![]() ![]() near-perfect silence of SRX Vinyl virtually frees the music from groove noise."Īll the music matters reissues have really upped my interest in analog.Can't offer first hand experience since the commercial SRX releases haven't shipped to me yet. This is, I think, a minority opinion.Anyone have any experience with the SRX vinyl?Īccording to music matters: "Its noise floor is fathoms lower than any other vinyl we know of out there past or present. I have owned many original Blue Note Pressings and in my opinion, the MM and TP issues sound better-more naturally balanced tonally, sweeter, with better bass and more "air". There has been much criticism in collector circles that the Music Matters and Tone Poets "Don't sound like Blue Notes". ![]() Rudy Van Gelder used various compression and frequency boosting techniques to make the records sound better on the limited equipment most listeners used in the 50s and 60s and to compensate for the rapid, severe groove wear caused by heavy tracking tonearms and use of worn styli. The Tone Poet series also has been more adventurous than Music Matters in selection of titles.īoth series have been a bit controversial in Blue Note collector circles because they have been mastered with the goal of sounding as much like the master tapes as possible and do not attempt to duplicate the sound of the original Blue Note records. They do not use the SRX vinyl, but the pressings I own are all beautiful and super quiet. In all but name, they are Music Matters records at 1/2 to 2/3 of the price. The Tone Poet series is possibly the best bargain in record buying today. ![]() The main complaint about Music Matters is the price and their policy of raising the prices on records that are getting near then end of the limited edition run. The SRX vinyl that they are now using is extremely quiet but I'm not sure it is more than a minor improvement over the formulation they were using previously. The pressings, in my experience range from excellent to superb. The covers are beautiful and feature previously unseen photos from the sessions. The Music Matters reissues are very well done. ![]()
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