A24 4,331 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I'm not going to read 5000 posts. Does everyone agree that there's something wrong with the sound of Raiders? I haven't listened to Temple Of Doom or Last Crusade yet.Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 TOD and LC both sound magnificent.I agree with you about Raiders, Alex. This new edition just sounds wrong, and the editing in "Desert Chase" is atrocious. I just ripped my DCC edition and the new tracks from the new release, sequenced them within the DCC tracklist where they're meant to be, and presto, it's all ready to play! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I'm not going to read 5000 posts. Does everyone agree that there's something wrong with the sound of Raiders?.AlexApart from the pitch issues that I can't detect myself ,no. If the music is clear and detailed , a bit of tape hiss does not bother me. Three is tape hiss in plenty of other JW c.d.'s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I just put on TOD and I had to seriously turn down the treble because the sound literally hurt my ears. It's clear to me that the sound engineer who did the mastering is deaf. It's so extremely bright that it's completely out of balance. I've never heard anything like it. Even an amateur can do a better job than this!Alex - who can't return it because he removed the cellophane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Can't say you didn't get some bang for your buck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 The good is that I didn't purchase the standalone soundtrack of Crystal Skull before. So I'm kinda in a position to consider the Collection Box as a deluxe version of Crystal Skull. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I listened to a couple of tracks....gah there's this awful treble/bass boost. Won't be getting this for this reason alone! It's like someone is trying to reproduce the rich and warm yet boomy sound of Bruce Botnick's Goldsmith recordings...and failing miserably. The only place this sounds good is on iPod earphones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 You guys are overreacting. TOD sounds pretty damn good for a 24 year old score. I think some of you are expecting pristine recordings. Of course I found SACD to be overrated as well, there really wasn't any improvement that blew me away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Bubo scandinacusBubo bubo or Bubo bengalensis or maybe Bubo virginianus. But i think its the Eagle owl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I'm glad you're here to tell us these things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I aim to please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I actually thought that the previously unreleased tracks from The Last Crusade only sounded marginally better than the bootlegs I've had for eight years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I actually thought that the previously unreleased tracks from The Last Crusade only sounded marginally better than the bootlegs I've had for eight years.i want your bootleg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,351 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Yea that's crazy talk, the Concord set sounds WAY better. Especially On The Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I just put on TOD and I had to seriously turn down the treble because the sound literally hurt my ears. It's clear to me that the sound engineer who did the mastering is deaf. It's so extremely bright that it's completely out of balance. I've never heard anything like it. Even an amateur can do a better job than this!Alex this is the best comment you can make after waiting 25 years for this music ? Not even slight joy at hearing this unreleased music for the first time ? Man your one anal audiophile. I listened to a couple of tracks....gah there's this awful treble/bass boost. Won't be getting this for this reason alone! It's like someone is trying to reproduce the rich and warm yet boomy sound of Bruce Botnick's Goldsmith recordings...and failing miserably. The only place this sounds good is on iPod earphones.After 200 pages of everyone (and all external reviews) saying this box set sounds great ,you have these 2 so called "audiophiles" jumping in crapping all over it. You guys should get your head examined or re-adjust your sound systems. If you guys were right someone else would have noticed the "horrible" ToD sound qualityI actually thought that the previously unreleased tracks from The Last Crusade only sounded marginally better than the bootlegs I've had for eight years.and you,well,I suspect your listening with your 5$ PC speaker system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I'm no audiophile, but I've got pretty good ears, and everything on this set sounds great to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I may be half-deaf, but I think this Box Set sounds very good ( barring the pitch problems). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,351 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Yes this set sounds great, with the exception of "Indy Takes Charge" and "British Relief" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted December 23, 2008 Author Share Posted December 23, 2008 I'll listen in my car tomorrow for the first time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I'm going to be taking the whole thing with me to listen to when I head out to my mom's house for Christmas tomorrow. I've been fasting the last few weeks in preparation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delorean90 42 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Yes this set sounds great, with the exception of "Indy Takes Charge" and "British Relief"And even those are definitely better than dealing with the DVD rips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Again,what's wrong with Indy Takes Charge ? It sounds fantastic to me ,and the same quality as all of the other tracks.It's funny .You have a few people jumping in late the thread suddenly hearing things NOBODY ELSE has reported after 200 pages of discussion (OMG TOD is COMPLETELY out of balance!!! , Raiders is UNLISTENABLE because of the HISS!!!).And then you have those making claims even people with sub-par hearing can tell apart ( LC BARELY sounds better than the bootleg and the OST!!! )Even I am willing to concede the pitch problems even if I can't personally hear them,but this is getting ridiculous. BTW Alexcremmers said the same thing about the FSM re-issue of The Accidental Tourist , Drax finds something wrong with just about every release that only he can hear ...Actually ,you guys strike me like people who bought very expensive sound systems and got them professionally calibrated , just so you can piss on every c.d. that doesn't sound exactly right to in those settings . