Best CD quality wise for all studio albums?

Something that I’ve been doing is trying to collect the best sounding cd version for all of queens studio albums.. including sound quality, loudness and compression.

If you guys can tell me your best opinion please let me know! Thanks guys! So far these are the versions I have that are the best to me..

A Night At The Opera: Original Master Recording (Hollywood Records)

NOTW: Original Master Recording (Hollywood)

Live Killers: 1986 EMI

A Kind of Magic: 1986 Capital

Live Magic: 1996 Hollywood

The Miracle: 1989 Capital

Innuendo: 1991 Hollywood

Made In Heaven: 1995 Hollywood

I must say that Eddy Schreyer made really great work remastering catalog for 1991 USA CD reissue campaign.

The Hollywood CDs? You must be joking!

"A Day At The Races" :

What are your guys opinions on the 1996 Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab versions? Aka “Original Master Recording”

The DVD audio of Night at the Opera is outstanding (even if it is Hollywood Records).

Aren't there some Japanese HDCDs? They should be superior to some editions.

Best CD's
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DCC (Steve Hoffman) : ANATO

1992 Mobile Sound Fidelity Lab UltraDisc:

- NOTW
- ADATR
- The Game

Elektra / West Germany (TARGET) (first cd pressings):

- NOTW
- The Game
- Greatest Hits

2011 Remasters: Queen II

All the rest: Original pressing CD (Japan CP32, Uk - CDP74, Holland - CDP74)

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With good reputation:

2005: Anato 30th Anniversary (Bob Ludwig)
2011: Remasters (Bob Ludwig)

Usually with bad reputation:

1994 Digital Master Series (UK)
1991 Hollywood Records Remaster Series


Some people dont like them but I do (Peter Mew):

1998 Crown Jewels
2001 Queen Digital Remasters Series(Japan)

They all sound the same to me...

To be fair, unless you have very high end equipment you cannot tell the difference. Try different ones and stick with the ones you prefer, or just buy the cheapest you can source, there's no difference. Unless you are one of those saddo's that runs stuff through a sound editing programme and goes by how the music LOOKS :/

mooghead: "To be fair, unless you have very high end equipment you cannot tell the difference. Try different ones and stick with the ones you prefer, or just buy the cheapest you can source, there's no difference. Unless you are one of those saddo's that runs stuff through a sound editing programme and goes by how the music LOOKS :/"


Well, do you have some problems with your ears? ;-)

No, I'm just not pretentious.

Waiting for HD. F*ck CD.

mooghead wrote:

No, I'm just not pretentious.

So when my ears hurt from compressed and distorted audio clipping, I'm just pretentious. Good to know.

Shouldn't be the japanese SACD for CDs and the Royal Orb for digital? Honest question.