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AnalogPlanet readers chose their favorite from among three short digitized excerpts from Paul Simon's album Still Crazy After All These Years. One was an original pressing, the second a Record Store Day release and the third, Mobile Fidelity's "One-Step" 45rpm extravaganza. Which was which was of course not revealed there but is now.

There was no "guessing" necessary. Readers listened and chose which one he or she (being an optimist) preferred. Deciding which might be which was an extra added attraction and the the readers choices proved two things: AnalogPlanet readers have great taste, good ears and reasoned judgement. Oops, that's three things.

File #1 was the Record Store Day 2014 release cut by Ryan K. Smith using the original master tape. Many readers thought because of its transient articulation and precision it must be the One Step 45rpm Mobile Fidelity version. Almost everyone recognized File #2 as the original. Many readers said "I think File #1 is the Mo-Fi but I prefer File #3". In fact File #3 was the Mobile Fidelity One Step pressing. Almost every reader who participated heard the files the same way sonically and so well-articulated that in the comments. Which one preferred was secondary as was identifying which was which. More important and more impressive was how consistent were the descriptions, proving once again that AnalogPlanet has the best and most perceptive audio enthusiast readers. And I'm not just blowing smoke (cough, choke, hack).

Anyway, thanks to all for participating and I hope we can do this again soon!