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

Add the 70's recordings of Little Feat. They are playable in the car, but sadly sound distant and muffled on my home system.  The Analogue Productions LP of Waiting for Columbus is the best sounding of the lot.

-- Billy Joel
-- Electric Light Orchestra
-- Steve Miller Band

I love the songs, but never heard any songs by any of them that got my attention with their sound quality.  A few songs are okay.  But none that I have heard sound outstanding.

Dan Fogelberg. Love his way with words and his music, but most of his recordings are quite bad.  He played multiple instruments in many of his recordings and used multiple tracks to make one final mix.  He was a great musician, but sadly many recordings fall short of what they could have been. 

Many of my bootlegs of various artists.  Jeff Beck, the Grateful Dead, the Who and Little Feat to name a few.  Most are audience recordings made in the 70s.  I attended most of the shows so the nostalgia is great but the sound is usually poor.  Especially on my best system,

Yeah tune head....Yoko....I don't call that music ,at all.I tried over 50 years ago and said ...NOPE.