Are there any Tool fans here?

I have enjoyed Tool since the beginning, and have been fortunate to see them live through the years.  Nothing quite like experiencing Third Eye live.  
My personal preference prioritizes artistry over sound quality.  That being said, the audio on Undertow is the best: more air around instruments, better bass articulation.  I love all the albums, but think the late albums sound compressed.  One symptom for me is a nagging urge to keep turning up the volume, but it still never sounds ‘right’. I don’t get this feeling on Undertow.   (Does this happen to anybody else?)

I recently downloaded the last three albums at 96/24 from HD tracks.   I want to say they seem slightly improved, but purelt from the perspective of sound quality they don’t have the sparkle and depth of Undertow.   Fear Innoculum seems to be a slight improvement over 

I just saw Nick Cave live in his ‘Conversations’ tour.   He puts the priority on performance and connection with his audience, giving his all everyday.   As a bonus, the fidelity of his recordings is quite good.   Much better than TOOL recordings, for example.  
After taking audience questions for three hours, and providing quite long answers about his artistic process, etc., only one question elicited a one-word response from him and it was in regards to sound quality.  His answer was “what?”   He regarded it as such a basic question, that he didn’t even bother to answer it.  
I wish TOOL would take sound quality seriously, and release remastered versions of all previous albums.  

@auxinport I was wondering how Maynard's winery was going to do. That's a tough climate for a cab grape. I remember watching a video of him starting that up from scratch and hoping he could pull it off. Glad it is working out. The restaurant is supposed to be good too. Did you get try that?

I'm not a fan of Tool, and have no comment on the quality of their recordings. I suspect they, like most others, take their work seriously and have invested significant time and resources in their work. Occasionally I make videos of our motorcycling adventures, and my process begins with collecting media assets, organizing those assets, finding the right music, and editing the video to that music. This is a video I made with a Tool track for my best friend from high school. I guess you could say, this is what the song means to me now. I hope they (Tool) would be honored that I chose their music to compliment the spirit of our adventure.

https://vimeo.com/46799222/general

Now, THIS is some great drumming! I love drummers who play music, and she certainly does. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yw8aaqnnrg

Here's a tribute to the person who was arguably the best jazz drummer of all time ... and no, it is not Shelly Manne:

Click on each picture for the videos. 

https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video;_ylt=Awr9BNoYrLVdAcYAJT5XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEyNDloNHFiBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMzBHZ0aWQDQTA2MDdfMQRzZWMDc2M-?p=stan+levey+drummer&fr=chr-yo_gc#id=4&vid=c542367ae55fdc75adca5ff89a1e41b2&action=view