nicky6 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 The original cd 1996, or the remaster one. or the vinyl?? any help.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YYZumbi Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 The 2011 remastered is best. The vinyl record does sound good, but its not analog, it is digital put on it. So it does not really matter if you listen to the CD or vinyl, I think it is the 2011 mix just put on the vinyl record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Don't have the vinyl yet, but I have the original, original Japanese, 2004 remaster, and 2011 remaster and of those four I prefer the original Japanese version by a thin margin over the 2004 remaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prolix Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 2011 remaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diatribein Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) The 2015 24 bit Digital Download that came free with the vinyl is THE ONLY version of the album that is NOT brickwalled (compressed to death and loud). It actually is DR12 if you can believe it!!! That means it is mastered like a pre-remaster early 90s / late 80s CD. Honestly, I was SHOCKED when I put the FLAC files into my music editor and saw all that headroom. It was an incredible experience. Test For Echo, Counterparts, and Snakes & Arrows NEVER sounded as good as this before. I am usually not in favour of remasters, but these are brilliantly done and really have the listener in mind, rather than whomever wants to continue the loudness war. Edited February 24, 2017 by diatribein 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justus_2112 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 The non-existent one... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 The non-existent one... :D I thought this was gonna be about the title track itself. Best version is on Different Stages for sure. Actually I can't believe they only played it on one tour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 The 2015 24 bit Digital Download that came free with the vinyl is THE ONLY version of the album that is NOT brickwalled (compressed to death and loud). It actually is DR12 if you can believe it!!! That means it is mastered like a pre-remaster early 90s / late 80s CD. Honestly, I was SHOCKED when I put the FLAC files into my music editor and saw all that headroom. It was an incredible experience. Test For Echo, Counterparts, and Snakes & Arrows NEVER sounded as good as this before. I am usually not in favour of remasters, but these are brilliantly done and really have the listener in mind, rather than whomever wants to continue the loudness war. I'm going to pick up the reissue vinyl eventually even though the download codes already expired. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diatribein Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 (edited) The 2015 24 bit Digital Download that came free with the vinyl is THE ONLY version of the album that is NOT brickwalled (compressed to death and loud). It actually is DR12 if you can believe it!!! That means it is mastered like a pre-remaster early 90s / late 80s CD. Honestly, I was SHOCKED when I put the FLAC files into my music editor and saw all that headroom. It was an incredible experience. Test For Echo, Counterparts, and Snakes & Arrows NEVER sounded as good as this before. I am usually not in favour of remasters, but these are brilliantly done and really have the listener in mind, rather than whomever wants to continue the loudness war. I'm going to pick up the reissue vinyl eventually even though the download codes already expired. Get it quickly! I bought the album when it came out and forgot all about the download code. I stupidly expected it to be the same old loud mastering that is the norm for any and all re-releases, so I wasn't enthusiastic enough to care all that much. Then, earlier this week, I pulled out my vinyl and remembered that I should get the download only to notice that the card said "Download Code Expires December 2016". I thought to myself "Shit! I just missed it!!!" I decided to try it anyway and much to my joy and surprise, the download code was still active! So I can confirm that as of February 22nd 2017 the Test For Echo 24 bit flac download code is still working for unused codes. I can't imagine this will last forever, so I would grab it ASAP. Edited February 25, 2017 by diatribein 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Different Stages! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Different Stages! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianice Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 I have the shm-cd out of Japan. The sound on this simply blows me away, the best i have heard yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 The non-existent one... Maybe we could get thru and entire Test For Echo thread without bashing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. JD Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 The 2015 24 bit Digital Download that came free with the vinyl is THE ONLY version of the album that is NOT brickwalled (compressed to death and loud). It actually is DR12 if you can believe it!!! That means it is mastered like a pre-remaster early 90s / late 80s CD. Honestly, I was SHOCKED when I put the FLAC files into my music editor and saw all that headroom. It was an incredible experience. Test For Echo, Counterparts, and Snakes & Arrows NEVER sounded as good as this before. I am usually not in favour of remasters, but these are brilliantly done and really have the listener in mind, rather than whomever wants to continue the loudness war. I agree. The LP sounds mediocre at best but the digital download is the best sounding version I have. