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1) I remember buying the initial CD release of one of the Carpenter's hits LP. Whether you liked their music or not, Karen had the Bene Gesserit 'voice'. But the poorly mastered CD turned that voice into a screech! LOLHowever, the first CD issue of Astral Weeks probably was one of those situations where a production copy was used to master the CD. Much that was wrong with the first issue on CD of Astral weeks has been rectified in later remasters.
In any case, when the subject comes up, she still remembers the LP playback of Astral Weeks as being better.
2) I'm always suspect when influencers (I refuse to call them 'reviewers', which implies they are somewhat disciplined) bring their wives into the auditory mix. There was a guy working for Stereophile that used to do it all the time. I think waifu's name was Kathleen (don't call her Kathy...). From my experience, women don't care about hi-fi. For her part, my wife would just as soon listen to her Galaxy Note than the stereo. That said, whenever we watch something 'home theater' oriented, she always checks to see if the sub is turned on. I'm not quite sure what that is about!