George Harrison: a comparison of "Faster" (MQA)
Faster 2004 CD
Faster 2018 MQA CD
Surely the 2018 is louder than the 2004.
I was immediately able to tell it when comparing these two and the fact made me wonder if my ears were shot when I had written about the sound quality on The Beach Boys Endless Summer MQA so I've checked its wave form. The result is below.
I was immediately able to tell it when comparing these two and the fact made me wonder if my ears were shot when I had written about the sound quality on The Beach Boys Endless Summer MQA so I've checked its wave form. The result is below.
Surfin' Safari 2018 MQA CD
This one looks quite healthy in accordance with how I felt when wrote the column.
This one looks quite healthy in accordance with how I felt when wrote the column.
After listening cursory to the George Harrison MQA in hi-res, I could say it is not an ear fatiguing CD although it's got to be compressed to some extent. Probably its overall DR score is around 7 or 8.
So..., my conclusion at the moment is that if you don't have a MQA capability, don't bother this version of reissues but if you have it, you might be able to satisfy yourself with the fact that it is at least hi-res which is not available anywhere else at the moment.
Good night.