Tangerine Dream

So is it the story that these SHM CDs play in standard CD players and due to the way they are manufactured and recorded give a better sound quality ? If so sounds interesting. I am hoping what I wrote does not read that way. The SHM portion is just marketing and advertising folly the more common te...

So is it the story that these SHM CDs play in standard CD players and due to the way they are manufactured and recorded give a better sound quality ? If so sounds interesting. I am hoping what I wrote does not read that way. The SHM portion is just marketing and advertising folly the more common te...

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If you want excellent Vinyl quality Tangerine Dream on digital the new SHM-CD's or SHM-SACD's of Rubicon, Phaedra, Stratosfear and Ricochet easily fit the bill. The new SHM-SACD of Rubicon makes the long out of print and expensive SACD sound like a bad MP3. I spent 5 hours comparing and for me the n...

IMHO, the Virgin press CDV2198 which was pressed in Japan,is still the best to my ears. The CDV2198 has stood up very well to the test of time and is very close to the original vinyl - the new Thief remaster is nowhere near the vinyl. It is hard for many to admit the older is better as marketing hy...

I have listened to my La La Wavelength. The sound is really good, nice wide presentation, another solid effort from La La Land Records. Most of the album has nicer equalization than the original Varase, but at times to me it was apparent they had lesser tapes to work with whereas Varase was able to ...

I wonder if there will be a four month wait :P Of course not. La La Land is a professional label that I have ordered from several times before. Yes they are. Unlike those who released the recent "Thief". La la also ships very fast. Most importantly they have professional engineers who are...

Thanks Flashpoint for your answer. So, it mean that the original VIRGIN CD's from the Virgin period have a better sound quality than the Remasters ? Hi, I think the sound quality of the original Virgin CD's is best for most TD albums. Of course that is entirely a matter of personal preference. I ne...

I have a Thief CD that was manufactured in Japan but was not a Japanese import from the late 80's. The sound quality is excellent. That description matches the one I have. Although I read it was first issued around 1985. I agree the sound is excellent and is the best Thief CD. Sounds very close to ...

Hi Flashpoint, How do you know that the 1995 remaster of THIEF is "not made from the Masters of Safety but at least was a somewhat low gen tape" ?. How can Virgin can do a remaster from a low source ? Most of the time, when a real remaster is done, it's done with the Master (as you call t...

:lol: To all td fans who want the virgin years to be rereleased for dvd audio in glorious 5.1 surround sound, i keep dreaming and hoping for this sonic delight to become reality, keeping my dream alive. I thought DVD-Audio was a "dead" format for many years? I have not heard about it in y...

Mr. Froese does not allow the original master tapes he owns to be used for remastering TD albums. He has mentioned this in interviews. Based on the sound quality and defects of the new Perseverance Thief CD remaster, it appears they used high generation tapes which are compromised. Personally I pref...

Must have for me post Virgin era are; Poland, Le Parc, Underwater Sunlight, Miracle Mile OST, Firestarter OST, and Flashpoint OST ('natch) For Poland the only CD release that is not dead, dull and lifeless is the Original 2CD Relativity. The Relativity is also complete. What to keep in mind is the r...

What are your opinions about the sound quality of the 1995 remasters? Are these the best versions available on CD? The first edition of Encore sounds better than the remaster.... The 1995's are OK but I think the original's much more closely match the tone of the LP's and are more dynamic, therefor...

welcome Flashpoint, I have a very nice Vinyl copy, which makes the CD sound like a CD. :D Hello, Vinyl usually does :) Thank You for welcome! I am not sure, but the 1993 Mystery Tracks [bootleg] which contains all the TD Flashpoint tracks, may be a rip from vinyl? It has a more natural sound than t...