Am about to pick up the new Foo's record today, has anyone given that a listen? Is the quality good? Tired of getting crap sounding records.
FWIW, haven't listened to it yet on Tidal, usually try to go the record route first.
Almost not bearable.
Skimming through today's releases on qobuz and Tidal, saw that foo Fighters had a new record out and tapped play on qobuz. After a 45 seconds into the first track I skipped to second thinking it was something wrong with the first but it's just as bad 😒 .
Started Tidal and it sounds better but just..
Anybody else had a listen and had a similar experience of this insane compressor abuse?
Personally I would never have let something like this leave my studio .
Tragic as it is I really like the songs and the record is after all really good 👍
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@mswale unless it was mastered differently the record will be similar to streaming version as far as compression goes. let us know how it sounds. |
@knittersspouse nice post! Welcome to the fold, madhouse, club, whatever one might call it. 🙏 |
*** Acceptance regarding poor recordings is fine(necessary) but validating them "for the content" is ridiculous. Content and SQ are two different entities and need to be critiqued on an individual basis. *** Couldn’t disagree more. Sound quality specifics of a recording can be valid artistic choices as part of the overall artistic message of the artist. Sometimes getting outside our audiophile expectations can be a good thing. Of course, sometimes the sound simply sucks.
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@frogman Artistic intentions that deliberately create poor sound quality would never be an interest or on my playlist. Why would anyone validate poor SQ as an artistic form? For many of us there is no "shame" in having Audiophile sensibilities despite the current social media backlash. |
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