
It's slightly more compressed than the original on most songs, although there's not a dramatic difference.

Nobody is credited, but I'm going to guess it was Dave Fridmann, since he handles 99% of their digital mastering. I was hoping they would just duplicate the mastering from the original CD-R, but for whatever reason, they've done a new remaster. I still call foul on the notion that the 5.1 CD "isn't mastered", but it's interesting nonetheless. They cancel out perfectly in a null test. Interestingly, the original Companion CD-R and the CD from the 5.1 set have identical mastering on the Lips' mix of "Buggin'". I've got FLAC files that were uploaded from the original CD-R, and I'm curious if they just cloned that for this new release or if they actually took the time to remaster everything. I'm eagerly awaiting the Soft Bulletin Companion CD. Maybe in terms of EQ, but why do the drums on "Race For The Prize" now punch harder? That's not EQ. It's about 2 dB less compressed than the tracks on the 5.1 set's CD - which immediately disproves the BS that the 5.1 CD is the "un-mastered" version. Not a significant improvement, it's still quite compressed - but an improvement nonetheless. After seeing its relatively high DR score (by their standards, anyway) of the download-only 2017 Soft Bulletin remaster, I took a chance on it, and it actually is a sonic improvement.


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