This is where the "Vinyl" aspect is crucial. Like many albums from the mid-70s, later CD remasters of Year of the Cat were subjected to the "Loudness Wars," compressing the audio to sound louder at the expense of dynamics.
Right away, the vinyl has . Midrange is lush, the stereo image is wide but slightly soft. The title track’s flamenco-style guitar has a natural wooden decay that digital sometimes sterilizes. Surface noise? Present but unobtrusive – a quiet VPI-cleaned copy helps.
Al Stewart’s "Year of the Cat": The Ultimate Hi-Fi Face-Off When Alan Parsons sat behind the boards for Al Stewart
Listen wiser, not louder.
This is where the "Vinyl" aspect is crucial. Like many albums from the mid-70s, later CD remasters of Year of the Cat were subjected to the "Loudness Wars," compressing the audio to sound louder at the expense of dynamics.
Right away, the vinyl has . Midrange is lush, the stereo image is wide but slightly soft. The title track’s flamenco-style guitar has a natural wooden decay that digital sometimes sterilizes. Surface noise? Present but unobtrusive – a quiet VPI-cleaned copy helps.
Al Stewart’s "Year of the Cat": The Ultimate Hi-Fi Face-Off When Alan Parsons sat behind the boards for Al Stewart
Listen wiser, not louder.
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