Williams, John – Raiders of the Lost Ark; DCC Gold 1995 [FLAC+full scans+etc]

My own EAC rip of purchased copy. Artwork from scans thread.

http://ul.to/cmaicch6

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Excellent!
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Some say the DCC sounds the best and has the most DR. The DR Database has — FWIW — Concord and DCC:
DR Database (http://www.dr.loudness-war.info/index.php?search_artist=&search_album=raiders+of+the+lost+ark)

Surprisingly, this ST didn’t make it to CD until 1991 (Japan):

http://www.discogs.com/John-Williams-Raiders-Of-The-Lost-Ark-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/release/1355399

Personally, I don’t care for most Steve Hoffman masterings as they sound too "midsy". DR is a (and just one of many) measurable or subjective parameters. But like LP/vinyl/analog sound, the scientific parameters man has yet added to that ever-expanding list of things we can now measure/track… including:
" Vibrations of the ear can be as small as 10^-8 mm or smaller than a hydrogen atom! "
Lecture Notes (http://www.colorado.edu/physics/phys4830/phys4830_fa01/lab/n1120.htm)

Cool. Thank you!

Thank you 13mh13 for this unique post. I really enjoy the DCC Gold discs and obviously the MFSL remasters also.

Was just listening to this last night

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It’s interesting that they waited to the nineties to publish this CD, and not just in Japan: it took 4 years more for it to appear in USA (in 1995), while the CD of The Temple Of Doom had been published in 1984 and The Last Crusade’s in 1989 (dates from musicbrainz). Possibly they didn’t foresee many sales of this one in those previous years.

The hydrogen atom thing may be useful. I’ll have it in mind to justify asking for lossless: "Yes, I’d like FLAC if possible, please… You know, just a single bit is much thicker than the H atom and my ear is able to perceive vibrations shorter than that" 😀

Many thanks for the share.

Thank you share!

How does this sound compare to Concord�s version…. Concord has that horrible edit in the Desert Chase…. I have the Original DCC Version of CD

How does this sound compare to Concord�s version…. Concord has that horrible edit in the Desert Chase…. I have the Original DCC Version of CD

The DCC version doesn�t sound very well. Steven Hoffman usually remasters rock, soul and similar stuff, music that is old and sounds like that. He always uses a tubed pre-amp for all of his remasters. Here it shows. The distortions added by the tubes reveal themselves in harsh brass and slightly piercing overall sound. What works for rock or soul doesn�t work for orchestral music. The staging is very centered, the stereo width of the Hoffman-remaster isn�t very wide. IMO this is one of the most overrated remasters in existence… I happily sold my CD years ago.

I�m very happy with the Concord release. Yes, it does have some more or less severe errors (dynamic compression via automated fader) but at least it keeps the sonic balance as engineered by Eric Tomlinson.

awesome !! thanks !!

Don’t forget the pitch issues as well.

The DCC version doesn�t sound very well. Steven Hoffman usually remasters rock, soul and similar stuff, music that is old and sounds like that. He always uses a tubed pre-amp for all of his remasters. Here it shows. The distortions added by the tubes reveal themselves in harsh brass and slightly piercing overall sound. What works for rock or soul doesn�t work for orchestral music. The staging is very centered, the stereo width of the Hoffman-remaster isn�t very wide. IMO this is one of the most overrated remasters in existence… I happily sold my CD years ago.

I�m very happy with the Concord release. Yes, it does have some more or less severe errors (dynamic compression via automated fader) but at least it keeps the sonic balance as engineered by Eric Tomlinson.

Thanks for that…. I really like the sound of the Concord version but why oh why did they put that crazy edit in the Desert Chase… it does my head in completely….

Bigger scans (x1400) for this here: Release "Raiders of the Lost Ark" by John Williams – MusicBrainz (http://musicbrainz.org/release/a6a132cc-5081-4026-bc9c-0f8f7046776c/cover-art)

Re-up with Uploaded link:

http://ul.to/ssf82l7n

Yeah, I remember buying the Japanese cd back in the day. And it was EXPENSIVE. And actually not that much better than the record. Oh, well, I was young(er) back then… with more money to spend on hobbies. 😉

Re-up, please! 🙂

Can someone re-up ? Thank you!

the dcc album sounds incredible. the staging is perfect. im not sure what copy your are listening to. the stereo width is very wide just like other tomlinson recordings and mixes. it’s mixed to sound exactly like the film mix. clear, dynamic, bright,

The DCC version doesn�t sound very well. Steven Hoffman usually remasters rock, soul and similar stuff, music that is old and sounds like that. He always uses a tubed pre-amp for all of his remasters. Here it shows. The distortions added by the tubes reveal themselves in harsh brass and slightly piercing overall sound. What works for rock or soul doesn�t work for orchestral music. The staging is very centered, the stereo width of the Hoffman-remaster isn�t very wide. IMO this is one of the most overrated remasters in existence… I happily sold my CD years ago.

I�m very happy with the Concord release. Yes, it does have some more or less severe errors (dynamic compression via automated fader) but at least it keeps the sonic balance as engineered by Eric Tomlinson.

I know that this comment is nearly six years old but I agree. That the Concord release is better in sound quality over the DCC album. Even though I pefer both the Polydor/Japanese release (and the DCC) so it matches with the Polydor-ToD and the original Last Crusade album.