I have the audiophile version of the Mirage LP... picked it up in a used record store. It's apparently a different formula of vinyl... can't speak too intelligently about it since I'm right at the age that CDs were fairly prevalent by the time I had my own money to buy music. But apparently this version was also mastered at half speed.
Sonically the differences are stunning between this and the CD. Lindsey's vocals, though still highly processed, are much thicker and more "muscular." To me, the CD seems to be ALL highs (as opposed to what someone else here saying they were missing), making the whole thing sound thin. In fact, the full bit-rate CD all sounds like badly compressed MP3s to me: distorted cymbals; thin, "wavey" vocals and generally flat, even when EQ'ed to hell and back.
The vinyl was a revelation. Until the inevitable remastering that's been talked about so much on this board, dust off the turntable and pick this thing up, even if it's not the audiophile version. Vinyl is simply the only way to hear the whole of "Mirage" right now.
~Jamie
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