While the MGM LaserDisc from the early '90s sounds terrible, the Criterion LD sounds better. The Criterion still sounds rather woolly (everything above ~7 kHz is attenuated), so perhaps an earlier release (LaserDisc or VHS) sounds better.
The opening music on the DVD has been spliced in from a different source; it sounds markedly better than the rest of the film. The rest has more noise reduction than the Criterion LaserDisc.
The blu-ray is like the DVD but with some minor additional filtering.
I happened upon a copy of the 1981 Magnetic Video Corporation VHS tape. The Hi-Fi track has about the same detail as the blu-ray on dialog except less aggressive EQ to attenuate frequencies above 7k, but also has some rough noise reduction.
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