2001-04-15 Portland, Oregon - Rose Garden [UPGRADE]

Originally posted by stefano1973Thank you for this great update

Originally posted by germcevoyi'm gonna be an old sod here and say that after my first comparison i'm edging towards the untouched copy. Caspers work is great and you can hear how much better it is mastering then converting but you can still hear that the show has been tampered with. It has a slight tinny feeling to it. I've only compared Bad from each show so i'll listen to a few more songs. It's all preference. Similar to the old 'beautiful women are always better looking without their make up' theory.

I'll listen again and hopefully my opinion will differ

edit : Had another listen to a few of the heavier tracks. The newer version is marginally better for heavier songs but that electronic interference is magnified. I can get the same remastered results from the oringinal by messing around with the EQ in itunes. Think i'm sticking with the tapers original on this one

Originally posted by MWSAH[..]

To each their own mate..but with a tinny feeling, do you mean the sound almost get's distorted?? It's at least better than the one posted here for sure.

Originally posted by germcevoy[..]

hard to explain the 'tinny' thing. The sound isn't exactly distorted as such, it definitely sounds like it has been tampered with, the electronic noise has got louder (see The Fly intro). I personally do not think it's a noticeable upgrade. It is most likely better than what is on here now (god knows what the current version is). I'd be happy replacing the current links with the untouched files from the same source you remastered. We shall see what others have to say. I'm a picky bitch.

Originally posted by MWSAH[..]

Allright..well, in the program I use, there's an 3-band compressor where you can bring the sound to the foreground, or something like that. It means that the sound is more prominent. Maybe that's what you mean...

Anyway: When I compare the sound trough my Sennheisers, there's definately a difference...but that doesn't say it's better of course.

Originally posted by germcevoy[..]

Some elements definitely are more prominent, most noticeably Bono's vocals. The bass is louder but not much clearer. I can't compare through earphones as the feckin things broke but through my speaker the difference is minimal and not to beneficial to my ears. Messing around with my EQ seems to offer a prefered improvement to my ears (that is in no way playing down the effort you made working on this show )

Originally posted by MWSAH[..]

I understand, always good to hear feedback, you know that. I agree about the electronical stuff you talked about during The Fly intro...There certainly is a way to fix it. You can go a lot of ways while remastering. I usually take the road which is best for my ears, but we all have different tastes. I definately could remove this electronical kind of sound, but maybe others like it. That's a difficult thing about remastering, I think.

Originally posted by germcevoy[..]

It's impossible to cater to all tastes. I'm just a bit of a purist when it comes to audience recordings and 99.9% of the time i'll prefer what the tapers effort resulted in. If the guy has made the effort and spent the money to travel to and record a gig for our benefit, I prefer to listen to what he came up with rather than an ammended version. Thats just me though. Everybody's different (and in most cases, not as picky as me)