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Dark Side of the Moon - Is MFSL really all that?

So I got a copy of the MFSL pressing of DSotM. I haven't done extensive comparisons, but one major thing I feel is missing from my original CD (which I have no idea right now exactly WHICH CD) is the kind of surround effects present in some of the tracks. MFSL sounds more like an acoustic cut, while the original CD sounds like an effects CD.

Is this right, and what people like about the MFSL pressing? Help me be a cognoscenti please.
erik_squires
erik_squires OP
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Thanks everyone, I thought MFSL CDs were top notch, but man, what a let down this particular one was, especially given how many rave about it.

I just learned something! :) 
inna
7,174 posts
 
MFSL CD of 'Inner Mounting Flame' by Mahavishnu Orchestra is the best remastered CD I've ever heard, great job. But that was before MFSL got bought out by Music Direct. That CD is not too far from the record and incomparably better than Sony Mastersound remaster.
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lowrider57
5,397 posts
 
What about the 2011 Capitol remaster? Sounds good to me compared to other CD remasters.
How good is the 2009 Japanese?
czarivey
5,752 posts
 
DSOM MFSL is typical re-issue re-master that nowhere near sounds as good as original.
2011 Capitol remaster does not sound any better than 80's Capitol re-issue.
My personal PF collection is all German pressed. All US releases I sold. I also sold UK releases. I did not find them inferior to German pressings, but also found them to be far more collectible and profitable.

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dweller
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My 2011 Capitol remaster is the best sounding vinyl I own.
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