I haven't noticed, but it doesn't surprise me. The younger generations don't pay much attention to musical details... The real audio engineers are dead or working in much higher paying jobs.
They probably hire people for their computer skills, not audio talent.
Channels reversed in streaming versions of older albums
I was going back and forth between the turntable and streaming, comparing some albums and songs. I noticed on Al Stewart Year of the Cat, the channels were reversed on the streaming version. Then I semi randomly pulled out Clapton Unplugged, and the same thing. It didn't matter which music service I played it from, Amazon, Qobuz and Tidal.
I did verify with the HFN&RR test record that my turntable is correctly hooked up. Then I found a test record stream from one of the services, and it too played correctly with the left/right test.
Is this a common thing? It's kind of annoying, you'd think the digital transfers/remasters would have gotten it right.
I did verify with the HFN&RR test record that my turntable is correctly hooked up. Then I found a test record stream from one of the services, and it too played correctly with the left/right test.
Is this a common thing? It's kind of annoying, you'd think the digital transfers/remasters would have gotten it right.
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