Neil Young or someone similar, I believe is also one of the founders/investors of the "Dynamic Range Data Base" https://dr.loudness-war.info/ being very opposed to "compression"
Cheers George
Cheers George
Deja Vu all over again
Neil Young or someone similar, I believe is also one of the founders/investors of the "Dynamic Range Data Base" https://dr.loudness-war.info/ being very opposed to "compression" Cheers George |
Here 2 x Fleetwood Mac albums I listened to last night that I have a few re-issues/remastered versions of, and it’s definitely the earliest ones that have the better relaxed feel to them as they have the greater DR and quieter passages between the louder transients ones, which gives more "air" around the music. (all green is good) red, orange, yellow compressed https://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=Fleetwood+Mac&album=Rumours https://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=Fleetwood+Mac&album=Fleetwood+Mac Cheers George |
According to that database my 1970s pressings of Fleetwood Mac have a dynamic range equivalent to digital. I didn’t realize that. So my 50 year old records are a good reference. Good thing I’ve kept my analog rig up to date. Heart’s Dreamboat Annie and Little Queen were some of the best sounding rock albums in the mid 70s. The bass sounded great on just about any stereo. Shops like to use them to audition speakers back then. The hi res versions of these albums on Qobuz sound pretty good to me but I still prefer the vinyl- especially my London pressing of Dreamboat Annie. |
Heart’s Dream Boat Annie (which I have the 1997 7243 8 19826-2) were all a little compressed (streamed/download a little worse), which means so were the masters, and there’s nothing that can be done about then. https://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=Heart&album=Dreamboat+Annie Cheers George |