214 said:

I had to specifically set my ITunes account to import music at 320 Kbps- the default setting is much lower, and most people I'm sure don't know to change it

udo said:

Cinny said:

WOW EIGHT PAGES OF BLATHER

And no one heard the milliseconds difference of silence BETWEEN tracks on the Remaster??? (Obviously does not apply to the non-stop tracks)

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You did not know that mastering includes the silent parts?

I feel that the pauses between tracks are different (longer).

[Edited 7/12/17 8:41am]

Could Josh be invited for an interview about the remaster project. I don't blame him for the brickwalling as Prince has been doing this on his digital releases for many years.

We know he didn't think much of digital music.

I kind of picked up on the longer pauses between the songs too. Maybe only by a few milliseconds here and there but it's noticable.

Cinny said:

udo said:

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You did not know that mastering includes the silent parts?

I feel that the pauses between tracks are different (longer).

[Edited 7/12/17 8:41am]

kingricefan said:

I was dropping my finger to "conduct" the next song, and it was off!

That's funny!

Cinny said:

kingricefan said:

I kind of picked up on the longer pauses between the songs too. Maybe only by a few milliseconds here and there but it's noticable.

I was dropping my finger to "conduct" the next song, and it was off!

So when I listened to disc 1 the first time 3 weeks ago or so, I did so on my computer or phone via Spotify. I noticed a bit of a difference on TBO, the track has more depth on the remaster, and a slight difference on LGC. Other than that, it sounds the same as the original.

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While at the supermarket, literally 30 minutes ago, I listened to the remastered tracks 1 through 5 and part of WDC via my iPhone with headphones. It sounds virtually the same as the original, except for the slight changes on TBO and LGC.

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When I drove home from the supermarket, I listened to part of WDC as well as all of IWD4U and part of BIAS on the car stereo (iPhone via cassette tape adapter). I quickly heard a noticeable difference on these 3 tracks, namely that the percussion is clearer or more emphasized on the tracks. I have listened to the original PR many times on my car stereo and I don't remember hearing the percussion as clearly as I heard today on the remastered version. I'm not sure how I feel about the change. The more noticeable percussion started to get on my nerves just a little bit once I got to BIAS.

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Do others notice the difference in the percussion when listening to the remaster on a car stereo?

Didn't Prince himself do/guide and approve this remastering of Purple Rain?

francescoc10 said:

Didn't Prince himself do/guide and approve this remastering of Purple Rain?

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Didn't his ears suffer from his decades in the music business?

This dude that did the remaster (with P'd approval) wasn't actually known as a remastering dude.

So why without further discussion ignore the graphs that have shown the lack of dynamics?

The measurements that accompany the graphs tell the same.

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This release is just a reason for WB to do a proper remaster in a few years time to correct the dynamics problem.

kingricefan said:

Cinny said:

kingricefan said: I was dropping my finger to "conduct" the next song, and it was off!

That's funny!

I would have made Purple Rain a double album

Disc 1:

1. Let's Go Crazy (Special Dance Mix)

2. Erotic City (Extended Version)

3. Take Me With U

4. The Beautiful Ones

5. Computer Blue (Hallway Speech Version)

6. Darlin' Nikki

7. Wednesday

8. Possessed

Disc 2:

1. When Doves Cry

2. 17 Days

3. God

4. God (Instrumental)

5. Father's Song

6. I Would Die 4 U

7. Baby I'm a Star

8. Another Lonely Christmas (Extended Version)

9. Purple Rain

omnithanos said:

I would have made Purple Rain a double album

Disc 1:

1. Let's Go Crazy (Special Dance Mix)

2. Erotic City (Extended Version)

3. Take Me With U

4. The Beautiful Ones

5. Computer Blue (Hallway Speech Version)

6. Darlin' Nikki

7. Wednesday

8. Possessed

Disc 2:

1. When Doves Cry

2. 17 Days

3. God

4. God (Instrumental)

5. Father's Song

6. I Would Die 4 U

7. Baby I'm a Star

8. Another Lonely Christmas (Extended Version)

9. Purple Rain

this looks good for an iTunes playlist at least.