What with gold prices the way they are nowadays it somehow makes those of us with the old mofi 24-carat cds regret not getting more of them when we had the chance to and for me I'll just have to settle with the ones that I do have such as Daryl Hall & John Oates' "Voices", Supertramp's "Breakfast In America", Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" and now this: the best sounding version of Cream's "Wheels of Fire".  Having heard the more recent SHM release I have to say that this DCC gold set still trumps it for overall sound quality.  Sure the compression on the former makes the overall volume louder and as a result certain details are more evident but the reduced dynamic range is a costly tradeoff and for me the latter release allows the recording to breathe more and hence comes across much warmer.  This is not to say that the former is poor sound quality but the compression means too many bass notes sound muddy or so close to overdrive that it affects my overall enjoyment of the whole listening experience.  Give this fan the DCC Gold which for now for the reasons mentioned above remains my favourite sound quality-wise.