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,351 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Again,what's wrong with Indy Takes Charge ? It sounds fantastic to me ,and the same quality as all of the other tracks.Something is... off about the entire "Short Round Helps" track. It's especially noticeable when merging it into "Slave Children's Crusade"... and not just the fact that the volume is lower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxxie 1 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Something is... off about the entire "Short Round Helps" track. It's especially noticeable when merging it into "Slave Children's Crusade"... and not just the fact that the volume is lower.Yeah I agree. It just sounds slightly more muffled than the rest. But then, "Crusade Of The Slave Children" is so clear anyway that you can notice straight away.I think "British Relief" and "Return To The Village" are slightly like this too......They're all better than the bootlegs though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,351 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 yea the TOD cues that came from the album master sound great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 about Short Round Helps ...yes there is something odd when the cue starts (maybe it's the pitch I can hear after all) , but once I get into the main body of the cue there doesn't seem to be any muffled details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxxie 1 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 about Short Round Helps ...yes there is something odd when the cue starts (maybe it's the pitch I can hear after all) , but once I get into the main body of the cue there doesn't seem to be any muffled details.I think the slight muffled-ness only applies to the "Short Round Helps Out" part. "Indy Takes Charge" is better I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,351 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Yea and it's the opposite in Broken Bridge / British Relief... Broken Bridge sounds fine but British Relief is... offMuffled is a good way to describe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Regarding the hiss problem I have heard it on a few cues, mostly the softer cues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego 21 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I listened to TOD last night and every time I listen I can't keep myself from smiling, it's so good to have this music after waiting so long for it and the music is truly great.Quite honestly I can't understand how any JW fan might want to return this set because of sound problems. It's nowhere near as bad as say the ROTJ SE. Actually I think it sounds pretty good. Is it perfect? No, I'm sure the pitch thing is real (I haven't noticed it, and I'm not really sure what you guys mean with pitch, since english is not my first language, I'm guessing is something like tone) but to say things like "it must have been done by def people" or "it almost sound like the bootleg" is pushing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Nobody said it sounds like a bootleg or that they're going to return it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego 21 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Yes they didI actually thought that the previously unreleased tracks from The Last Crusade only sounded marginally better than the bootlegs I've had for eight years.And someone mentioned he had already opened it and now couldn't be returned but I don't have time to find it right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 TOD is over 20 years old. Might be some slight defects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,351 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 But it was recorded digitally... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Ware 526 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Yes they didI actually thought that the previously unreleased tracks from The Last Crusade only sounded marginally better than the bootlegs I've had for eight years.And someone mentioned he had already opened it and now couldn't be returned but I don't have time to find it right now.Wojo is clearly deaf. Or an idiot. Probably both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Yes they didI actually thought that the previously unreleased tracks from The Last Crusade only sounded marginally better than the bootlegs I've had for eight years.And someone mentioned he had already opened it and now couldn't be returned but I don't have time to find it right now.Wojo is clearly deaf. Or an idiot. Probably both.I'll say both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 What if he has a great sounding LC boot?I would like him to share it...Calling him idiot will not help it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 What if he has a great sounding LC boot?I would like him to share it...Calling him idiot will not help it.I doubt it's a great sounding boot. I am sure all of the LC boots doesn't have that great of a sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FattyMcButterpants 1 Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Again,what's wrong with Indy Takes Charge ? It sounds fantastic to me ,and the same quality as all of the other tracks.It's funny .You have a few people jumping in late the thread suddenly hearing things NOBODY ELSE has reported after 200 pages of discussion (OMG TOD is COMPLETELY out of balance!!! , Raiders is UNLISTENABLE because of the HISS!!!).And then you have those making claims even people with sub-par hearing can tell apart ( LC BARELY sounds better than the bootleg and the OST!!! )Even I am willing to concede the pitch problems even if I can't personally hear them,but this is getting ridiculous. BTW Alexcremmers said the same thing about the FSM re-issue of The Accidental Tourist , Drax finds something wrong with just about every release that only he can hear ...Actually ,you guys strike me like people who bought very expensive sound systems and got them professionally calibrated , just so you can piss on every c.d. that doesn't sound exactly right to in those settings . Best post of the post-release phase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,351 Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 I think the new versions digitalfreaknyc gave us this year are the best we're gonna get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Drax finds something wrong with just about every release that only he can hear ...Name 20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Drax finds something wrong with just about every release that only he can hear ...Name 20.Drax, I don't think I've really even seen you complain about a CD release. You must be thinking about someone else, KM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Drax finds something wrong with just about every release that only he can hear ...Name 20.Drax, I don't think I've really even seen you complain about a CD release. You must be thinking about someone else, KM.no ,Drax is the one who said Superman the Movie sound quality in the Blue Box is no good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Drax finds something wrong with just about every release that only he can hear ...Name 20.Drax, I don't think I've really even seen you complain about a CD release. You must be thinking about someone else, KM.Actually, I've only said that the FSM release of Superman: The Movie suffers from some DNR tinkering (which doesn't make it unlistenable, just leaves a question mark as to why?), and some of the EMI/Capital Bond re-releases weren't even expanded because apparently they didn't look around hard enough for the master tracks on Moonraker, Octopussy and A View to a Kill. Oh, and Raiders.Every release?no ,Drax is the one who said Superman the Movie sound quality in the Blue Box is no good.How misleadingly blunt of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 What if he has a great sounding LC boot?I would like him to share it...Calling him idiot will not help it.I have the LC boot too, but the Concord version sounds about... hmm, let's say 10 times better! Which cues are you especially interested in? Dad's Package? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neimoidian 14 Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 It's only couple of hours until I finally (and hopefully) get the set from Santa... Can't wait... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 What if he has a great sounding LC boot?I would like him to share it...Calling him idiot will not help it.I have the LC boot too, but the Concord version sounds about... hmm, let's say 10 times better! Which cues are you especially interested in? Dad's Package?I got that boot then.It was just critisizing a little the sometimes trigger-happyness of this board to insult.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 So you are criticising the critical amount of criticism on this Board? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,351 Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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