Ed 1 : Vinyl ref : 2344 068 — 1976
Ed 2 : Vinyl MFSL ref : MFSL 1-212 — 1994
Ed 3 : Vinyl Japan ref : MPF 1098 — 1977
Ed 4 : Vinyl Blue ref : LC 10879 88843024681 — 2018
Ed 5: Vinyl Oxygen Trilogy ref : 88985361872 — remastered 2016
Ed 6: Cassette ref : MTO 40-77000 cb 481 — Reissue 1983
Ed 7: CD ref : FDM CD-77000 — 1983
Ed 8: CD ref : FDM 36140-2– Remastered 2007
Ed 9: CD Oxygen Trilogy ref : 88985361872 — remastered 2016
Ed 10: Streaming Qobuz
Ed 11: Streaming Qobuz Oxygen Trilogy
Ed 12: Oxygene (Live In Your Living Room) stereo 2007
Ed 13: Oxygene (Live In Your Living Room) 5.1 2007
Ed 14: Streaming Tidal
Ed 15: Streaming Tidal Oxygen Trilogy
https://magicvinyldigital.net/2022/06/2 ... -cassette/
The versions are held against four criteria :
- Waveform and dynamique comparison
- Spectrum comparisons
- Spectrogram comparisons
- Spatialization (for the 5.1 version only)
Dynamic range:
Ed1: Vinyl 1976 | Ed2: MFSL 1994 | Ed3: Vinyl Japan 1976 | Ed4 : Vinyl Blue 2018 | Ed5 :Vinyl Trilogy | Ed6 : k7 1983 | Ed7 : CD 1983 | Ed8 : CD 2007 | Ed9 : CD Trilogy | Ed10 : Qobuz | Ed11 : Qobuz Trilogy | Ed12 : Oxygen 3D Stereo | Ed13 : Oxygen 3D 5.1 | Ed14 : Tidal | Ed15 : Tidal trilogy | |
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GLOBAL | DR11 | DR10 | DR12 | DR10 | DR12 | DR7 | DR12 | DR9 | DR9 | DR6 | DR9 | DR9 | DR11 | DR6 | DR10 |
Min | DR10 | DR10 | DR10 | DR8 | DR11 | DR6 | DR10 | DR9 | DR8 | DR5 | DR8 | DR8 | DR11 | DR5 | DR8 |
Max | DR12 | DR11 | DR12 | DR11 | DR13 | DR8 | DR12 | DR10 | DR11 | DR7 | DR11 | DR11 | DR11 | DR7 | DR11 |
Oxygène (Part I) | DR12 | DR10 | DR12 | DR10 | DR11 | DR7 | DR12 | DR10 | DR10 | DR7 | DR10 | DR9 | DR11 | DR7 | DR10 |
Oxygène (Part II) | DR11 | DR10 | DR11 | DR8 | DR11 | DR8 | DR12 | DR10 | DR8 | DR5 | DR8 | DR8 | DR11 | DR6 | DR9 |
Oxygène (Part III) | DR10 | DR10 | DR10 | DR9 | DR11 | DR8 | DR10 | DR9 | DR8 | DR6 | DR8 | DR8 | DR11 | DR6 | DR8 |
Oxygène (Part IV) | DR11 | DR10 | DR12 | DR8 | DR12 | DR6 | DR12 | DR9 | DR8 | DR5 | DR8 | DR9 | DR11 | DR5 | DR9 |
Oxygène (Part V) | DR12 | DR11 | DR12 | DR11 | DR12 | DR8 | DR12 | DR9 | DR10 | DR6 | DR10 | DR10 | DR11 | DR7 | DR11 |
Oxygène (Part VI) | DR11 | DR11 | DR12 | DR10 | DR13 | DR7 | DR11 | DR9 | DR11 | DR6 | DR11 | DR11 | DR11 | DR6 | DR11 |
You can listen a part of Oxygene 2 for each edition too. Part 6 of the page is the conclusion. Basicly it's what we always knew: the early editions are best, mainly Japanese vinyl for the vinyl and 1983 CD for the digital media. But it's pretty close for most of these early editions. Interesting to see that the Live in your living room editions are pretty good too and that you have to avoid streaming like the plague.The graph below represents the frequency response of Ed12 Oxygen 3D stereo (White) vs Ed10 Qobuz (Blue). The differences between the two versions are too significant to compare them. The listening shows that we have 2 different recordings.
A good read!