Mi Amigo !
I come from a long time ago when Vinyl was all there was..
Then Reel to Reel Tape at 7-1/2 ips, Cassette, CD, SACD, HDCD, and now, processed, compressed, sound..
Want to hear something really bad ? Listen to XM/Sirius Satellite Radio..
Ugh.. I still have it in my Jeep for those long trips to Tejas and back..
Otherwise, it would be so gone..
Have listened to a lot of SACD HDCD, regular CD,etc., music, and it is amazing how badly recorded, mixed, or whatever went wrong is out there..
Crosby, Stills, and Nash, have some of the worst sounding CD`s ever.. Even in HDCD SACD formats.. Too much bass and lower end mixed in..
I think they let Stephen Stills be in charge of this and he is deaf in one ear and can`t hear out of the other.. That probably explains it..
Some of the absolute Best recorded, mixed, etc., SACD`s are done by Elton John; his early albums from the 70`s - amazing, clear, beautifully mixed sound..
I run Definitive Technology speakers and they are really good at not coloring the music.. Beautiful, heavy, perfect, gloss black cabinets made by Kimball Piano. The very low distortion Yamaha Aventage equipment really helps keep it pretty darn close to what came out of the studio too..
My all time Favorite - Blood, Sweat, and Tears, 1968, Hybrid Multichannel SACD, Track-9 -
"Blues- Part II" Amazing sound in all 7 channels.. 8 - Rock Infused Jazz Musicians, 1 incredible Singer - David Clayton Thomas.. This was the group that Chicago listened to..
Dan F
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