Why Todays' CDs sound like crap

Why Todays' CDs sound like crap

http://anarchangel.blogspot.com/2008/01/why-todays-cds-sound-like-crap.html

Interesting stuff: includes comments about WWTLF and WWRY.

Too true. Vinyl will always sound better than digital. Digital lacks warmth, analog will always beat digital. The good bands record on 2" tape, just like they used to in the good ole days

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]artemismoon wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Too true. Vinyl will always sound better than digital. Digital lacks warmth, analog will always beat digital. The good bands record on 2" tape, just like they used to in the good ole days[/QUOTE]

i agree analog is much better

I don't even have to click the link. The answer is loudness. Pushing it too far and killing dynamics.

Wow.

I took a CD back to the shop the other day, complained that it sounded like crap. The salesguy told me that it was in stunning digital clarity, and I waved him off and told him that it was the band that was the problem.
Todays CDs do indeed sound terrible, he agreed, and we hi-fived over a brandy and cigars. For an encore I made out with the cute red-headed saleslady standing next to me.

I hate todays CDs, but there's always an upshot to this kind of thing.

Something I've noticed is if I record vinyl onto CD, the CD actually DOES retain a lot of the "warm" vinyl sound. So I don't think CDs are necessarily the culprit, it's the mastering of them (as the article shows).

Also there was some study on people's brains recently that showed they don't get the same emotional response from an MP3 as an uncompressed file, because the supposedly inaudible highs and lows that are stripped out apparently do make a difference. Plus people's brains have to work harder to fill in the missing pieces.

We had three whole lectures about analog VS digital in Maths

I do prefer records, but the only problem is they are so hard to come by here unless you live in the main centres, not to mention a record player will set you back nearly $400

Don't worry, the cd like we know it won't be here anymore in a few years. The industrie is brainstorming for alternatives, but what Radiohead did with In Rainbows is pretty much where we're heading.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<b><font color="#FF1493">The Fairy King wrote: [/QUOTENAME]but what Radiohead did with In Rainbows is pretty much where we're heading. [/QUOTE]

I for one hope not. I much prefer to have stuff in physical form, i.e CD, Vinyl etc. And especially vinyl, where not only is the audio far superior, the artwork is as well.

The artwork of vinyl is much better than the artwork of a cd, but a cd is more practical in use.

Modern new releases on vinyl are sounding the same as on a cd. That's because the music is recorded digital in the studio. When a digital sound is put onto vinyl it doesn't make any difference to a new cd.

It used to be a difference, but everyone who claims to hear a difference between a 2007 vinyl release which has been recorded digitally and the same music on a 2007 cd-release is talking nonsense. Vinyl only sounds better for the old anolog recordings. (for example the EMI anniversary re-release of A day at the races LP, the sound on vinyl is superb, but that's because of the pimped anolog recording)

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<b><font color="#FF1493">The Fairy King wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Don't worry, the cd like we know it won't be here anymore in a few years. The industrie is brainstorming for alternatives, but what Radiohead did with In Rainbows is pretty much where we're heading. [/QUOTE]

Well that will be a world where I won't buy music. I refuse to pay to download an album. I want the physical product, not some digital file.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]PieterMC wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<b><font color="#FF1493">The Fairy King wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Don't worry, the cd like we know it won't be here anymore in a few years. The industrie is brainstorming for alternatives, but what Radiohead did with In Rainbows is pretty much where we're heading. [/QUOTE]

Well that will be a world where I won't buy music. I refuse to pay to download an album. I want the physical product, not some digital file.[/QUOTE]Only stupid people want to OWN what they pay for, Pieter. Only stupid people.

I wonder if all those 'Digital sucks' people can pick out the one song from Made in Heaven which was recorded and mixed analog.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]FriedChicken<br><font size=1>The Almighty</font> wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I wonder if all those 'Digital sucks' people can pick out the one song from Made in Heaven which was recorded and mixed analog. [/QUOTE]

Wasn't it only the version from the USA single for that song? I remember Brian saying something about that many years ago.

Or is there one song (and only one) in the MIH CD that was recorded and mixed analog?

I can guess by looking at the times the songs were actually recorded but I don't know how were they mixed.

Tell the difference by listening to them? I don't think I could, but let's see someone else give it a try.

Wiley