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The Something Awful Forums > Main > General Bullshit > Depeche Mode
 
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davidbix
Jun 14, 2016

Wow, Bix. First K.Rool, then Steve and now SEPHIROTH? Your dream game is real!
Is there any official word on if the Blu-Ray of 101 will only be available in the expensive boxed set? Amazon has a Blu-Ray only version (no idea if it would include the 4K download code) listed with the same release date available for preorder for $25 shipped from/sold by them directly, but with what looks like UK packaging, and there's nothing about it in the press release that everyone carried.

DEEP STATE PLOT posted:

except the part where it was mixed loving horribly and had perhaps the worst audio clipping and distortion of any album ever recorded.

which was a shame because songwriting-wise it was indeed a kickass album. the vinyl release doesn't have those problems since it's not possible on record, so listening to that release is the way to go.
It wasn't in the mix, it was solely in the mastering. The European release of the deluxe edition of Playing The Angel had a hybrid SACD of the album, both the stereo and surround versions, and the DSD stereo layer is, surprisingly, a completely different mastering from the usual one on the CD layer. As in it sounds like it was the source for the vinyl version. It's significantly more dynamic, no clipping, etc.

The follow-ups didn't get SACDs, but have continued to get vinyl releases, and it seems like they usually got distinct masterings?

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