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

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

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

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.

The debut Queen album is so muddy I need galoshes.

Early Clash sounds awesome even when the sound is bad…