Beatles : Vinyl vs Digital

[srinivas1015]

What's the best route to go for this? The original Vinyls or the 2009 remaster? I'm worried that the dynamic range has been compressed in the re-release. Has anybody compared the two? Which would you recommend?

[oldgame]

I would recomend the Beatles in mono box set, cd's.

[Johnny Vinyl]

If by original you mean the UK parlophone pressings, then definitely those. After that the UK Blue Box set which you can get used for between $300-$500. If you go for the 2009 remasters get the set that was pressed by Optimal in the EU, not the U.S. pressing.

However, the soon to be released MONO boxset looks like a winner as it is remastered from the orginal analogue tapes. The STERO boxset was NOT.

[srinivas1015]

Thank for the quick responses . A friend of mine is selling his original UK parlophone collection and I'm gonna jump on that.

[Johnny Vinyl]

Originally Posted by srinivas1015

Thank for the quick responses . A friend of mine is selling his original UK parlophone collection and I'm gonna jump on that.

Nice! I have the Blue Box set and will be getting the new MONO boxset that's being released in September.

Are they the stereo or mono releases?

[srinivas1015]

Originally Posted by Johnny Vinyl

Nice! I have the Blue Box set and will be getting the new MONO boxset that's being released in September.

Are they the stereo or mono releases?

I'm gonna check with him again but I think they're mono. I just sampled a few stereo versions of the songs on iTunes and I find the instrument placement to be slightly awkward when listening with earphones.