To fans of Steve Miller's "Fly Like an Eagle"

[audiophile65]

A good 30 years ago, I once owned and immensely enjoyed listening to Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab's Original Master Recording (OMR) half-speed mastered vinyl album of the Steve Miller Band's "Fly Like an Eagle". It was full of immaculate sound in every sense of the word.

Last week, I managed to track down (for a not-so-bad price of $175) a brand new copy (unopened) of the MoFi OMR vinyl album of FLaE at Amazon.com. I am also aware that the 30th anniversary CD of FLaE has been out for 6 years now, but I have never heard this CD.

If you are a big fan of this album, and you wanted the best sounding version of it on your computer, would you....

 

1. buy the MoFi OMR vinyl and use it as a "master" source (for A to D conversion on your turntable).....OR

2. try the 30th anniversary FLaE CD as a "master" source? (for D to A conversion)???

 

I do not own a turntable, but I'd love to hear some of your input.

 

Thanks!

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A good 30 years ago, I once owned and immensely enjoyed listening to Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab's Original Master Recording (OMR) half-speed mastered vinyl album of the Steve Miller Band's "Fly Like an Eagle". It was full of immaculate sound in every sense of the word.

Last week, I managed to track down (for a not-so-bad price of $175) a brand new copy (unopened) of the MoFi OMR vinyl album of FLaE at Amazon.com. I am also aware that the 30th anniversary CD of FLaE has been out for 6 years now, but I have never heard this CD.

If you are a big fan of this album, and you wanted the best sounding version of it on your computer, would you....

 

1. buy the MoFi OMR vinyl and use it as a "master" source (for A to D conversion on your turntable).....OR

2. try the 30th anniversary FLaE CD as a "master" source? (for D to A conversion)???

 

I do not own a turntable, but I'd love to hear some of your input.

 

Thanks!

 

If I were you, I'd buy the CD unless I knew someone really into doing the A>D from vinyl and save yourself $150. This is not to put vinyl down, but a proper rig to digitize is pricey.

[babybear]

Hi audiophile65,

 

I would tend to agree with Forrest that unless you know someone or can pay for a conversion service you might be best served by buying the 30th Anniversary CD. I would bet that the Mobile Fidelity LP played back on a good analog front end would sound better than the CD and if you could find a way to do the analog to digital conversion at say 24/176.4 or 24/192 with a high quality analog front end and a high quality AD converter that would sound better than the CD as well. But unless you can do find a way to do that, I would opt for the CD.

[mwheelerk]

What about this option?

 

STEVE MILLER BAND Fly Like an Eagle DCC 24 Karat Gold Disc 1993 USA CD 70s 010963103328 | eBay

 

This is an excellent mastered version of this album.