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.
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!
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@limomangus Exactly! When I'm listening to a gorgeous-sounding recording I'm left wondering why can't ALL my albums sound this good? |
With all due respect, I also politely disagree about "The Nightfly". One of my favorite albums and one of the best recorded. What I find funny is that this album was one of the first to be recorded digitally. Since it was so new, this so called "Digital Glare" could have been from anything in the recording chain, from a microphone to a cable to whatever, but oh no, it's a digital recording, so it's automatically the culprit...just sayin'. I've stated this many times, I don't give a rat's patutty how it got on the record, I care what comes off. That's what this hobby is about...for me anyway. |
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