ANNOUNCE: Hyde Park 1976 (New Audience Source)

Thanks MERQRY. I appreciate that you realize we're not trying to impress with the quality on its own (we didn't make any bones about it, it's certainly below the quality of our last release, even with the remastering!), but rather just trying to put out something there for the serious collector as well as fans looking for a recording with a different perspective :-)

Thank you very much!

First off, it's nice to have an alternate view/account of the concert. I find that kind of thing interesting, perhaps even enjoyable! Now, onto the debate on sound...

Well, it's bad. But, I didn't expect it to be as bad as it was from reading the release notes. They make it sound like (from reading the app list/treatment alone) it was going to be better than it turned out to be.
Now, I was gonna post my own effort with a basic mp3 player EQ, but I see that Pittrek has almost the same kind of result I had! The biggest thing was to remove the horribly boxy sound. That makes it far easier to listen to. To be frank, Pittrek has made it sound better. Shame he hasn't done a kind of re-release thingy... hint hint :P

But hey, nice effort made by all involved.

Adam.

OK, I do realize some people may be disappointed if the description may have heightened expectations further than viewed as necessary. The thing is, I guess, these remasters are probably more appreciated when using high-end audio headphones or speakers, rather than iPod earbud-quality equipment. And seeing some people comment that they can't tell ANY difference in the A:B sample highly suggests that latter possibility coming into play.

Well I'm using Marantz/HamanKardon/Kenwood but it does not sound much better than my ipod. Thanks for your effort anyway. Could you please upload a complete song from the raw version for comparsion? Thanks in advance.

Likewise, I'm using PMC TB2S+ speakers - a pretty high-end monitor speaker.

As per thefallenqueen, I'd like to hear the raw version for comparison. I usually like to have the raw version, rather than a "remastered" effort anyway.

Btw, the A/B sample is difficult for me to hear much of any difference at all. So worried about this, was I, that I grabbed my Denon AH-D2000 headphones to double-check it wasn't my room fooling my ears. However, it still sounded the same and gave the same result.

There are slight improvements (although not drastic). There's not as much hiss, and the mid frequencies are slightly boosted. I'm using Sony MDR-V6 headphones!

Here's the A/B comparison that Inuliger did:

It starts off with the "raw" version (with nothing done), then at around 10 seconds, the hiss suddenly disappears. That is the "remastered" sound. It's nothing too drastic, but there is a difference!

This will be my first time hearing this show so thanks to everyone involved in making it available.

[QUOTE] [b]inu-liger wrote:[/b]
OK, I do realize some people may be disappointed if the description may have heightened expectations further than viewed as necessary. The thing is, I guess, these remasters are probably more appreciated when using high-end audio headphones or speakers, rather than iPod earbud-quality equipment. And seeing some people comment that they can't tell ANY difference in the A:B sample highly suggests that latter possibility coming into play.[/QUOTE]

the sound will be better when you use a high end audio headphone and set the volume to zero.....

Oh bugger off, you. If you don't like it, freaking go home!

Is there a chance of getting a full raw copy?

Adam.

It's not my recording to begin with, so I'd have to ask. And truth be told, I really don't want to have to spend all that time fixing the clicking on 'Liar' all over again.

[QUOTE] [b]queenboot wrote:[/b]
the sound will be better when you use a high end audio headphone and set the volume to zero.....
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Do you ever have anything nice to say?

When's the last time you contributed something of substance to this website? Or do you just leech and complain when you don't like what you're leeching?

Maybe you could spend your time searching for a better audience source instead of complaining about the existing ones that you did nothing to help liberate .. ?

Some people always have something to complain unfortunately.. The sound is bad, that's for sure, but of course much appreciated for sharing a new audience source for everyone for free.