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The cartridge selection is the difference, not so much the turntable

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Apparently you are supposed to look at the Steeleye Span album cover from the side to get the faces to look recognizable. Odd gimmick!

Wow could easily hear that difference, I bought my RT 85 about a years ago. Probably the best deal around for 500 bucks!

I will say that I was doubting my ability to hear differences between different pieces of equipment on UA-cam. But, I definitely heard a difference with your video. I wonder if it's because of the way you record the music? Anyway, nice video. The RT85 was a worth wide upgrade. I have one but had nothing to compare it to since my old Technics had not been used for many years and could no longer hold speed. Thanks.

as far as great songs on an album but shit sound quality....kiss hotter than hell needs to be remastered.... sounds too muddy... and aerosmith draw the line... sounds very flat.... everything sounds like it was all recorded on the same level....jack douglas dropped the ball on that one....🤔

Thanks for the great analysis. I just ordered The Wild, The Innocent & The E-Street Shuffle SACD. Hope it as good as you felt the Greetings SACD was.

Some great listens! What are the details on Countdown to Ecstasy release? Back in the 90s I replaced all my AAD versions with ADD because I believed that digital mastering must be better. I know better now, but wonder how they actually compare.

Qué buena compra! Turangalila de Messiaen en versión de Kent Nagano es una joya! ♥️

One of my favorites of his

Washing Machine is not my fave Sonic Youth album but I have fond memories about it because it came out the year I graduated high school (over here we call it "junior college"). I went to their concert a few years before I got conscripted. They made it all the way to the Far East. The first incarnation of Foo Fighters opened for them, and they played in an arena that had since been torn down and rebuilt (they love to do these things in Singapore). I had to go because I missed REM because of my exams. So the nice thing about all these noise rock bands is that you can buy the cheap seats, sit at the back, rock out and still retain your hearing. Sonic Youth are what they are... it was a good concert, they recreated everything on the album pretty well. Great experience. Seems like yesterday, where did all the time go? Sonic Youth, I think, has a pretty good Chinese / Japanese following. I think some of the traditional Chinese music has some atonality and we just pick it up, we're used to it already. And who's not to say that they that maybe they were popping by NYC's Chinatown, heard some Chinese orchestra and it didn't influence them in some way?

I’ve got to check out one of these library sales. Your friend is right. Gold Afternoon Fix is a good album but the prior album Starfish is their best work and a excellent album! The vinyl reissue sounds fantastic

Wow great haul! Those are great Sonic Youth albums. Goo is my personal favorite. Can’t go wrong with Prine! I’m mostly buying only CD’s these days. The prices on used vinyl has gotten out of control. Streaming is fun but I like physical copies.

Definitely my favorite Dylan album! Only have what I think is the ‘87 CD, on the back it states now made in the USA. Sounds good to me. I don’t have SACD player. Really need to get a clean original vinyl copy.

I've had the stereo Mofi SACD in my cart several times when it was discounted on the Mofi site for a long time. Now only the mono SACD is available. Bummer, this review would have persuaded me to pull the trigger. But Discogs is always an option...

Agreed on Magic.

Remain in light is one of the best albums from the 80s! Great mix of music thanks for the video

Bruce learned during the Obama years not to spew his whacky Liberalism when i saw him in Anaheim and he was heavily Booed.Love his music, but his lack of Logic amazes me.

The only Bruce concert I ever got to was Perth, Australia and the two highlights were not the songs I was looking forward to. They were Girls In Their Summer Clothes and I’ll Work For Your Love, both acoustic and solo. Just outstanding and those songs immediately moved up my all time favourite lists.

Thanks for the thoughtful report. Which layer of the MOFI is this comparison using, the CD or SACD layer?

Saw Springsteen in LA and few weeks ago with my dad, I was always a casual fan of his, but I have become obsessed after seeing him live. I am happy to see people talking about his work on UA-cam.

Cool cd music haul. In my youth I used to listen to Sonic Youth quite a bit, that Day Dream Nation and Goo are the best. The John Prine cd is his second album. I’m a huge Prine fan with all but two live lps in my collection, all on vinyl. He is one awesome artist that doesn’t get mentioned at all in the VC. ?? Not much country Americana ever does. I used to have that Frank Z on tape and listened to it constantly. Now however I find Zappa’s music either too odd/eccentric or very immature and juvenile. That whole 22 CD’s cost less than a cup of Starbucks lol 😆.

