Gold,Silver or Black?Using Rhymoi CD

In just a few years Cd/Lp music from china penetration to our market is very high.Normally they do like to "turbo charge” the music when mixing and this type of mixing really sound good on a dull system. One of the better recording music lable from China is Rhymoi Music. Later production from Rhymoi is improved and this is indeed a good news. But now I’m not try to rate which is the best recording company in china but does the premium that we pay for our gold disc really sound better than silver disc? What about black disc. Some say "Black Disc" sound black cd is not good for your health. Ahemmm.i mean for the cd player health.(I leave this to the engineer to answer this).

Different country pressing CD do sound different. Majority cd pressing from USA do sound better that any other parts of the world.

From left to right,A silver cd, Black cd, and at last the gold cd

I like to find few gold disc and normal silver disc but mainly different pressing either by country or record company. 

I have acquired the first version of Three Kingdom where the cd box and accompany book is longer and with a gold cd.

The 2nd version is a black cd with shorter cd box and booklet (Thanks bluesea for letting me this cd)
The third  is a silver compilation song CD.( Only 1 song is available for comparison).

SOUND
The gold cd tends to balance the sound over the high and the black over the low. Silver cd is balance between them. String instrument is presented with more steely sound and bite when using gold cd

Black cd drum and bass instrument sound more substantial in weight.

Both black and silver image size is bigger and prominent/present. Where the gold is on it's own with a smaller image. (I'm not talking about mid imaging size)

So you may ask which one you like?

I can live with black and silver. If I have to choose , give me the silver any time.

Note:

1) Some say my system sound gauge with silver cd, so naturally silver come out as winner
2) The gold cd is an earlier pressing and should sound better.(Many people say the mould is in better shape)


KLau

Thirst for more 'Hakka Song".

Lately i've been listening to a lot of hakka song.
But the hakka language that i know is different.I can't understand any of the lyric but it would not prevent me to enjoy the music

Ah Tao hakka song.If you don't own this you have miss alot of music.

I come to this cd  when i ask Jo ki any alternative good hakka song beside Ah Tao.Thanks Jo,you should get the "getting dark" CD.

Planting trees album

The first cd is "chung su" means planting trees by Lin Sheng-Xiang and by 2 japanese guitarist, Takashi Hiroyasu and Ken Ohtake.(I'm surprise )

Lin sheng-xiang, Ken Ohtake and Takashi Hiroyasu

Although only using with a pair of guitars, i can felt like i'm easily been "absorb" in that environment.A very involving album.Superb recording.I can play both of this cd over and over again and the guitar...wow!  i want to listen again tonight.This song arrangment is good.

My only grin is the whole cd tempo almost the same.Why this album use less instrument?.

Getting dark album

The 2nd cd is "lim am" means getting dark also by Lin Sheng-Xiang.
Use more instrument but the guitar is better play in the "chung su' cd.Song is arrange with more variety.


KLau

Manger test disc

Sorry guys for didn’t update for such a long period of time. As expected Koo come over to visit and i have to thanks Koo for helping me to get the Mangers CD. (This happen before 2010 chinese new year)

This is a superb recording. I come to know manger through the single driver.(Last few year I am crazy about single driver and just miss out to own a manger driver)

This cd is a compilation of different genre of songs like light jazz, light pop, classicals, vocals, piano and a little bit of everything. Track 2 is good for testing imaging and my favourite is track 15 and it is good to test a system dynamic.


KLau