That's what I did. I ripped the CDs to ALAC... if you rip the Blu-ray you'll find indexing errors; most tracks don't start in the right place.
Very happy with the CD rips here!
'The Beatles' - The White Album Listening Thread - Your thoughts
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Very happy with the CD rips here!
Strilo
1K Club - QQ Shooting Star
I've been listening to them today, they sound very good!
Strilo
1K Club - QQ Shooting Star
Incidentally, has anyone managed to use MakeMKV to rip this to open in DVD Audio Extractor? I get an error that Blu Rays are encrypted and can't be extracted, yet I have the same settings I used in both apps to rip previous Blu Rays, including Sgt Pepper...
I had that problem with the Guns 'n' Roses Appetite For Destruction Blu-Ray. Updating MakeMKV and/or restarting your computer should solve the problem.
I did so with MakeMKV and DVD-AE and had no problems. But given that I use a Mac, I first had to make a decrypted copy the BluRay in MakeMKV and then rip with DVD-AD.
Yes. make either a copy of the disk or an MKV backup, then extract with DVDAE. Its not just Mac, you have to do the same thing with Windows too.
Strilo
1K Club - QQ Shooting Star
Yup that was it. MakeMKV was up to date, but rebooting fixed it. As a former desktop support tech, I am mortified that I did not reboot before posting in this thread....
windhoek
The Phoolosopher
Heads up: the 2018 box set containing the multichannel mix is currently £80.47 here @ Amazon UK (other Amazons may have reduced the price of the box set as well). It's still a tad rich for me so I plumped for the 2018 non-Esher vinyl release instead [link] which has also been reduced (now £25.20); the Esher vinyl release [link] is also reduced
windhoek
The Phoolosopher
Although I bought the 2018 2-LP set last week (the one without the Esher demos), it's only now that I've gotten round to giving it a clean and playing it... and although I'm only on side 2, I think it sounds fantastic. It seems to have retained that slightly gnarly sound that you just don't get on a Steely Dan record but yet, it still sounds crisp and clear so I think Giles got it spot on as far as that cul-de-sac is concerned.
In the end, I didn't plump for the expensive box set as I'm not interested in extras - a CD/BDA only release would have been a different matter. But now that I've heard how good the vinyl is, I think I'd be more inclined to spring for the box set if it drops in price again*. Anyway, in my mind, that's two vinyl hits out of two: the 2017 Sgt. Pepper's vinyl release sounds great as well. Fingers crossed Abbey Road makes it three out of three
* I should add, I wasn't impressed with the 'loudness' of the stereo and multichannel mixes from the Sgt. Pepper's box set, so that was on my mind as well as the price.
In the end, I didn't plump for the expensive box set as I'm not interested in extras - a CD/BDA only release would have been a different matter. But now that I've heard how good the vinyl is, I think I'd be more inclined to spring for the box set if it drops in price again*. Anyway, in my mind, that's two vinyl hits out of two: the 2017 Sgt. Pepper's vinyl release sounds great as well. Fingers crossed Abbey Road makes it three out of three
* I should add, I wasn't impressed with the 'loudness' of the stereo and multichannel mixes from the Sgt. Pepper's box set, so that was on my mind as well as the price.
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Although I bought the 2018 2-LP set last week (the one without the Esher demos), it's only now that I've gotten round to giving it a clean and playing it... and although I'm only on side 2, I think it sounds fantastic. It seems to have retained that slightly gnarly sound that you just don't get on a Steely Dan record but yet, it still sounds crisp and clear so I think Giles got it spot on as far as that cul-de-sac is concerned.
In the end, I didn't plump for the expensive box set as I'm not interested in extras - a CD/BDA only release would have been a different matter. But now that I've heard how good the vinyl is, I think I'd be more inclined to spring for the box set if it drops in price again*. Anyway, in my mind, that's two vinyl hits out of two: the 2017 Sgt. Pepper's vinyl release sounds great as well. Fingers crossed Abbey Road makes it three out of three
* I should add, I wasn't impressed with the 'loudness' of the stereo and multichannel mixes from the Sgt. Pepper's box set, so that was on my mind as well as the price.
Actually Derek, if you don't play it at an ear splitting volume ..... just at moderate volume ..... you are IN THE STUDIO with the four Mop Tops......it really doesn't get any better than this. HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION.
And I'm actually RIGHT this time!
windhoek
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haha, I see what you did there
P.S.: It's a really gorgeous box set as well. Worth the ££££££££££!
Waiting and waiting.....finally got a deal on this from a guy on fb Marketplace, unopened box set for $80. He has the Imagine set also for $60, but its going for less than that on eBay.
JediJoker
2K Club - QQ Super Nova
windhoek
The Phoolosopher
Heads up: the 2018 box set containing the multichannel mix is currently £80.47 here @ Amazon UK (other Amazons may have reduced the price of the box set as well). It's still a tad rich for me so I plumped for the 2018 non-Esher vinyl release instead [link] which has also been reduced (now £25.20); the Esher vinyl release [link] is also reduced
I remember thinking my buy-in price would have to start with a 6 and sure enough, I just bought the box-set for £69.50 here @ Amazon UK
windhoek
The Phoolosopher
I just received my copy of the box-set and oh my, it's a thing of beauty... almost makes me feel bad for holding out so long... almost
fourml8r
Well-known Member
i have listened to this in surround sound many times now and rate it very highly. Excellent fidelity, lots of discrete rear channel information. this was never my favorite Beatles album, but this version has let me appreciate it A LOT more.
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