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  1. Same to you. Sorry for my stand-offish reluctance. But debating these things -- especially in cases where it is suggested that I need better equipment (which you did say) or that I don't know what I am listening for (which you did not say) -- just isn't how I want to be spending my free time. I don't require others to agree with me and I am not interested in their approval. All I wanted to do here is add a different opinion to the mix. Have a great weekend and enjoy some music. That is what I will be doing. --Jerome
  2. I'm not going to debate this with you. You are entitled to your opinion and I am entitled to mine. Get over it that someone might not see things the same way you do. --Jerome
  3. I can't say I am a fan of using waveform images and amplitude statistics for judging how something is going to sound. From the comments in this thread there doesn't seem to be too many people who have actually listened to these remasters. I find the data interesting too, but I don't use it as a primary tool for making buying decisions. I bought the following 2016 remastered titles: Toulouse Street Stampede The Captain and Me What Were Once Vices are Now Habits I'm not a Michael McDonald fan and did not like the direction he took the sound of The Doobie Brothers so I passed on those. I started with Toulouse Street since that is my favorite DB album. I figured if it passed muster and I liked the sound then I would go for the others of interest. The remasters sound fine, IMO, and are better than the MoFi SACDs. They also compare very favorably to the original vinyl pressings and sound better to my ears than the recent Friday Music 180g pressings. As for amplitude statistics here is a comparison from Adobe Auidition CC2015 for the track Jesus is Just Alright from Toulouse Street: This is from the original 1972 Warner vinyl LP, that I captured in 24Bit/192KHz PCM using a PreSonus Studio 192 recording interface and my Nottingham Analogue Space 294 turntable/Lyra Delos MC cartridge... And here is the 2016 Remaster of the same track. The difference in dynamic range is insignificant, mostly because that his how much dynamic range is in the recording on the master tape. I have spot checked a few other tracks on this LP (including quieter acoustic tracks) and the dynamic range is comparable between the LP and 2016 remaster, so the numbers hold up pretty well on all of the tracks on the album. I have not looked at the stats for any other Doobie Brothers releases that I own ( and I think I own just about all of them). But if any of them have considerably higher dynamic range then I would suggest that it was digitally manipulated. Whether it sounds good or not is purely a matter of personal taste. I am quite happy with the 2016 remasters. They sound great, and have saved me a lot of time ripping my original vinyl LPs. --Jerome
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