I am likely late to the party, but I have just listened to Chaos & Disorder on Tidal and it sounds much better than I remember? It is in MQA quality -and although I know there is some controversy around the actual quality of it- I do believe this is a much more pleasant mastering than the original -very squashed- 90's mastering. To my ears it sound much more musical, open and pleasant than what I remember? Is it me ( ) or have others also noticed this difference?

I'll give it a listen.

leecaldon said:

I'll give it a listen.

Thanks!

I just checked out TGE and it is the same there. It sounds better than I remember from the original CD (without A/B-ing). I suspect with the re-releases on vinyl they might have done new masters perhaps?

When it first came out there were rumors that the album was sent to WB on a CD-R... that was all they had to use as the master.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

When it first came out there were rumors that the album was sent to WB on a CD-R... that was all they had to use as the master.

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Which would've been fine, as long as it was fully mastered to red book standards etc.

I haven't noticed any difference through my sound system. But I'll give it a listen on the proper headphones.