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As a teenager I worshipped GFR even as the critics scorned them. Now I’m a critic and I see what my forerunners were talking about. So why did I reviews these downloads, especially as I have no CD or other digital format to compare them with? Sheer curiosity: I wondered why the album merited the high-res treatment. Did it have stellar sonics? Had I missed something in the music? Well, no on both counts. This is juvenile music played by a not-particularly-tight band (but they’re American). As for the sound, the 96k download is what you’d expect of the era: flat, bass heavy, smothered, monodynamic. The 192k version is more transparent and open, allowing the music to make an almost-compelling case for itself. Almost.
By Alan Taffel
I can thank my parents for introducing me to both good music and good sound at an early age. Their extensive classical music collection, played through an enviable system, continually filled our house. When I was two, my parents gave me one of those all-in-one changers, which I played to death.
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