MS DB JERRIES v APPLE/EMI PPM LIMIES

Heil, but no cigar!






Last time out we awarded a close decision to Mirror Spock's Mono
Sgt. Pepper over the new Apple/EMI mono remaster of same.
-
But even the most wile Vulcans can not emerge victorious, all the
time.
-
Case in point, a ear-to-ear of the MS, Die Beatles (Please Please Me) stereo needle-drop CD, and the new PPM from Apple.
-
Previously, the MS DB kraut special blew off its competitors with a nice full sound, but an inherent weakness in the original recording has forced me to place Die Beatles as second best, now.
-
All previous recordings of stereo PPM-in two track "stereo" with vocals on one channel, and instrumentation the other-suffer from bleed-through from one track to other. (Panning hard to one or the other speaker, you can hear remnants of the other channel as well.)
-
Now, unless listening on headphones this defect is not that noticeable.
-
But the new Apple stereo PPM has eliminated almost all of the bleed-through, and one would need a Brian Wilson ear to hear it on speaker. Even on headphones it is barely audible.
-
So, the score at the end of two rounds is: MS 1, Apple/EMI 1, round three to follow.