Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon - Best sounding CD (updated)

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by AnyColourYouLike, Oct 21, 2011.

  1. AnyColourYouLike

    AnyColourYouLike Member Thread Starter

    What is the best sounding version of Dark Side of the Moon on CD (redbook only).
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  2. curbach

    curbach Some guy on the internet

    The ATX
    Updated? Has there been an update? <expletive delighted> :laugh:
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  3. MYKE

    MYKE Analog Upstairs, Digital Downstairs

    Black Triangle CP35 3017 non TO
  4. curbach

    curbach Some guy on the internet

    The ATX
    That does not sound like an updated answer, Myke :)
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  5. Dave

    Dave Esoteric Audio Research Specialist™

    Greater Vancouver
    There, fixed that one so it's updated.
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  6. Nothing new here, still the BT for me.
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  7. Tank

    Tank New Member

    Sacramento, CA
    Uh, non-TO #1 and non-TO #3 in your poll are the same.
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  8. nathanpinzon

    nathanpinzon Forum Resident

    Bs. As., Argentina
    MFSL for Me.
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  9. vinyl diehard

    vinyl diehard Two-Channel Forever

    The Black Triangle CP35 3017 matrix = Black Triangle CP35 3017 matrix CDP 7-46001 2 = Black Face CDP 7-46001 2. Same mastering. How can you put the BT non-TO against the BT Non - TO CDP, against the BF CDP? If you tell me there are noticeable differencies you're full of ka-ka.
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  10. Gary

    Gary Nauga Gort! Staff

    Still have to get or hear the 2011 remaster. But I hate buying the same dang music over and over again and still go back to the Black Triangle CP35 3017 matrix/no TO. :sigh:
  11. MYKE

    MYKE Analog Upstairs, Digital Downstairs

    I only bought my Immersion box for the Blu Ray and the extras. If it had been a 2 channel choice only, I would've passed for the same reason Gary.
  12. Ed Hughes

    Ed Hughes Forum Resident

    This is why I'm passing on The Wall Immersion set.
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  13. dbz

    dbz Bolinhead.

    Live At Leeds (UK)
    The poll is flawed, there are a gazillion threads on the "TO vs Non-TO" debate, so how can they possibly be lumped together as one version, when they are different mastering? Same argument for the Harvest Blackface.
  14. kinkling

    kinkling Forum Resident

    I thought the 20th anniversary and the 1992 remaster were the same, as well.
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  15. Obtuse1

    Obtuse1 Forum Resident

    How about the 80's US Capitol, which is no slouch, and IMHO superior to the SACD Redbook and the 1992 remaster.
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  16. acjetnut

    acjetnut Forum Resident

    I also think the black triangle. It just has a great tone that is very different from the MFSL and 2011 (the other versions I have). It's definitely more eq'd, but in a good way. Sounds like a vinyl record.
  17. Blu Falcon

    Blu Falcon New Member

    Near Washington DC
    For CD, some days I feel like the Harvest. Some days I feel like the Sax. On this day I'm partial to the MFSL (Japan). For the most part they all sound good.
  18. Ed Hughes

    Ed Hughes Forum Resident

    I voted for black triangle,mistakenly thats not I have.I have blackface harvest CP 3017 CDP 7-46001 2.Non TO What is the deal with this one? I have always liked this one,but others don't like it and some say the mastering is the same as CP 3017 Non to.Confused.:confused:
    BTW have not heard the triangle.
  19. Ed Hughes

    Ed Hughes Forum Resident

    I tend to agree with you my friend.
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  20. MFSL UD-1 for me although I'll admit I've heard the Black Triangle and it is really close between the two.
  21. Andreas

    Andreas Senior Member

    Frankfurt, Germany
    Both option 1 and option 3 combine the same two completely different masterings ("Non-TO" and "TO"). Impossible to vote.
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  22. SteveS1

    SteveS1 Forum Resident

    Weald, England, UK
    Agreed. The list needs amending.
  23. JA Fant

    JA Fant Well-Known Member

    I own the SACD & MFSL versions.
  24. mando_dan

    mando_dan Forum Resident

    Beverly, MA
    Good luck getting the folks who paid huge sums Black Triangle to vote for the $11.99 Best Buy version. [I have no idea which is better having heard neither.]
  25. foobar2000

    foobar2000 New Member

    Exactly. :realmad:

    Plus, isn't the 20th anniversary the same as the 1993 Sax?

    And, what about the SACD layer of the SACD (which is not as clipped as the redbook) or the blu-ray version of the 2011? (which, again, is not as maxed as the redbook 2011)

    And, the US Capitol is missing, which is a unique mastering.
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