Originally Posted by Dolf
Are these critiques out to lunch or is there some truth to them?

I dunno. These versions sound good to me - and I've got a pretty resolving system. I've mentionned before that I have no experience with the Beatles on CD prior to these remasters, but to my ear they hold up pretty well given the age. Sure, it is a shame the full catlog has not received a hi-rez 5.1 treatment - and perhaps that is a lost opportunity, but BS was right, in the battle between SACD and DVD-A, MP3 won!

Crying 'compression' is rapidly becomming my new pet peeve. Anytime somebody doesn't like one of these remasters they claim compression - I wonder how many of these people actually know what it means and could reliably identify it? Bah humbug!

In interviews prior to the release, the lead engineer expressedly stated that very little limiting was applied to these recording. Get the set, it sounds really good.


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