In article , John R Leddy
wrote:
From what I've read on the web, recent remasters don't guarantee much
anyway.

It depends on your taste in music. But in general I hold the BBC's Radio 3
in high regard. There are slips, but their output is generally well
engineered. With the Proms approaching the iplayer 320k stream is your
friend. And with luck get_iplayer will continue to work during the Proms.

And I wasn't surprised to find that Decca CDs tended to be better made than
EMI ones. EMI were always crap at LP, and I often felt their CDs sounded
worse than Decca/Philips ones even when I couldn't say *why*. Now, I guess
I can.

Remasters like the Decca War Requiem are excellent. [1]So too are the 'EMI'
ones which were re-released on SACD/CD dual-layer disc sets. These included
the best versions of the Barbirolli/duPre/Baker Elgar cello con, Sea Pics,
etc, that I've heard.

Problem is that it can be pot luck. e.g. many BBC Music Magazine cover
discs are very good. But some have problems. e.g. a recent Verdi requiem
shows ADC/processing flaws. And a while ago they produced CDs with the
pre-emphasis flag bit 'on' when the audio isn't pre-emphasised. Slip
somewhere when someone 'improved' something.

Jim

[1] Their 96k/24 flac of the Britten Peter Grimes is also good. Don't know
if the Billy Budd is released.

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