of "The Last Battle". True, that should not be omitted (I have no explanation or excuse for why it was). But other than that, Star Wars and Empire (the ones I"m listening to quite frequently) sound fantastic to me.
I admit I haven't listened to the Prequel and Jed discs more than a few times, so I wouldn't be as familiar with any sonic problems those are alleged to have...
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Jul 29, 2018 - 4:40 PM
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Solium
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Having just sat through a massive session of Star Wars I cannot understand what all the complaints are about.
The Empire Strikes Back has never sounded this good, the mastering is first class.
The quiet bits are quiet the full orchestral passages are loud, which is what they should be (no brickwalling here) the whole series of albums sound magnificent, the best that Star Wars has ever sounded.
It must be me (probably due to advancing age) but I can't understand all the moans about editing, about it being too left sided or too right sided, well mine aren't. When the strings and horns play (Asteroid Field) it mostly comes out of the left speaker which is what it should do, when the brasses play (Imperial March) it mostly comes out of the right speaker, but isn't that what it's supposed to do?
It seems that these releases are getting a lot of negative comments, which aren't deserved.
The people who mastered these have done an excellent job of breathing new life into these classic scores.
If anyone is thinking of not buying these think again, at £5 apiece they are cheap and you won't be disappointed, well not if they sound like the ones I bought.
Most rational post in the thread.
Not to rehash things but Star Wars and Empire I full of audio problems. I'll never listen to them again and won't buy the rest. Maybe someday, someone will do these iconic scores justice.
The only thing that really jumped out at me on Star Wars was the missing tapping high piano note on the Ben-sneaking-around part of "The Last Battle". True, that should not be omitted (I have no explanation or excuse for why it was). But other than that, Star Wars and Empire (the ones I"m listening to quite frequently) sound fantastic to me.
I admit I haven't listened to the Prequel and Jed discs more than a few times, so I wouldn't be as familiar with any sonic problems those are alleged to have...
As was mentioned there are huge drops in volume on some tracks.
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