The only CDs I buy these days are classical music to fill out my collection and pick up cheap symphonic cycles or collections by composers/conductors/musicians I like. The medium has never mattered to me all that much. When CDs arrived, I got rid of my LPs because I was sick of how crappy the quality control was on them. People sentimentalize vinyl records these days, but I think it’s mostly nostalgic and reactionary: I think CDs - and really, digital - were a vast improvement, both in sound and convenience. I now own a little Onkyo bookshelf system that plays CDs and streams from Bluetooth, and it sounds spectacularly good to my nearly 70-year-old ears. (My car also only streams these days.) So, I’m not fussy about the medium as long as I’m surrounded by music. BTW, that John Prine CD is his third record, and it’s a minor gem. It’s also the album where he first showed his slacker tendencies and his strong desire to do things his way, traits that served him well the rest of his life. Enjoy!

great scores!

re CDs....I think about how I might want to give up streaming to save money, so I want to keep essential CDs. Plus the albums that are available on streaming can come and go. And the streaming versions of older songs are sometimes rerecorded so that the artist gets the royalties they don't get from having the original played. I haven't checked recently but two examples were Lobo's "I'd love you to want me" and Roger Whittaker "The Last Farewell" -- a couple guilty pleasures of mine. I want the artist/songwriter to get royalties...but I also want the original!

I haven't listened to that Robbie Robertson in its entirety in ages. It has about 3 or 4 incredible songs, but some other songs I really can't stand. So I usually just listen to selected songs on streaming. Yes, his first solo album. Broken Arrow is my favorite song. Love Steeleye Span - they were still at it recently at least. I don't have all of their albums, but always looking for good copies. I have the Mofi of All Around My Hat. Maddy Prior is one of the great singers and interpreters of folk music. Great finds. Those first CD releases of Randy Newman albums were really well done. 12 Songs was one of the first CDs I ever bought and I remember how much better it sounded than other CDs of classic albums that were coming out.

Great update! Wow, congrats on finding the gatefold of Deadlines. That really does look fantastic. It's on the list! I've never ever seen it in a store or record fair, so I might have to go online as well. I'm sure people have ranked Hipgnosis covers...but I wonder how often this gets included. It has gotta rank pretty high. Getting more in to Jethro Tull is on my list of things to do. I've gotten into specific albums a lot in the past, but never their whole classic catalog. I have the little 33-1/3 book about Avalon by Simon Morrison, which is fascinating. I've had several versions of In the Court of the Crimson King over the years, including a picture disc CD that was stolen in 1999. Up until recently all reissues used a later generation of the tapes. But, as seems to be a common occurrence , the originals were discovered and the very latest reissues are from those. I have yet to get one of those. My go-to is the 40th anniversary CD/DVD-Audio boxset from 2009. And I found the 1982 Mofi LP a few years ago...which was a bit disappointing sound-wise, but pretty rare nonetheless. Certainly an album ingrained in my psyche ever since listening to my brother's reel-to-reel recording off the radio over...and over...and over. There's a great King Crimson documentary on Netflix. Highly recommended.

You know I think I know why I listened to Burning for You and Deep Cuts more than Deadlines back in the day. It's because Deadlines came out at the same time as the A&M "Best of Strawbs". So for the year or two when Burning for You and Deep Cuts were the latest albums, I didn't have much to compare them to, not having explored the back catalog yet. But I probably bought that Best of compilation around the same time as Deadlines, so they were competing for my listening time. And as great as Deadlines is, I'm sure it struggled to compete with "Hero and Heroine", etc. Maybe that's another reason Deadlines struggled in the marketplace. Given the choice, buyers chose the Best Of.

You are correct to focus on this record. For me, all of Springsteen’s albums through Tunnel of Love have great stuff on them, though like most artists, his best stuff is early on. This record and the Seeger Sessions represented a short reprise of his early energy and, yes, magic. Lyrics aren’t quite up to the early standard, but are very good. Radio, Girls, You’ll Be Comin’ Down, and Terry’s Song are the highlights. As far as the mastering goes, it was Bob Ludwig, who did most of his records. So these were likely conscious choices. I always saw the muddier mix and in-your-face sound as Springsteen recognizing that he just didn’t have the fireworks of his youth anymore, but still wanted the blast, and gave himself a push to get there.

