Wonder how it would compare with this set, which I really like (and I like the vinyl, too):
http://www.amazon.com/Capitol-Albums-Vol-1/dp/B00065XJ48Chris
--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, william Beith <wbeith@...> wrote:
>
> I grew up on The Beatles listening on a Motorola mono machine with a 15 woofer
> and a 3 inch paper cone tweeter. Wonderful top load machine.
>
> Last year my sister-in-law asked me to make several old family records into CD's
> for a family reunion, and gave me a turntable to play the vinyl. I have a rack
> mount pre amp with a phono input so the entire process was seamless.
>
> While I was at it I made copies of my old Beatles albums. I have a pristine copy
> of the Second Album (American version on Capital) which I recorded into Sound
> Forge and made into a CD. The difference between that sound and the CD is
> astounding. The vinyl version leaps out at you, the additional echo and
> compression added by the Capital engineers, missing from the Abby Road CD's is
> quite the contrast. (and the version of Thank You Girl on the album is different
> from the CD. The vinyl has a harp solo at the end of the track, missing from the
> CD.)
>
> Maybe this is just personal preference from growing up with them, but listening
> to those recordings again makes me favor the American vinyl versions over the
> official CD's.  The vinyl has more depth, punch and excitement.