Some CDs are just plain junk. Overloud, (clipped), poorly balanced/mixed and can be annoying. I have a Better Midler CD which while I like the music, is nearly unlistenable because of the low level distortion from start to finish.
paranoid listener, bad recordings
I tend to listen apprehensively for some reason not understanding how durable speakers are at my listening level. So, I hear distortion from time to time coming out of my speakers and freak out thinking i have damaged them. But, I am beginning to think it is on the recordings.
Right now i have a pair of gallo 3.1's in my den that i am wrestling with room position (see other post) because of limited options. I put on some joni mitchell or typically pop recordings, sometimes older jazz, and will hear the distortion. I listen around 75-85db levels.
Am I paranoid, is the distortion in the recordings and should it sound like this on occasion? Is that too loud?
Right now i have a pair of gallo 3.1's in my den that i am wrestling with room position (see other post) because of limited options. I put on some joni mitchell or typically pop recordings, sometimes older jazz, and will hear the distortion. I listen around 75-85db levels.
Am I paranoid, is the distortion in the recordings and should it sound like this on occasion? Is that too loud?