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What in the world is going on.....

My system cost about 75000 dollars or so.  I got the rave review LP of the new Paul Simon album.....sounded pretty lousy.  I listened to the included M3P download using AirPlay through my Denon receiver and Senheisser wireless earphones, and it sounded wonderful......   What in the world is that all about....
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raymonda
855 posts
 
Roy Halee was the engineer I believe. He did the mixes on this album. 

This from Wikipedia:  Simon also worked with longtime friend Roy Halee, who is listed as co-producer on the album. Halee, who had retired years earlier, was mostly recruited to advise on how to create natural echo. He was unfamiliar with Pro Tools, so Simon helped him with it. "I always liked working with him more than anyone else," Simon noted
czarivey
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I noted that with most of modern pressings there are lots of manufacturing defects that I had to deal with by sending copies back to receive replacement. I once had to send back whole batch of poorly mastered and sounding records where the bass diminished all other notes to almost inaudible. I guess certain current releases are better-of stickin' to MP3 or other similar cwap.


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jafant
20,118 posts
 
OP-

on a highly resolving system upwards of $100K, you will hear the best/worst in recordings, warts and all...
johnnyb53
3,510 posts
 
At $75K I would assume that your signal chain is higher res than average. Also, since the LP playback is the outlier, perhaps there is some incompatibility between your stylus and the cutter head, or maybe you need to play with SRA, azimuth, VTF, etc. If your tonearm doesn't have adjustable VTA, it could be as simple as adding a thin turntable mat on top of your usual one. It's generally known that one can get a somewhat richer, lusher sound with a *slightly* tilted back tonearm.
fjn04
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I've got a couple of early press Simon LP's. One Trick Pony, and I believe S/T. The latter has Me and Julio....by the Schoolyard. These are really great sounding records, particularly OTP. I believe BOTH are Sterling Sound mastered. First of all, I will admit to being a Michael Fremer fan. What he's doing for the vinyl revolution is great. He is not afraid to tell you how he feels, for better or worse. Another album he gave a 10 for sound was The Band: Music from the Big Pink. I bought that one, with medium-high expectation, and was let down. This may be a case of what was never a good recording, made as good as it can be. Besides that, I'm not so sure what to think. We all have our days, and of course our systems can have a bad or good day, depending on power quality or what have you.... That said, Mr. Fremer has certainly hit some home runs. 

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