Coldplay on Quad 988


I am a few months into a pair of Quad 988. When the music is right they sound excellent. Vocal best I have heard. I have recently acquired the last three Coldplay CDs and all of them sound bad except when there is only vocal on the recording. Again with vocal they are excellent.
The music part of Coldplay is heavy distorted and in my mind very unattractive. What is going on?
dcaudio

Showing 2 responses by missioncoonery

yep..Holds true to most current radio type bands/music.They call it appealing to the masses I believe.With my system maybe 90% if not more of my cd collection is now not worth playing..Thats what happens when you move up the chain in higher end audio gear these days..Bad recordings sound even worse
IMO..I would never want or buy any gear that mask the quality (or lack of) in a recording..Makes no sense if you think about it..