Pre-Order Thread

MikeH said:
@Joe Mac thoughts on the Stones mono box set? is mono preferred on some of the stones titles like it is with the Beatles?
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I only have the first two and a version of Let It Bleed on mono. Let It Bleed is a bit of a coin toss. It’s late 60s so the stereo is good but so is the mono. The two earliest sound good on mono but I’ve never heard them on stereo.

Honestly this box was always too expensive for me to consider so I just bought them individually, all but the first two and the duplicate in the Let It Bleed box are stereo, they’re fine, the DSD transfers of the Decca stuff has always been a better treatment than anything for the latter stuff, and at this stage I don’t think I’m all that fussed about buying a box to duplicate them.
 
Joe Mac said:
I only have the first two and a version of Let It Bleed on mono. Let It Bleed is a bit of a coin toss. It’s late 60s so the stereo is good but so is the mono. The two earliest sound good on mono but I’ve never heard them on stereo.

Honestly this box was always too expensive for me to consider so I just bought them individually, all but the first two and the duplicate in the Let It Bleed box are stereo, they’re fine, the DSD transfers of the Decca stuff has always been a better treatment than anything for the latter stuff, and at this stage I don’t think I’m all that fussed about buying a box to duplicate them.
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With Let It Bleed I bought the big deluxe box with Mono and Stereo in both Vinyl and SACD and I only listened to the Stereo version once and it was easily beaten by the Mono imo.. The SACD stereo version was better then the Vinyl from what I remember as well (it's been awhile since I dug those out). The Mono vinyl is the only one I listen to now with that album and it beats my OG Stereo copy I have as well but that is probably only VG quality so it's not a true comparison at all if i'm being honest. The whole box was beautiful but a bit of a let down pressing wise so I wouldn't be surprised if there were quite a few better pressings out there.

I have Stereo stand alones as well for nearly the entire box and everything I feel is essential but it would be a great companion box next to the 71-2016 box.

If anyone has experience with Satanic Majesties Request or Beggars Banquet from this box especially i'd love to know what you think because if those were done really well this box would get much more dangerous for my wallet real fast. Beyond those two I could easily live without the rest in Mono as well I think.
 
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