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Terrific sounding pressing.Just wow! I now understand why the MoFi brings a good price and is in demand.
... If you listen to the standard Supertramp (the A&M version of Crime of the Century)mastered at Sterling and compare it to the half-speed version (Mobile Fidelity) and disregard the factthat one is indifferently pressed whereas the other is meticulously handled from A to Z, you will find that the original has more air, more room sound, more life about it than the half-speed version.*
Both JRR and HP found the original British pressing even better than either the Mobile Fidelityor the A&M.
Sorry Lady Laura, but there are different opinions.I remember a lengthy interview with Doug Sax, mastering engineer at The Mastering Lab in TAS 20,pages 449-457. One chapter was titled "Drawbacks of Half Speed Mastering":At the bottom of the page was an *Editor's Note by Harry Pearson:It seems to be that Lord Davey of Warwickshire is on the right track ...
Toni,I appreciate knowing there are differeing opinions. While I certainly respect the work and ears of folks like Doug Sax, Stan Ricker, HP and MF, I find I don't always agree with them. I now have both the MoFi and an A&M pressing mastered at Sterling and to my ears the MoFi has a much fuller sound with more detail and better dynamics, just the opposite of what Doug Sax apparently found. I do know that a MoFi half speed is not always superior to the original. A case in point is Little Feat's Dixie Chicken. The highs on the MoFi are rolled off and the original sounds better.Thanks for sharing.Laura
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