The Beatles In Stereo - Review Of The Remastered Stereo Beatles CD Box Set
Many Beatles fans already own all of their albums on CD and may be wondering if they should really buy their whole catalog on CD again simply because they have been "remastered."
The appeal of The Beatles Mono Box Set is easier to understand. This is the first time these mono mixes have ever been released on CD and in the case of mono version of The White Album, it's the first time it has ever released in the US in any format.
Sound quality is the big draw with The Beatles Stereo Box Set but you don't have to be an audiophile to appreciate the improvement in sound quality. The improvement is so obvious that sometimes it almost sounds like the songs have actually been remixed as well as being remastered ("Long Long Long" is a great example of this huge improvement.)
To describe the difference in clarity between these new stereo Beatles CDs and the old ones I've read the example of going from DVD to Blu-Ray on a movie. You don't really know how much better it can look until you see the high definition version. It's sort of like that when you hear these remastered CDs for the first time.
But to me I think the difference is even more than that of jumping up to Blu-Ray video because with music the increased clarity allows me to hear parts of the music that I never heard before.
Hearing these newly remastered Beatles CDs is like hearing them for the first time. Yes, the improvements in warmth & clarity are that big!
The years of waiting has really paid off. They may have taken a long time to do these remasters but when they finally did do them, they did them right.
Paul's bass (and he wrote a lot of awesome bass parts with The Beatles) and Ringo's drums are probably the biggest winners in these new remastered versions because the bass and the drums really cut through these songs like never before.
I was worried that they would lose the original ambiance and warmth of the music in an attempt to "modernize" the music. I was also worried that they would take part in the horrible "loudness wars" that are ruining the sound quality of most modern music. It turns out I had nothing to be worried about. These newly remastered stereo mixes sound absolutely fantastic. - 18762
The appeal of The Beatles Mono Box Set is easier to understand. This is the first time these mono mixes have ever been released on CD and in the case of mono version of The White Album, it's the first time it has ever released in the US in any format.
Sound quality is the big draw with The Beatles Stereo Box Set but you don't have to be an audiophile to appreciate the improvement in sound quality. The improvement is so obvious that sometimes it almost sounds like the songs have actually been remixed as well as being remastered ("Long Long Long" is a great example of this huge improvement.)
To describe the difference in clarity between these new stereo Beatles CDs and the old ones I've read the example of going from DVD to Blu-Ray on a movie. You don't really know how much better it can look until you see the high definition version. It's sort of like that when you hear these remastered CDs for the first time.
But to me I think the difference is even more than that of jumping up to Blu-Ray video because with music the increased clarity allows me to hear parts of the music that I never heard before.
Hearing these newly remastered Beatles CDs is like hearing them for the first time. Yes, the improvements in warmth & clarity are that big!
The years of waiting has really paid off. They may have taken a long time to do these remasters but when they finally did do them, they did them right.
Paul's bass (and he wrote a lot of awesome bass parts with The Beatles) and Ringo's drums are probably the biggest winners in these new remastered versions because the bass and the drums really cut through these songs like never before.
I was worried that they would lose the original ambiance and warmth of the music in an attempt to "modernize" the music. I was also worried that they would take part in the horrible "loudness wars" that are ruining the sound quality of most modern music. It turns out I had nothing to be worried about. These newly remastered stereo mixes sound absolutely fantastic. - 18762
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The Beatles Remastered Stereo Box Set is the way The Beatles music should really be heard. Don't delay Buy The Beatles Stereo Box today.
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