Jahn
Headphoneus Supremus Prolificus
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well i just DL'd some new singles off of itunes - it's 128 AAC i know, but i've had some recent success finding rips that actually sounded decent on my rig.
Not so with the Black Eyed Peas' new one, "Don't Phunk with my Heart." GAR this thing is recorded SO hot it's basically frying bacon in the red! Dammit- it's a fun car song when the stereo stinks so bad that it masks the problem, but with headphones (even my portable rig) this track is unusable. RATS. We need a recording engineer Saviour...
Another gripe - I thought I was safe buying the import CD of "Jetstream" by New Order, especially since the album was recorded ok. I was wrong. ALL of the mixes, even the album version on the single, are recorded so hot they are actually DISTORTED! I can't stand it! WAH! Dammit! Again, it sounds fine out of my crappy boombox, but put it in a decent rig and you start to cringe - even with my 0404 to solo to sony receiver to wharfedale speakers, it sounds like it's trying to crinkle my tweeters!
thanks for the vent, this really pissed me off.
Not so with the Black Eyed Peas' new one, "Don't Phunk with my Heart." GAR this thing is recorded SO hot it's basically frying bacon in the red! Dammit- it's a fun car song when the stereo stinks so bad that it masks the problem, but with headphones (even my portable rig) this track is unusable. RATS. We need a recording engineer Saviour...
Another gripe - I thought I was safe buying the import CD of "Jetstream" by New Order, especially since the album was recorded ok. I was wrong. ALL of the mixes, even the album version on the single, are recorded so hot they are actually DISTORTED! I can't stand it! WAH! Dammit! Again, it sounds fine out of my crappy boombox, but put it in a decent rig and you start to cringe - even with my 0404 to solo to sony receiver to wharfedale speakers, it sounds like it's trying to crinkle my tweeters!
thanks for the vent, this really pissed me off.