Definitive Audiophile pressings

zdkaiser said:
Nice setup! I listened to the BG ORG last week and really loved it's depth. Just sounded very rich and robust.
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Yeah I have some posts on the rack build in HW. Was a cool project.

BG mastering is the gold standard for me. I always enjoy KG but Bernie seems to be a little more polished IMO. Of course this is totally album dependent too. I'll buy either with their name attached.
 
Jbraswell said:
The KG cut has much more cymbal resolution in the front, piano is missing out with those rich keys (but I recall it improves on side 2). Still a decent piano presentation but feels lacking in it's full potential to me. Instruments are separated really well. Art Davis on bass is killing it with his solo and other playing. Bass is A+.
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This is pretty typical for KG as I hear his work. Yes, depends on the album, but it’s how most of his stuff sounds relative to/compared to the other people doing reissues these days.
 
Portland Sheriff said:
This is pretty typical for KG as I hear his work. Yes, depends on the album, but it’s how most of his stuff sounds relative to/compared to the other people doing reissues these days.
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I mean they had two different tapes and 45 vs 33 is not a great comparison either. I try not to make too much of it. Both have their highlights in this scenario.
 
Mather said:
I really like KPG but he is detail forward to a fault. And for some records, the fault part is capitalized.
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Yeah this is seems to be more apparent on the rock albums, especially if you have a really precise listening rig.
Kind of need some low level distortion (i.e. tubes) to break things up a bit.

It's far less noticeable on the jazz cuts.
 
Hot take coming in: all this jazzbo work KPG has done the last 5 or so years has ruined him for rock records.

His rock albums from 10-15 years ago are excellent. Great soundstages, but he was sympathetic to how the album was recorded. If there was bleed through of drums into the guitar track he didn’t try to correct that. Then he started to work harder to isolate the tracks and intstruments with all all the work he has done with Blue Note and this has affected how he approaches rock albums.
 
jamieanderson1968 said:
Hot take coming in: all this jazzbo work KPG has done the last 5 or so years has ruined him for rock records.

His rock albums from 10-15 years ago are excellent. Great soundstages, but he was sympathetic to how the album was recorded. If there was bleed through of drums into the guitar track he didn’t try to correct that. Then he started to work harder to isolate the tracks and intstruments with all all the work he has done with Blue Note and this has affected how he approaches rock albums.
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Makes sense.
 
Jbraswell said:
They sound good to me. I was Doobie when Doobies wasn't cool!
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If you listen to other versions of the Cars and Doobies, they are crisper and better separated too. It probably has as much to do with how the artist recorded things as anything else.

I’ve always liked Bernie better for rock, but I thought I was a lone soldier out here in the wilderness.
 
TrainFan73 said:
If you listen to other versions of the Cars and Doobies, they are crisper and better separated too. It probably has as much to do with how the artist recorded things as anything else.

I’ve always liked Bernie better for rock, but I thought I was a lone soldier out here in the wilderness.
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I like the old sterling mastering sound a lot.
Whatever they did back then, the recipe was superb for the crank dial.

But I don't hate on the KG at all. It's just a different sound and like it for what it is.
Television get's all kinds of polarizing opinions. Probably the most controversial of the RHF bunch.
 
jamieanderson1968 said:
Hot take coming in: all this jazzbo work KPG has done the last 5 or so years has ruined him for rock records.

His rock albums from 10-15 years ago are excellent. Great soundstages, but he was sympathetic to how the album was recorded. If there was bleed through of drums into the guitar track he didn’t try to correct that. Then he started to work harder to isolate the tracks and intstruments with all all the work he has done with Blue Note and this has affected how he approaches rock albums.
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He’s also turning 70 this year. I still like his rock cuts but he just doesn’t do quite as many.
 
jamieanderson1968 said:
Hot take coming in: all this jazzbo work KPG has done the last 5 or so years has ruined him for rock records.

His rock albums from 10-15 years ago are excellent. Great soundstages, but he was sympathetic to how the album was recorded. If there was bleed through of drums into the guitar track he didn’t try to correct that. Then he started to work harder to isolate the tracks and intstruments with all all the work he has done with Blue Note and this has affected how he approaches rock albums.
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I could see that.

I also think his console is blitzed out to be so precise that it comes through with the newer multi-track cuts.
 
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