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On a different note, share the artists you own that DON'T sound good

Use whatever parameters you pay attention to. Timbres, dynamics, clarity, imaging, soundstage, top-end, mids, bottom-end, etc.

In my collection, the artists that (usually) don't sound good are-

Faces

Rod Stewart 

(early) Rolling Stones

(some) Ted Nugent

(some) Eric Clapton

(early) Aerosmith

(early) Beatles

(early) Credence

(early) Doobie Bros

(early) The Clash

Foghat

(early) The Who

(early) ZZ Top

(early) Led Zeppelin 

Janice Joplin

I've probably overlooked some other stinkers in my collection

Thank  God for talented remastering engineers!

tomcarr
g2the2nd
344 posts
 

Stomu Yamashta and Al Dimeola album GO

 

great music sadly mediocre SQ.

tomcarr OP
1,816 posts
 

@g2the2nd Very disappointing when great music is poorly recorded.

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limomangus
2,000 posts
 

Unfortunately some early stuff and new  music is really recorded very bad.I don't know are the recording engineers listening to this stuff.Or the singer or group themselves. Or are they just happy to be recorded. 

tomcarr OP
1,816 posts
 

@limomangus Exactly! When I'm listening to a gorgeous-sounding recording I'm left wondering why can't ALL my albums sound this good?

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onhwy61
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"The Nightfly" is still Fagen's best album.  Sometimes you have to stop obsessing about sound and just enjoy the music.

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