ForeverAutumn
06-22-2012, 05:51 AM
I seldom buy remasters of CDs that I already own but I read enough good reviews of this remaster to convince me that it might be worth buying. The reviews were right.
As many of you know I give this album credit for changing my life. This was my first real rock album. It changed the way that I listened to music and it started a 35+ year love affair with David Bowie.
My current version of the CD is the Ryko release (with a bunch of crappy, but interesting, bonus tracks that sound like they were recorded in someone’s garage). I’ve always thought that it sounded a little tinny and hollow...almost like listening on a transistor radio. The new remaster sounds great in comparison. The tinny, hollow sound is gone and the instruments sound much fuller. The volume level is also much better. The old CD was so quiet that I had to turn the volume way up to hear it. The remaster is set at more normal levels. I no longer have to crank the dial just to hear it which means that I can actually listen to it at louder volumes.
I don’t know enough about this stuff to give you any sort of technical analysis. I can just say that if you’re a fan of this album but never really like the sound of the previous CDs, the 40th anniversary remaster might be worth the money to you.
As many of you know I give this album credit for changing my life. This was my first real rock album. It changed the way that I listened to music and it started a 35+ year love affair with David Bowie.
My current version of the CD is the Ryko release (with a bunch of crappy, but interesting, bonus tracks that sound like they were recorded in someone’s garage). I’ve always thought that it sounded a little tinny and hollow...almost like listening on a transistor radio. The new remaster sounds great in comparison. The tinny, hollow sound is gone and the instruments sound much fuller. The volume level is also much better. The old CD was so quiet that I had to turn the volume way up to hear it. The remaster is set at more normal levels. I no longer have to crank the dial just to hear it which means that I can actually listen to it at louder volumes.
I don’t know enough about this stuff to give you any sort of technical analysis. I can just say that if you’re a fan of this album but never really like the sound of the previous CDs, the 40th anniversary remaster might be worth the money to you.