Why aren't Rush fans more audiophile-natured?

Mr. Mapman :"The fact that most people like music but are NOT considered audiophiles these days says a lot".
yes, I am with you 100%. I enjoyed listening the sound of music yesterday and today. But I refused to chase the sound of yesterday as an audiophile with vintage tools.

Bee,

I'm with you.

I love the looks of classic cars and enjoy an occasional spin in one, but things have moved on. Same true with good sound and pretty much everything of value based on technology.

Rush has released their catalog on Hi-res download and it sounds great. Especially, the previously catastrophically bad Vapor Trails. The hi-res version of VT is fantastic. I always had a strong suspicion that album had very good tunes on it. I threw out my original disk after about 5 listens 10+ years ago.

The new disk, A Clockwork Angels, in my opinion a top 5 RUSH album.

I always take some RUSH when I demo speakers. I recently listened to Tom Sawyer and YYZ on hi-res with KEF Blade speakers and that is now my next speakers to get.

I was a Rush fanatic as teenager-as an old man I still buy their records and go to the gigs.

My honest opinion is that the production on Rush's records are mostly mediocre and even the classic era stuff doesn't particularly shine.

Maybe that's had an impact in the type of people drawn to their music-maybe not as I don't think you can make that comparison.

As for the recent releases including the softened up Vapour Trails-they aren't great records to listen to on a high end system-also VT is a terrible record in terms of songs.
The remasters-just about everything are merely ok.

Clockwork Angels is a decent record certainly never a top 5 Rush record...imho of course.

06-10-14: Notec
Because:

1.) Rush sucks after MOVING PICTURES

I like Power Windows. It's great album and very well recorded nearly on all of releases.