Steely Dan's Aja

The Japanese vinyl pressing is to die for!

Agree with Flemke!
I too got the American pressed ordinary vinyl for $3 & am enjoying the heck out of it!! Don't need it in any other format!

i've got a 45 rpm original pressing of Deacon Blues SPDJ-33 that sounds absolutely incredible. my ABC copies of Steely Dan albums also sound better than reissues including MOFI's

a copy is never as good as an original, so the further out on the chain you get in copies likely the more info lost...i suspect that the digital versions total miss what the Dan are about.

"hi rez" that started this thread is really just a marketing game designed to take your money and watch you chase your tail.

enjoy the music

Sayas
I would have to disagree. Hi-rez DVD-A and SACD are without a doubt better than CD. Less harsh,less hiss,and less titles. I have decided to step back from Hi-rez and give it a few years to get the players up to speed. I do not feel the the players are anywhere near "state of the art" yet. So I will go on the hunt for clean vinly on the weekends and enjoy my $3 finds.

Tim

Gaucho was digitally mastered. The best Lp pressing of it I have found is the half-speed master MCA "Audiophile Seres". More dynamic than the original pressing and not brittle like the Japanese version.

As far as high-rez, I will respectfully pass.