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your_Lion Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 The non-existent one... Maybe we could get thru and entire Test For Echo thread without bashing it.I don't know. Giving something a bash is often a good way to test if there IS an echo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 The 2015 24 bit Digital Download that came free with the vinyl is THE ONLY version of the album that is NOT brickwalled (compressed to death and loud). It actually is DR12 if you can believe it!!! That means it is mastered like a pre-remaster early 90s / late 80s CD. Honestly, I was SHOCKED when I put the FLAC files into my music editor and saw all that headroom. It was an incredible experience. Test For Echo, Counterparts, and Snakes & Arrows NEVER sounded as good as this before. I am usually not in favour of remasters, but these are brilliantly done and really have the listener in mind, rather than whomever wants to continue the loudness war. I'm going to pick up the reissue vinyl eventually even though the download codes already expired. Get it quickly! I bought the album when it came out and forgot all about the download code. I stupidly expected it to be the same old loud mastering that is the norm for any and all re-releases, so I wasn't enthusiastic enough to care all that much. Then, earlier this week, I pulled out my vinyl and remembered that I should get the download only to notice that the card said "Download Code Expires December 2016". I thought to myself "Shit! I just missed it!!!" I decided to try it anyway and much to my joy and surprise, the download code was still active! So I can confirm that as of February 22nd 2017 the Test For Echo 24 bit flac download code is still working for unused codes. I can't imagine this will last forever, so I would grab it ASAP. That's good to know, thanks.I don't know if that will speed up the timetable, but it might. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 The non-existent one... Maybe we could get thru and entire Test For Echo thread without bashing it.I don't know. Giving something a bash is often a good way to test if there IS an echo.You know, this thread inspired me to listen to T4E the other day. The title track was great, but after that I'm pretty sure I skipped midway through every song other than T4E, Time and Motion and....wait for it...Dog Years (a guilty pleasure). As far as I'm concerned, unless I'm watching A Work in Progress, the album stinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The K Man Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Test for Echo is a solid listen, but it is one of the few Rush albums that is missing a single essential Rush tune. Considering they basically ignored it post-hiatus, except for Driven on the first tour back and then Resist acoustically twice, I believe they have to agree with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadoood Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 This and RTB are the Rush worst of. Amazing the same band who cut PW and Hemispheres wrote these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edhunter Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 This is a trick question isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Only songs that don't thrill me on Test For Echo are the title track and Carve Away The Stone (first and last oddly enough.) Interestingly, I've always thought that Stick It Out and Test For Echo were the two weakest lead tracks by Rush ever. Fortunately the rest of those albums improved greatly after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Only songs that don't thrill me on Test For Echo are the title track and Carve Away The Stone (first and last oddly enough.) Interestingly, I've always thought that Stick It Out and Test For Echo were the two weakest lead tracks by Rush ever. Fortunately the rest of those albums improved greatly after that.Did you mean Animate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonoflife Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 I know it's not the vinyl that was recently released. I was majorly disappointed in the sound quality. I've yet to hear the download that came with it though. That being said, the RTB new vinyl sounds great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Only songs that don't thrill me on Test For Echo are the title track and Carve Away The Stone (first and last oddly enough.) Interestingly, I've always thought that Stick It Out and Test For Echo were the two weakest lead tracks by Rush ever. Fortunately the rest of those albums improved greatly after that.Did you mean Animate? I meant songs that you'd hear before the album was released. Stick It Out might have been the first prerelease song that wasn't the first on an album since Hemispheres. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 I meant songs that you'd hear before the album was released. Stick It Out might have been the first prerelease song that wasn't the first on an album since Hemispheres. Time Stand Still was the lead single from HYF... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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