I was alerted by a fellow TTDer that my uploads were not sounding as good as they could be. I compared one of my recent transfers to one made a few years ago from the same show and I was not happy with the test results. I wouldn't say the current tranfers were horrible, but certainly not up to par.

So, to prove that my deck was the problem, I bought a new Maranz a few days ago and compared again. Yes, this new deck makes the transfers sound much better. So, I was able to go back a little ways, and I will re-present some of my recent uploads with the fresh transfers. I am submitting two samples for comparison. Same section of music from the old and new transfer ....

Another Tormato show for you. Pretty decent sound quality, check the sample

***** 44 khz / 16 bit fresh version ***** (CD Version)
Yes
May 31, 1979 (1979-05-31)
Tarrant County Convention Center
Fort Worth, Texas
USA

01.[01:58] Opening >
02.[10:36] Siberian Khatru
03.[11:25] Heart of the Sunrise
04.[07:21] Future Times - Rejoice
05.[05:00] Circus of Heaven
06.[27:14] Big Medley (Time and a Word, Long Distance Runaround, The Fish, Perpetual Change, Soon)
07.[06:15] Clap
08.[10:19] And You and I
09.[11:16] Starship Trooper
10.[03:59] cut // Rick Wakeman solo
11.[17:41] Awaken
12.[02:30] Tour Song
13.[08:15] I've Seen All Good People
14.[08:55] Roundabout

Total 2:12:51

Jon Anderson
Steve Howe
Chris Squire
Rick Wakeman
Alan White

Lineage: ? > 3 gen cassette trade circa 1997
Transfer: Marantz PMD 300CP > Zoom Hn4 (96-24) > Wavelab (tracking and tweaking) > Flac (level 8) > you

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