Folks have been saying that digital is poor-sounding compared to their old vinyl. I'm wondering if the big problem isn't that digital sounds bad, per se, but maybe a a lot of the problem is that most recordings are mixed and mastered by engineers who don't care about the sounds of the end result, and only want to mix it really loud and get it out the door.
I have also read that mastering of recordings has changed, for the worse, since the days of vinyl, before CD. I listen to rock, jazz, jazz/fusion a lot and I am finding that practically every CD in these genres that comes out these days are heavily compressed and in general sound like crap.
So maybe a lot of the problem is in the mastering for CD?
I am getting disheartened. So maybe CDs in my favorite genres sounds like crap that I'm almost thinking of getting out of the game.
I have also read that mastering of recordings has changed, for the worse, since the days of vinyl, before CD. I listen to rock, jazz, jazz/fusion a lot and I am finding that practically every CD in these genres that comes out these days are heavily compressed and in general sound like crap.
So maybe a lot of the problem is in the mastering for CD?
I am getting disheartened. So maybe CDs in my favorite genres sounds like crap that I'm almost thinking of getting out of the game.