... thoughts on Taylor Swift's REPUTATION CD...


Hello to all... Am wondering how other audiophile folks who critically listen to music as coordinated recorded sounds access the newest offering from Taylor Swift.

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I find the recording fairly well done: abit thumpy throughout (which seems to be the trend in pop/indie music for the masses), but highly divergent in tones, dynamics, and harmonies. Deep and wide soundstage... Most vocals (within my system) are believeable (for the most part) but sometimes muddy up at the complicated refrains with several overdubs of her voice...

I think this is a good stereo test recording. YOUR THOUGHTS APPRECIATED...
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This morning I also listened to som of the tracks on my large systems which are Westlake (used for "Thriller" and "Bad") and ATC 150 (used for most recordings). I actually need the 15 inch woofers of the ATC to reproduce the heavy kicks and the bottoms in the superb "Delicate" to make it sound what you would consider as correct. Most of the tracks are really powerful and very well done. I'm actually reconsidering my thoughts on Swift :-)
They are however not without faults, probably because of heavy digital processing. But I would say in its genre reference quality. And testing this cd loud on a lot of "audiophile" speakers voiced for "smooth" reproducing of music will certainly uncover them....
In my opinion this cd is very dynamic. But because the average level is rather loud it could be that the measurement method behind the DR list doesn't do it justice. In most of the tracks there are nearly silent parts followed by a loud part which I call dynamic, maybe a 25 db change from one moment to another.  

If you like Swift you may also like Dua Lipa. 
And i would like to recommend a masterwork in this or similar genre Christian Falk cd "Quel Bordelo" including the, at the time, top range of swedish musicians.
OH ON! Dua Lipa is rated 5 - 4 - 7 on the DR Scale: obviously unlistenable to some (lol) - BUT THAT WON'T STOP ME FROM A LISTEN...