Customer Reviews

Pink Floyd "The Dark Side Of The Moon" (30th Anniversary) Packaging Including Stickers & Posters, 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl, plus New 30th Anniversary Poster.

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This is really a must have object! The sound quality is extremely good. Its hard to believe that the recordings were made in 1973. The music itself is a matter of taste.

I acquired my first copy of DSOTM in 1982 on Harvest (EMI) records. While I had the pleasure of hearing this record on a Thorens TD-126 MK II, McIntosh C-26 Preamp, McIntosh MC2015 Power Amp and Bose 901s, I really didn't come to appreciate how amazing it sounded until i had the misfortune of playing that same record on a much more inferior AIWA system I got for college. When the CD era really took over, I had the good fortune of acquiring it again on the now legendary EMI-Japan black disc. The sound was great but I still lacked the equipment to appreciate the differences between CD and Vinyl. I then acquired the EMI 20th Anniversary edition remastered domestically. Nice packaging and decent sound. I bought it again when it came out on CD/SACD a few years ago for $10. Well.... amazingly my own system has now made it to a high enough level...McIntosh... that I can appreciate the differences between vinyl and CD having bought this 30th Anniversary edition on vinyl. WOW. Everything that the likes of Neil Young have been saying about vinyl for years I can finally appreciate. Get the vinyl ... but make sure you have the equipment to enjoy it.

Unbelievably as awesome as the original issue; I could listen to Dark Side all friggin day! Pink Floyd rules.

The sound of this pressing is very high quality and worth the money if you're really into analog sound and have a setup that can do this justice. While I can't tell much of a difference between this remaster and the 2003 remaster that went onto SACD, it is certainly a welcome addition to the collection since I never had DSOTM on an analog source before.

The only gripe I have is that the free download is only offered in the inferior MP3 format. This makes no sense to me, as I assume that anyone who is willing to shell out $30+ for an album on 180 gram audiophile grade vinyl is probably someone who cares very much about the quality of their audio sources. Does it make sense to sell the highest possible quality record with a free download that is of less than CD quality? They couldn't either include a free CD or maybe a .flac download instead? That is kind of confusing and a bit insulting to my audiophile intelligence.

But otherwise, a must buy for the lover of analog.

This review is about the Vinyl only, not the album "Dark Side of the Moon" The music is a masterpiece and every one should own a copy no matter what type of music you listen too.

I have recently started to collect vinyl because I have friends that go on and on about how much better is sounds that CD's. So I purchased this record and played it back to back with my CD. I delayed the record about 10 seconds so I could listen to the CD and then click it to the record. My CD play has an adjustable volume so I leveled them as close as possible. So I listened to the first half clicking it back and forth. I hate to say this to all you vinyl lovers. For about 95 percent of the music is sounded EXACTLY the same, and I mean no different, the drums sound the same, the vocals sound the same, the cymbals, the only difference I could hear was when the clocks chimed at the beginning of Time and they sound BETTER on the CD. Here is the problem, I have heard this album on SACD and I heard things in the music I have never heard from vinyl or compact disc. To me they are both flawed and do not represent master tapes that well. All you vinyl lovers really need to check out SACD or other new formats and give these records up.

The cover, posters and stickers are cool. I collect music and I do like vinyl, but if you just want to listen to the Album buy the CD and same come cash.