"~misfit~" wrote:
I just saw one of my old favourite CDs (and an excellent yardstick for
judging stereos or speakers) in a 'specials' bin. It's Rickie Lee Jones'
eponymous album from 1979. I'm in New Zealand and my copy, which I bought
in about 1980 and gets listened to at least weekly, was manufactured by
Warner Music Australia. This copy that I just bought (even though my
original is still in perfect condition I like it enough to buy a second
copy) is made in Germany by Record Services GmbH, Alsdorf.
I was just wondering, is there likely to be any difference in quality /
sound between them? (My main system is limping while the main speaker's
mids are getting re-coned and my back-up speakers are fine for HT but not
for critical audio reviewing.)
If you spoke about an analog black disk pressing from Australia or New
Zealand
comparing it to a pressing of Germany I can promise you some differences
in the quality of sound.
But the digital CD pressing of New Sealand and Germany should sound
identical.
Sometimes marketing people like to do the loudness race,
then the compressed CD will sound different; see and listen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfBU8mG4csY
Cheers Jens