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

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.

Lots of old Blues albums sound terrible but the music makes up for it. Charlie Patton, Robert Johnson, etc.