Crosby, Stills, etc - Teach Your Children

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   Is there a good sounding copy of "Teach Your Children" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young?  I have this on a couple CDs including "So Far," and it sounds like the tape heads were not aligned properly.  The phase is messed up, and it sounds dull and muddy.

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aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 163	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Crosby, Stills, etc - Teach Your Children Posted: 04 August 2012 at 9:07am
	Is there a good sounding copy of "Teach Your Children" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young? I have this on a couple CDs including "So Far," and it sounds like the tape heads were not aligned properly. The phase is messed up, and it sounds dull and muddy.
	Aaron Kannowski Uptown Sound 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop

AndrewChouffi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 24 September 2005 Status: Offline Points: 18	Post Options Post Reply Quote AndrewChouffi Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 August 2012 at 1:58pm
	I don't think so Aaron. It's been that way since the LP 'Deja Vu'. You will notice the phase change by a few degrees on an edit before the last verse. For a more wretched experience, try listening to it with your 'mono' switch on. The 45 (the album's 2nd single) was a Haeco-CSG processed mono master to help minimize the treble change, but that wasn't too pristine either. Maybe some first-pressing LPs were a little better, but I don't know. Andy

Smokin' TomGary Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 26 June 2011 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Smokin' TomGary Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 August 2012 at 9:38am
	The phase issue has been in the mix since the original LP. It is present on every CD, be they the Deja Vu album or on various Greatest Hits offerings. Mon compatibility was at the heart of the Q Sound system which led to its downfall. Since FM listening is done in cars the system designers were ignorant of, or ignored the fact that the car radios have built in features that automatically sum left and right channels depending on signal strength and also reduce high frequency content. These are done to reduce noise as signals grow weaker. As a demonstration of this I often play a stereo pressing of a song with a left-plus-right feed to a VU meter. Then play a mono version of the same song, same setup.