It's his best album ever from start to finish, but think it needs a remix and remaster release, totally agree with your points here

Thanks for your interesting review. I bought “Magic” at midnight on its release date here in L.A. and listened to it in my car and then at home that night. I loved it from the first listen and it’s still one of my favorite Springsteen albums. I get what you’re saying about the loudness but it doesn’t bother me much. (I get what people are saying about the sound of “The River,” too, but I think the sound is perfect for that collection.) I was lucky enough to see 5 or 6 shows on the Magic tour, and they were all just incredible!

Long Walk Home is the song that seems most essential to me from this - Girls in Their Summer Clothes is also very strong, and there are a bunch of powerful and dark rock songs.

I'm in the group that says the whole album is political. It's a perfect outgrowth of The Rising. Both albums layer political songs with personal anthems. Love, loneliness, terror, betrayal. Last to Die is both about the death of love as well as an echo of John Kerry's remark about Vietnam--a dark mistake that led to violence at home and abroad. Magic is all a political response to Bush gaslighting. Trust nothing. Same rifts are widening at this very moment.

Such a great album. Got me hardcore into Springsteen when it came out in high school.

Great song, Radio Nowhere. Rest of LP, not bad. Bruce 1972-1988. Top of his game, especially 1974-1975.🎸

I initially laughed at comparing audio on youtube but WOW! I ate my words!

When I bought Magic I took it back to the store thinking something was wrong with it,agree.

As a huge Springsteen fan but someone with zero knowledge of 'loudness', could you explain what the fact that it's 'loud' matter? Wouldn't you just turn the volume down? Serious question, not being a dick. Loved your video!

A fantastic album..but as with all Bruce s music...becomes something else live. This was a very strong and angry album and political with a small p. The lyrics are super important..you do have to listen...I m not sure 'most songwtiters ' do write like that as you say.

I beg to differ. It's one of this best sounding albums ever.

I just started revisiting Magic this year and it’s become one of my favorites. I don’t really mind loudness of the mix/master (although I’ve never listened on a real HiFi system), and I think the production has aged much better than all the E Street Band albums since Born in the USA, except for probably Letter To You. Also it helps that the album is concise - no need for a 1 hr 10 min album! Great review!!

Love Eschenbach, for one main reason. In his first season with the Philadelphia Orchestra, 2003-2004, and the inaugural year of the orchestra in the new Kimmel Center, he featured many Olivier Messiaen symphonic works. Massive, often very long, meditative pieces. That had to piss a bunch of people off because it is not what you would call standard repertoire! But I was thrilled. I also think it's cool that he's a piano virtuoso. The highlight of the season for me was his performance of the Quartet for the End of Time with him on the piano and principal members of the orchestra. I have the Eschenbach/Philly SACD of a Tchaikovsky symphony. Would love to find more of those.

My best Sibelius recommendation is the 4th Symphony played by Anthony Collins and the London Symphony Orchestra. On the other side of the world...I still have my Philly Sound boxset from 1997. All the great Gamble & Huff hits.

Isn't bubblegum a bit of a reaction to the late-60s seriousness and a throwback to the 50s? Sugar Sugar is as catchy and trite as Splish Splash, etc. but to me, is a more interesting song. Bubblegum could take the same simple fun ambitions of 50s teenage songs and add a touch more depth just by being created in the post-Sgt Pepper world.

Scooby Doo had some great songs! I was obsessed with Scooby Doo but I don't remember if we ever saw them playing the songs, but it sure sounded like them singing.

Glad other people noticed - seriously weird duff mix? Maybe time constraints... hard to imagine. Some appalling tunes too. Supermarket? Few others. Pete? Was that on this. Girls too very weak, back of the draw numbers saved for Contract fulfilment. Sheesh. Prince had several of these. The 3 cd set!? was hysterical. Just to get out of the obligations. Then renegotiate.

Top review..It's highly underrated. Western Stars is another.

Devils & Dust's sound quality is the worst. Needs a remix and remaster in my opinion. It's not limited to the proper level and during Leah, which I think lacks compression and some EQ, oversaturates and almost clips. I have no idea how that slipped like that. I love that track but it's overbearing.

Amazing I've never seen that Jimmy Webb songbook album before. On the must-find list! Appreciate the Khatia Buniatishvili tip -- I'd not heard of her, but sounds right up my ally. Wasn't Face Dances the first Kenny Jones album? I think that made it a tough one to like.