Depeche Mode – Playing The Angel

Again Sounds amazing. I think every pres from 16/17 of DM records from Sony Music Sounds like that.

Вчера приобрел данное издание. Невероятно тихий винил, ни одного щелчка. Второй раз в жизни такой попадается.
Но есть минус, сторона B с искажениями на высоких частотах. Как будто от саба всё булькает, и это портит дикцию.

Yesterday I bought this edition. Incredibly quiet vinyl, not a single click. The second time in my life I come across such a thing.
But there is a minus, side B with distortions at high frequencies. As if from the sub everything is bubbling, and this spoils the diction.

Sounds great. Nice experience. A must-have for all dm lovers

Echo the postive comments, this sounds amazing. For some reason it has taken me a long time to get this, don't wait like I did you will not regret it.

QC perfect, all in perfect condition, really couldn't ask for more.

Great pressing . Very quiet, good dynamic . No pops and clicks at all.

Quite a few helpful comments below about how this 2017 vinyl reissue compares to the cd, but has anyone compared it to the original 2005 vinyl? The first vinyl edition which I have is a very compressed mastering job with a harsh, grating sound and clipping in the treble on some tracks. Honestly, it is one of my worst records out of a few thousand. I'd be keen to get the reissue if the sound is improved as it is not a bad Mode record.

Fantastic repress. Vibrant, booming sound and no pops, crackles or surface noise.

Better than the dreadful, and quite frankly, unlistenable CD. Still a bit flaky but compared to the CD it’s a much more pleasant listening experience. The CDs should all be re-called and destroyed.

Yup, all the comments match my own experience. This album rocks. I remember listening to the CD right when this came out. This is so much different, it may as well be a different album: warm, super-textured, laser-sharp all at once. Gooooood.

This pressing is very good. Almost no surface noise and the discs were absolutely pristine.

This mastering is like the other reviewer pointed out, much much better than the cd version. Dynamic range is better, highs are no longer distorted and clipped. I will say though that even with all that improvement it’s still not a masterpiece in mastering like the Black Celebration reissue/remaster. Now having said all that, as a huge DM fan I normally passed on playing this album because it used to be outright unpleasant to listen to. Now I can enjoy it thoroughly and to me that is a huge deal since I love the band so much. 4.5/5 on this one. Well done remastering engineer, you saved this album.