![]() ![]() If you're a Beatles fan with a home hi-fi, get the remasters. Steve Guttenberg Listen over a decent quality hi-fi or home theater system and those improvements are definitely worthwhile. The colors of the new CDs' covers and booklets pale next to the original British LP covers. ![]() Too bad those qualities evaporate over iPods, computer speakers, and car systems. And the music seems more dynamically alive. Thing is, with the 2009 remasters we're talking about fairly subtle improvements in clarity, especially in high-frequency detail, overall spaciousness, and naturalness. They would make the Beatles music you already own sound better. Rather than buy the new Beatles CDs, buy better headphones or speakers. Fifty years later, remastered editions of The Beatles' 'White Album' have been released by UMe/Apple/Capitol, and these editions include. And I was listening in a dead quiet room, add some background office or street noise and the differences would be even harder to hear.Äownload The Beatles - White Album Re-Mastered (1968) torrent from music category on Isohunt. Mind you, the Turbine and Audioengine2 are a good deal better than average-sounding ways to hear music, and after I compensated for the volume differences between the 19 versions, the sound was nearly the same. I compared two of the better sounding CDs, 'The Beatles (The White Album)' and 'Abbey Road' over my iPod, using my Monster Turbine in-ear headphones, and over my computer, with Audioengine2 speakers. So if you compare old and new adjust the volume of both CDs to make them the same. ![]() ![]() The 2009 remasters are louder than the 1987 versions, so a quick comparison might lead you to believe the remaster is 'better' simply because it's a little louder. Steve Guttenberg They're good, but do the remastered Beatles CDs offer a big enough sonic improvement over the 1987 CDs to make them essential? Listening over my high-end, two-channel system they absolutely do! But to show up over an iPod, car system, or computer speakers? We compared the sound of the new Beatles remastered CDs with original LPs. ![]()
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