The Mellotron Group

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, tronbros@... wrote:
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> That's interesting.  I have just received a copy of the remastered 
Tomita 'Snowflakes are Dancing' and it sounds extraordinary.


Remastering techniques can no doubt improve the perceived quality of a
recording, when it's done right.  I have the Rhino - A Trick of the
Tail CD and I think they fucked it up with to much EQ and Exciter
tinkering.  I hear cymbals that I never knew were there.  That's nice,
but the whole CD is just too damn bright compared with the LP. 

> I like MiniDisc.  It sounds amazing to me,  especially at mitigating
overly fussy CD sound where it seems to balance  out the inherent
problems I hear.  I suspect it is psycho acoustic effect  but I don't
care - it works!

Yes, unfortunately even with the new HiMD format, MiniDisk is dead. 
There are a load of portable 24 bit flash memory recorders (SDHC or
Memory Stick) on the market now.  Full CD quality without compression.
See Sony PCM D50 :
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/digitalmedia/2008/01/10/sony-pcm-d50-recorder-review.html