Awful. I prefer the 2001 Special Edition. Michael knew his work, he was the executive producer of the project.
The 2012 version is way too loud and therefore a lot of loss of the dynamics.
Off topic, but the Invincible casette (Yes, I bought tape in 2001) was the worst of all. Very low sound and a huge hiss noise.
Cassette? Wow...
The original for the original versions, but I do like how the 2001 SE sounds. The new one is not that bad though... Not great, but certainly not great.... Heard alot worse remasters by other artists. And Thriller 25 was worse than Bad 25 is IMO!
And that's an opinion I can not agree with.
Thriller 25 was was a remarkable remaster. Unmistakably good!