"Bridge Over Trouble Water" sounds artificial

most of the recordings I enjoyed when I was younger, I can't listen to on digital.  I have to get vinyl to enjoy them.

Am I still the only one who feels that favorite songs sound their best on AM radio? Even classical. That will not help OP, but when the topic has been brushed against, I thought I'd ask.

Check another recording of the same song. This happens to me all the time. It’s all these remasters. They add stuff you’ve never heard before to give it that “master” tag. It sounds horrible. Drive me batty i tell ya 

Those two recordings are apples and oranges. 

All recordings are produced differently. If that is what you are hearing it is probably an indicator that your hifi is delivering what is in the recording better than before. 


Recordings are what they are not want the listener thinks they should be. Important to realize that and not fall into the endless trap of thinking a good hifi can make all recordings sound the way you think they should. Otherwise you end up on the hifi merry go round with no chance of ever getting off.

On the other hand, most of Paul Simon's solo releases sound quite nice on CD.