To those who don't like The Nightfly recording (and I am not one, I like it a lot) I'm curious how many of you have listened the live Nightfly album? The SQ is quite good and it's a more recent digital recording so maybe less of the glare you're experiencing. I'm not normally into live recordings but there are a few I like and that's definitely one of them. It's also available in Hi-Res.
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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The wild cards in all of this are the pressing plant and mastering. The sonics can vary wildly even with first pressings. Not all remasters are bad. @rtrlover The impex remaster of Souveniers is outstanding. In general, though, I think a lot of the Stone's recordings sound muddy. |
@rbgator94 Agreed on U2's earlier stuff, Though I love Joshua Tree so much I'm willing to tweak it with EQ to make it a little more palatable. I think Achtung Baby and All That You Can't Leave Behind are pretty decent or at least better recordings. |
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