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Hotel California sounds good on the radio.

Hotel California came on the  local classic hits station while Was driving the other day. It sounded better than the other "classic hits" they played that trip. I got to thinking, Dark Side of the Moon and Reelin' in the Years sound good on the radio too. So when they say an album sounds lousy because it was mixed to "sound good on the radio", is it an excuse for poor workmanship?

jsbail

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jsbail OP
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I am not commenting on the music. I am observing that recordings known to be of high quality sound on our audiophile systems sound as good or better than recordings that sound terrible on revealing systems. It is often said the bad recordings sound that way because they are "mixed to sound good on the radio". 

jsbail OP
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As I said, I was not commenting on the music. My post is about the quality of the recording. I like the music on my old Rolling Stones records. They sound like crap on my audiophile system. It has been explained to me it is because they are "mixed for radio". So why does well recorded music sound as good or better on the radio then the poor sounding ones "mixed for radio"

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