Definitive Audiophile pressings

Jbraswell said:
Listening to a comparison of Candy-O "Let's Go"

Mofi 33- has that boxed in processed sound like pillows are on each side of my speakers. The soundstage is very narrow. Volume is much lower. The claps don't carry nearly as much sound. Vocals are ok, but nothing noteworthy. Percussion is pretty decent. It's just not memorable sounding to me.

RHF starts out with a bang of a sound. Keyboards are way more musical sounding. The air on the stage is significantly more wide open. Drums have better pop and decay. Snares snap nicely.
Claps have that sound of hands hitting together. Everything is livelier. The lows and mids punch nicely although there's not a ton down low in this track.

This is only my second spin of the RHF, but it's absolutely killer on my system. I'm really happy with it going forward.
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Mine arrived today and listening now. I A/B’d it with this 1979 Canadian press that I like a lot more than the Discogs 3.82 rating and less than the extremely positive comments in the reviews.

The Rhino HF smokes the ‘79 Canada press in almost every respect, but the Canadian press has a bit more snappiness in the sound of the snare and tom drums. The Rhino drums sound really good, but there’s a punch missing compared to 79 Canada. As one commenter on the ‘79 press says, “the drums kick you in the chest.” One reason for this difference is likely the Canadian press is hollowed out by comparison — the Rhino has way better midrange and more defined/controlled bass and is much more balanced. I’m not saying drums in RHF are problematic. They sound really good, but I do like a rock record with drums that kick me in the chest. RHF also has silent noise floor.

On the etching in runout — I have two numeral 1s in the spot discussed above. All the etched numeral 1s look like carat symbols to me, but I think the handwriting is a little odd bc the look of those two 1s matches the look of the 1s in the A1 and B1 portions of the runout.
 
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Portland Sheriff said:
Mine arrived today and listening now. I A/B’d it with this 1979 Canadian press that I like a lot more than the Discogs 3.82 rating and less than the extremely positive comments in the reviews.

The Rhino HF smokes the ‘79 Canada press in almost every respect, but the Canadian press has a bit more snappiness in the sound of the snare and tom drums. The Rhino drums sound really good, but there’s a punch missing compared to 79 Canada. As one commenter on the ‘79 press says, “the drums kick you in the chest.” One reason for this difference is likely the Canadian press is hollowed out by comparison — the Rhino has way better midrange and more defined/controlled bass and is much more balanced. I’m not saying drums in RHF are problematic. They sound really good, but I do like a rock record with drums that kick me in the chest. RHF also has silent noise floor.

On the etching in runout — I have two numeral 1s in the spot discussed above. All the etched numeral 1s look like carat symbols to me, but I think the handwriting is a little odd bc the look of those two 1s matches the look of the 1s in the A1 and B1 portions of the runout.
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Awesome! Those old sterling mastered albums always sound good to me. I have Shake It Up and Heartbeat City from them.

Hopefully they do Panorama next for the RHF. I don't have one in my collection.
 
MikeH said:

Acoustic Sounds

Acoustic Sounds Audiophile Vinyl Records
store.acousticsounds.com

Repress!
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I saw an OG of this at my local Habitat Restore today. The jacket was in really good shape. The record looked like it had been used as a chopping board on the set of Beat Bobby Flay for the last 11 seasons.
 
Portland Sheriff said:
Mine arrived today and listening now. I A/B’d it with this 1979 Canadian press that I like a lot more than the Discogs 3.82 rating and less than the extremely positive comments in the reviews.

The Rhino HF smokes the ‘79 Canada press in almost every respect, but the Canadian press has a bit more snappiness in the sound of the snare and tom drums. The Rhino drums sound really good, but there’s a punch missing compared to 79 Canada. As one commenter on the ‘79 press says, “the drums kick you in the chest.” One reason for this difference is likely the Canadian press is hollowed out by comparison — the Rhino has way better midrange and more defined/controlled bass and is much more balanced. I’m not saying drums in RHF are problematic. They sound really good, but I do like a rock record with drums that kick me in the chest. RHF also has silent noise floor.

On the etching in runout — I have two numeral 1s in the spot discussed above. All the etched numeral 1s look like carat symbols to me, but I think the handwriting is a little odd bc the look of those two 1s matches the look of the 1s in the A1 and B1 portions of the runout.
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What did you think about "Dangerous Type" in the comparison? It's a little different sounding than the other tracks.
 
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