Can anyone recommend good sounding CDs to rip

[audiophile65]

I'd like to know if any of you can recommend a particular version of the following CDs that I can rip -- to ensure of the highest quality sound, I was wondering if you guys can recommend a particular year of the CDs release and/or re-master

 

Thriller - Michael Jackson

The Confessor - Joe Walsh (at least the song "The Confessor")

Aqualung - Jethro Tull

Alannah Myles - especially the song "Black Velvet"

Hello, I Must Be Going - Phil Collins

Fly Like an Eagle - Steve Miller Band (I have a feeling the 30th Ann. CD will do fine)

 

Thanks

[Lindeman]

Found these 2 here;

 

Michael Jackson

Phil Collins

 

Japanese pressings allways have much better sound quality than the regular cd.

[regnaD kciN]

Found these 2 here;

 

Michael Jackson

Phil Collins

 

Japanese pressings allways have much better sound quality than the regular cd.

 

"Allways"…? (sic). That's really a ridiculous overgeneralization. Some early "Black Triangle" CDs (among the first made, and hence considered "demo" material) did a better mastering job than their European or U.S. counterparts, but not all. And, nowadays, when digital masters take the form of computer files that can be FTPed or downloaded instead of VCR tapes, you're likely to have the same mastering worldwide.

 

In the case of the two albums mentioned above, I suspect the high-res downloads available from HDTracks (the Thriller being a PCM conversion from the acclaimed SACD release) would be superior to any CD version, no matter from which country the latter came.

[elcorso]

Please go to: http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f15-music-general/album-evening-7578/

 

I don't think we need another thread of the same...

 

Roch

[Daudio]

I would suggest the 40th anniversary version of 'Aqualung'. You might also check out titles of interest to you in the DR Database. There are often comments about other aspects of sound quality besides dynamic range in the links to specific releases.