The Same But Somehow Different
Michael Jackson - Thriller [ UD1S 1-042 USA 2022 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] A controversial release for many reasons and most who follow the quality audio forums, will know the MoFi Thriller remains the source of a few untruths and further speculation. The biggest selling album of all time was first released on November 29th 1982, therefore making this year its fortieth anniversary. Sony have chosen to repackage a compressed 2016 digitally sourced remaster for its commemoration and also allow Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab to make a DSD256 transfer from the original master recording for this nicely packaged 'limited edition' of 40,000. Some will be up in arms believing that MoFi have remixed or eq'd the transfers (it is a known fact that you can't EQ DSD) for their one-step package, however they have not and the DSD transfer reveals how the Quincy Jones master tapes really sounded before the 1982 pop-chart compression was applied to the final mastering by Bernie Grundman for ...