Re: TWW H E L P ! Conclusion Pt 1

[94k068@chestud.chalmers.se (Lundstr”m, Henrik)]

In article <950831003805_67669966@mail02.mail.aol.com> DSearch@aol.com writes:
>Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 00:41:17 -0400
>From: DSearch@aol.com
>Subject: TWW H E L P ! Conclusion Pt 1

>Thanks to everyone -- 8 of you, in fact(!) -- who responded to my 8/21 query
>about TWW box sets:

><<What are the primary differences between the UK, Japanese, and Canadian TWW
>Box sets?  I've found the Canadian for $119, which seems like a good deal.
> But if I'm losing out in packaging or (especially) in terms of sound
>quality, it's not worth saving a few bucks.>>

>I can now offer something back...

>I recently A/B'd The Man With The Child In His Eyes and Wuthering Heights (2
>tracks chosen for differences in style i.e. ballad and a mid-tempo one, but
>also for the familiarity of the material) taken from the following sources,
>on mid-level audiophile equipment:

>-- Japanese TKI CD (recent)
>-- UK/W German TKI CD (issued ~1984)
>-- UK The Whole Story CD ("Man" only, since "Heights" has different vocals)
>(~1987)
>-- Japanese TKI LP (early '80s)

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If you compare Hounds of love on CD and on vinyl (UK editions), you will find 
that they differ very much in sound quality - the CD sounds harsher than the 
vinyl. I think this is very strange, other Kate-albums tend to sound better on 
CD, but in the HOL case, the CD sounds as if you use Dolby when listening to a 
tape that's not dolby encoded.  

Henrik.