(old) U2 remasters
Norm Apter
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Anybody else heard these?
I just borrowed the 2008 remasters of Boy, October and War from the library and compared each to my original 1990 versions.
Had some weird mixed results...the sound on the War remaster I find to be much better defined than that of the original, the Boy remaster offers a slight improvement and the October I found to be virtually the same as the original. Weird.
These three albums along with those of R.E.M. and The Smiths were staples of my collection in the late 1980s, so its nice to get at least some improvement, but I can't figure out why my results were so uneven across the board....
I just borrowed the 2008 remasters of Boy, October and War from the library and compared each to my original 1990 versions.
Had some weird mixed results...the sound on the War remaster I find to be much better defined than that of the original, the Boy remaster offers a slight improvement and the October I found to be virtually the same as the original. Weird.
These three albums along with those of R.E.M. and The Smiths were staples of my collection in the late 1980s, so its nice to get at least some improvement, but I can't figure out why my results were so uneven across the board....
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Parasound Halo A23 Amp
Parasound Halo P3 Preamp
Parasound Halo T3 Tuner
Bada HD22SE tube CD Player
Magnum Dynalab Signal Sleuth
Magnum Dynalab ST-2 antenna
polkaudio Lsi9s (upgraded cross-overs)
MIT Shotgun S-3 Bi-wire Interface Speaker Cables
MIT Shotgun S-3 Interconnects (3)
IegO L70530 Power cords (3)
HT
Denon 2808ci AVR
polkaudio RTi A5s (fronts)
polkaudio RTi A1s (rears)
polkaudio Csi A6 (center)
Signal Cable Ultra Speaker Cables
Signal Cable Analog II Interconnects
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I have all three on remastered vinyl and they sounded great to me but then I don't have originals to compare them to. I even have the bonus set of three buttons that came with any of the remasters if you bought them when they first came out.SDA-1C (full mods)
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I got the Joshua tree on LP 180 re master and it was horrible. One of the few times i have to say the CD was better. The re master cd that is.Klipsch The Nines, Audioquest Thunderbird Interconnect, Innuos Zen MK3 W4S recovery, Revolution Audio Labs USB & Ethernet, Border Patrol SE-I, Audioquest Niagara 5000 & Thunder, Cullen Crossover II PC's.
