SYKBH "Gold Remaster" LP

[Wino you know]

It took me a few minutes, but I FINALLY figured out what S.J.P.T.D. is.

whoop-t-friggin' sh*t for me!

[LittleMrMagic]

Just a head's up. . . if you want the Gold re-master of Changes In Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes, it is available from iTunes for download for only $9.99. Just make sure if you are paying for this download (and for the added fidelity) that you download the AAC format with Apple Lossless.

[Midnight Flyer]

From a recovering audiophile:
The gold actually made no sonic improvement. What did make an improvement was the 18 bit sampling rate that those discs (published by the now defunct Ultradisc) used, IF you had a CD player capable of reading an 18 bit data stream. . . most CD players to this day only sample a 16 bit data stream. Later discs by Ultradisc used as high as a 20 or 24 bit sampling, but once again, this fell on deaf ears 90% of the time, unless one had a CD player (or a CD player/external DA converter combo) then these discs sounded amazing. Some of those external Digital/Analog converters cost upwards of $5000.00. As much as I wanted to cry when I heard the beauty of the sound reproduction on one of these setups. . . I sobered quickly when I saw the price.
By the way, the gold created a denser reflective surface on the disc. It made the disc less prone to scratches and errors than it's aluminum brothers. It was also less prone to oxidation (or CD rot). Explaining CD rot (and attempting to keep it short), older CD's may delaminate due to oxidation and the 24k gold layer would resist this process of age.
It never truly did affect what you heard on these discs, however, that said I own seven of them. . .
Billie Holiday - Body and Soul (a magnificent remastering of this 1937 material in glorious Mono)
Louis & Ella - Together Again (if you can find it, it's a must own! 2 discs!)
Pink Floyd - The Wall & Dark Side of the Moon (Wow!)
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire (IMHO, their best album), War and Joshua Tree (all worth buying, if you can find them)

I could only wish I had found Jimmy on the discs. Mobile Fidelity who did the re-mastering of all these works really did a bang up job. I would put these masters up against my vinyl of the same album any day.

Everything makes sense to me except that gold is less prone to scratches than aluminum. Isn't the metal encased in plastic, therefore, it would be the plastic that scratches?? Just curious...inquiring minds want to know! the last comment was meant as a joke

[Mr Play]

Everything makes sense to me except that gold is less prone to scratches than aluminum. Isn't the metal encased in plastic, therefore, it would be the plastic that scratches?? Just curious...inquiring minds want to know! the last comment was meant as a joke

Not if it scratches on the top.