The Beatles, March 5, 1963 © Dezo Hoffman
For my birthday, Denro gave me the remastered stereo CD of “Please Please Me,” the first Beatles UK album. It was recorded by Norman Smith, with an assist by Richard Langham, in a single session on February 11, 1963. A quick skip-through listen on my best gear told me a lot about the decisions that were made by the remastering engineers.
One of these 80-second audio excerpts is from the new CD, the other is not. The MP3 bit rate is kicked all the way up to 320 Kbps. The player makes it easy to click back-and-forth between them. You should use a decent pair of headphones for your comparison. Which do you prefer?
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[audio:http://www.dograt.com/Audio/2009/SEP/10BabyIt’sYou.mp3]