I wonder if Steve realizes that he is too conservative on bass level, especially on older remixes. It's as if the bass was compressed individually when making saved recording. People have noticed the lack of punch on Quadrophenia and I think a better job could have been done on Yes CTE. The bass may need to be put through an analog expander and then in the digital domain, a noise canceller. It really has been disappointing to me.
1) Quadrophenia was not done by SW
2) SW bass treatment is all over the place and changes from mix to mix - for example Discipline and Islands and Larks Tongues have great bass, on the other hand CTTE is lacking, and then you have albums which are inconsistent within themselves- for example "In the wake of poseidon" - I talk to the wind has an ultra loud bass while on the rest of the album it is almost unnoticable...
True, I compared the bass in the CTE direct transfer original to the 5.1. It was not improved, and I expected that it would be. I'm not for sticking to the original when the original is provided like these. The original should have the RIAA EQ removed, not that it was the problem here.
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