Dick's / Dave's picks

The Daves Picks that have been coming out are not well mastered in my opinion.  They are very dark and just not EQ'd like Dead music should be.  When you compare the quality to the earlier Dicks Picks, it is quite a difference.  I was being lambasted for that opinion on Hoffman forums but it's very easy to hear if you have a good system.  

I didn't subscribe this year because I found the Dave's Picks from prior years to be poorly mastered.  If you compare them to older Dick's Picks it is a big difference.  If someone noticed an improvement in 2017 CDs I'd love to hear that they are doing a better job.

I have bootlegs that sound better than the Dave's Picks which which showed that they did not go through Plangent process.  They are all murky and I also notice that there is often very annoying distortion on certain frequencies, especially on Jerry solos.  That was at least apparent on the last one from last year that I got.