Seth,
It's all in your head!
Just kidding, there are differences. Lots of reasons, here's some.
1. Different recording engineers producing the songs on the same CD. The recording engineer will use his idea of how the song should sound, then his ear to put that sound on the CD. If you've ever played in a band, you know how important finding a good soundman is, his ear can make or break you sometimes. Jonnell Mosser has a CD where one song has a compressed soundstage while the next one opens up and spreads out.
2. The artist wants the songs to sound a certain way, perhaps to add a mood. Some artists might want a particular song to sound like it's from a different era. The Eels make a few songs that sound like they're off of an old scratched record or that they're being played on an old gramaphone.
3. The original songs were recorded at different times and on different machines, then transferred to a machine for CD production. The timing clocks may not match up perfectly, that's why a CD recorded on a home computer might sound better when it's played back on that same computer.
I see that you sold your JM Labs/Focal speakers, what'd you get to replace them?
Chuck
It's all in your head!
Just kidding, there are differences. Lots of reasons, here's some.
1. Different recording engineers producing the songs on the same CD. The recording engineer will use his idea of how the song should sound, then his ear to put that sound on the CD. If you've ever played in a band, you know how important finding a good soundman is, his ear can make or break you sometimes. Jonnell Mosser has a CD where one song has a compressed soundstage while the next one opens up and spreads out.
2. The artist wants the songs to sound a certain way, perhaps to add a mood. Some artists might want a particular song to sound like it's from a different era. The Eels make a few songs that sound like they're off of an old scratched record or that they're being played on an old gramaphone.
3. The original songs were recorded at different times and on different machines, then transferred to a machine for CD production. The timing clocks may not match up perfectly, that's why a CD recorded on a home computer might sound better when it's played back on that same computer.
I see that you sold your JM Labs/Focal speakers, what'd you get to replace them?
Chuck