lol, it is your hearing that is trash if you think Steve Wilson mixes are anything but stellar
Steven Wilson "Remasters/Remixes" What's Your Experience?
Over the last 12/18 months I have been collecting newly issued remastered/remixed blu-ray audio discs. Many bands have re-issued their classic albums on blu-ray audio as opposed to SACD which they did previously along wit DVD Audio.
I successfully ripped my SACDs on my OPPO 103 for many years with great results and ripped my DVD Audio discs on my computer external drive easily too.
So with a collection on blu-ray discs I researched how to rip them and bought an external drive and started with Pink Floyd - Animals and The Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds which both turned out well. Next The Who - Who Are You Deluxe Box Set Japanese Edition with Shm Cds plus blu-ray credited to Steven Wilson.
Long story short the blu-ray is absolute trash and I can only conclude that Steven has hearing difficulties. The Shm edition of Who Are You is far far superior.
The blu-ray is nothing short of trash when ripped or played on my Oppo. Steven seems very good at PR but he's definitely the Clown Prince of remastering/remixing I will be inquiring regarding a refund or compensation. BTW the rest of the Who Are You Shm Deluxe Boxset is superb.
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It was my understanding that Wilson remixed from the multitracks and eschewed any additional EQ at the mastering stage. That said, he relieved Tull's Benefit from its murkiness- (I compared at least 1/2 dozen or more copies); Aqualung benefitted (no pun) from his work on vinyl, though I have better versions, at a price. I like his remix of Opeth's Damnation. I don't necessarily get twisted around the axle on any of this- if it sucks, I move on. |
My brother and I recently compared my ripped copy of Yes, Close to the Edge, a remastered and expanded edition from a couple decades ago, and the Steven Wilson version on Qobuz. The difference was large. My older version was very good for an album of its age, and it sounded like the album we know well. I am not sure what to say about the SW remaster, the soundstage shrunk massively, it seemed to fit nicely in a rectangle between the speakers. Dynamics were missing. I was looking forward to hearing this on my system because I had listened to one of his remixes on my AirPods and thought it was pretty good. Maybe that is the audience. Or the version on Qobuz is not accurate. |
@whart - have you heard the double 45rpm version of 'Benefit'? |
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