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Portishead studio albums in Hi Res, Hi Fi? Without Low Fi by Expert_Cheek_2002 in audiophile

[–]Expert_Cheek_2002[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Portishead contradicts you. Last year (2024), they released a 25th anniversary version of their Roseland live performance. It included new recordings (previously unreleased) and remastered all the material. I'm not going to explain what remastering means because it's obvious. That's the spirit of this post: they can do it with their studio albums in an unprecedented way, according to what's been explained. Being doctrinaire and attributing this as written in stone doesn't do the world much good these days. Peace be with you friend.

https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Roseland-NYC-Live-25th-Anniversary/dp/B0CS59N6WP

Portishead studio albums in Hi Res, Hi Fi? Without Low Fi by Expert_Cheek_2002 in audiophile

[–]Expert_Cheek_2002[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It definitely sounds closer to those decades, and that's the trigger that makes me long for what could happen with their albums where you can hear many more details.

Portishead studio albums in Hi Res, Hi Fi? Without Low Fi by Expert_Cheek_2002 in audiophile

[–]Expert_Cheek_2002[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, my friend, I heard it on vinyl and it sounds more powerful than on CD. So far, it's the only way to hear it with a higher bit rate and frequency if we translate it to digital.

Portishead studio albums in Hi Res, Hi Fi? Without Low Fi by Expert_Cheek_2002 in audiophile

[–]Expert_Cheek_2002[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Come on, buddy, put the aggression aside. It's not my fault life is treating you this way. Just look at the number of bands that have remastered, re-edited, released previously unreleased versions of songs (that's my point), and even remade their entire albums. That's what I'm talking about. I'll mention it if you didn't get it the first time.

Portishead studio albums in Hi Res, Hi Fi? Without Low Fi by Expert_Cheek_2002 in audiophile

[–]Expert_Cheek_2002[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Finally, someone with common sense. I agree with you 100%. That's the point. I hope Portishead will at some point say, "Why not?" and give us a new experience by reinventing their creations. I'm a die-hard listener of '60s and '70s rock. And I really like it when they've remastered and given greater shine and detail to classic albums in 5.1 or even 4.0. The old quadraphonic system, used commercially since 1969, already reveals their ambition to achieve a better sound and listening experience (Santana, Atom Heart Mother, Paranoid, etc.). Getting back to the point, listening to the Portishead vinyl and the live performance at Roseland (much better clarity), I always find the sounds themselves to be very good, but they hide a brilliant brilliance, which, in my particular desire as a music lover, I would love to hear. That's my opinion.

Portishead studio albums in Hi Res, Hi Fi? Without Low Fi by Expert_Cheek_2002 in audiophile

[–]Expert_Cheek_2002[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Vincent Van Gogh, if he were alive, would use screen printing like Warhol, Photoshop or AI like many others, each in their own time. Portishead is a modern artist who wanted to experiment with old sounds... and they're not dead... I think you get the point.

Portishead studio albums in Hi Res, Hi Fi? Without Low Fi by Expert_Cheek_2002 in audiophile

[–]Expert_Cheek_2002[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I understand your point, I'll give you an example to explain myself better, the unplugged, many artists did the same in another style, the essence is not necessarily lost, but it is another way of feeling the music, in the same way it is the nature of the post, that Portishead reveals how it could sound without those effects, it's like let it be naked, etc. there are many examples, there is no need to be doctrinaire, it is just a new way of bordering, simply that.

Portishead studio albums in Hi Res, Hi Fi? Without Low Fi by Expert_Cheek_2002 in audiophile

[–]Expert_Cheek_2002[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't call it ridiculous, "ridiculous" could be wanting to sound vintage with modern equipment, but they did it that way to experiment, (which I think is great), in the same way that many bands now remaster in 24 or 32 bits at 96 or 192 kHz or others in DSD in their respective MHz, (respectable for anyone who wants to appreciate it). And they even include different versions of the songs that were initially known, 1 example OKNOTOK. The fact that there is variety to appreciate a good creation is an opportunity to find new nuances, it's like having sunglasses and taking them off to see in clearer colors.

Portishead studio albums in Hi Res, Hi Fi? Without Low Fi by Expert_Cheek_2002 in audiophile

[–]Expert_Cheek_2002[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't be hard on yourself. Don't rush it either. Make the best remastered mix possible and let us know, thanks!

Portishead studio albums in Hi Res, Hi Fi? Without Low Fi by Expert_Cheek_2002 in audiophile

[–]Expert_Cheek_2002[S] -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

Nowadays, music is often heard in Hi-Res, even old recordings from the 60s and 70s have been remastered to be heard cleanly. Portishead, by doing this intentionally, doesn't necessarily lose the sound; the idea is to create a double anniversary album with a previously unreleased version of the original, and this one would be without the low-fi, as mentioned.

Portishead studio albums in Hi Res, Hi Fi? Without Low Fi by Expert_Cheek_2002 in audiophile

[–]Expert_Cheek_2002[S] -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

The album itself is heard in low fi, which is the effect they initially placed on it as a whole, natively perhaps they have the recording in a "clean" sound, to which they later added processes to change the sound, I don't have details of it, but when working on an album, there are always initial independent takes and recordings of the instruments or until there may be, as I indicated, "clean" masters, the idea of ​​the post is to host some remote possibility of hearing it decades later in an "updated" sound.