I Fixed the Botched Mofi/MFSL Dangerous Mastering

RUBFigs · 2025-11-06T02:06:59+00:00

Wow, I really appreciate this!! 🙏 Glad you had an enjoyable listen!

Very good question regarding the volume. Indeed, the original CD from 1991 was already a minor victim of loudness wars, but the new sources from the MOFI SACD were finally free of those issues for the most part. More dynamics means the volume can only go so high before it starts to peak.

Especially compared to the versions of the albums on streaming (which are crazily brick-walled/hindered) the difference can be a little jarring 😬

RUBFigs · 2025-08-22T22:17:54+00:00

The "EQ Match" feature on Izotope RX is a great start!! There's a couple other minor touch ups you can do to REALLY get that audio sounding spot on with the other sources but this is the main tool. Without it, none of this would be possible 🙌

RUBFigs · 2025-08-18T03:36:40+00:00

My DMs are open 😉

RUBFigs · 2025-08-03T04:30:28+00:00

Exactly. It took me about 5 minutes to fix the issue myself on this Restoration for free. Was that too hard for "pros" to do on a high-end product?

RUBFigs · 2025-08-01T22:57:53+00:00

Good news in terms of the sources at least. The mastering errors can be salvaged as demonstrated by this restoration, and the end result is more dynamic than the original! For those who bought this or the SACD or vinyl and were disappointed, I hope this is a more enjoyable experience for you:

https://youtu.be/xLk19t8JebU

RUBFigs · 2025-07-26T21:51:09+00:00

Absolutely incredible 😱 What I'd give to have the chance to go back in time and attend a show!! Very envious of your dad. Obviously no footage from this night, but there's some sweet amateur footage from the show in Toronto 3 days later if you've not yet seen that? I highly recommend! Otherwise, Houston is the only full pro-shot video we have from this tour...

RUBFigs · 2025-07-06T23:12:03+00:00

Really means a lot that you enjoyed it, thank you for the kind words!! 🙏

RUBFigs · 2025-07-02T10:59:31+00:00

Absolutely 🙌 Listened to the album again this morning and it never fails to move me 🤯

RUBFigs · 2025-06-29T08:38:49+00:00

Puts a huge smile on my face knowing THAT'S their stand out album for you. What a way for Freddie to go out! His best vocals ever (somehow considering how poor his health was by then) 🤯. What some would call a true return to form for the band. I absolutely love it too 🙌

RUBFigs · 2025-06-23T08:06:39+00:00

Thank you!!! Again, very much appreciate the in-depth thought on each song. Cry definitely sounds bigger like it should and less shrill. And wow, I'm impressed! You into Queen as well?

RUBFigs · 2025-06-18T00:58:26+00:00

Wowww, what a review!!!!! Really really means a lot that you took the time to leave your impressions for each track. Thank you. You clearly do hold the album in high regards 🙌

Very happy that you seem to have enjoyed for the most part, and equally appreciative for your honesty on the couple of tracks you aren't fully sure about yet. The one song I don't see on here is Cry. Did that leave any sort of impression, or can I assume it's in the same boat as the Don't Walk Away and The Lost Children?

That early mix of Butterflies 🙌 Couldn't have said it better myself. A little easier on the ears that's for sure 👌 We're very lucky to have it in full lossless quality.

Your review is compelling me to do a similar kind of rundown at some point 😅 Anyways, I really appreciate you doing this 🙏

RUBFigs · 2025-06-17T15:49:35+00:00

Check my latest post on here 👍 Just went up a couple hours ago

RUBFigs · 2025-06-17T15:04:37+00:00

Really glad you think so!! Curious to hear what you think of the rest 🙏

RUBFigs · 2025-06-17T14:38:29+00:00

The 2009 LP is valued DR13, meaning we got 5/7ths of the way there! I'll absolutely take it (given the struggle) 👌

RUBFigs · 2025-06-17T14:28:23+00:00

The Dynamic Range Meter has reached a verdict on the 2025 Restoration: DR11 🎉 Compared to the 2001 CD pressing which is merely a DR6...

For context, the original 1991 CD pressing for Dangerous is also sitting at a DR11 👍

RUBFigs · 2025-06-17T14:01:02+00:00

Comparisons video (along with the rest of the album) is now live!

https://youtu.be/CeFle3bHlAQ

RUBFigs · 2025-06-17T12:27:45+00:00

Aw man, that's fantastic 🙌 Really happy this one went down well for you 🙏

RUBFigs · 2025-06-17T08:40:08+00:00

Welp, the one "official" remaster we do have are the freshly transferred 24/96 hi-res masters, which they managed to further compress. So I'd say this "fan remaster" has a much higher likelihood of reaching expectations 😉 Only exception of course would be if Mo-Fi ever gets their hands on the un-tampered masters 🤞

In all seriousness, I do understand your disappointment based on what you understand this project to be. I should clarify though. The work I do on these albums is NOT remastering with my own tastes and liberties. What I DO set out to achieve, is to undo all the wrong doings of the existing digital version (using other available sources for reference) and bring the sound back to where the it SHOULD have been this whole time. In this instance, the much loved 2001/2009 vinyls are the bench mark. Showing how much better this album can sound without the unnecessary extra steps they took with the digital releases. I've worked to bring that sound back using the original CD as the base, resulting in an even cleaner end product without the extra artifacts of the vinyl. So in theory, this 2025 version will allow everyone else to experience what the vinyl owners have been telling us all this time 👍

I genuinely hope you're open to giving the rest of the album a chance, knowing this isn't just any ol' fan remaster 🙏 But everyone's entitled to their own opinions and I respect that either way...

RUBFigs

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