Bad recordings and high end audio

The old demos I listen too, are simply hideous, my system is very revealing, and reveals every flaw, 90% of the old demos I listen to are just scum and sound like a band playing in a garbage can!

 Some older metal bands sound amazing and sublime!
  The recording is the answer!
many of my old releases sound great!
 Tank, Motörhead, Raven, Samson, Y&T, onslaught, sodom, venom (hahahah usually always bad) 
  So what, if it’s music you love, then listen!!
 I have a box of old demo tapes I traded with several buddies from the U.K., including Shane Embry from Napalm death, whom I met through trading addresses from metal maniacs, metal edge, and hit parader magazines in the 80’s and 90’s!
   I still play them, and enjoy them, 
if it sounds poor, so what, listen to what u love!!

  Many of my old cd recordings sound poor, even my first Humble Pie album, has poor sound,....so what. 
 Listen to what you like, and enjoy it!
    I listen to accept through ZZ Top,....metal, rock, tons of blues, 
just enjoy the music my friend!

 I listen to BATHORY, which is a poor and seriously bad recording, sounds like Quorthon playing through a garbage can, and also , I listen to many Japanese SHM CDs, and blue spec -2 CDs, which sound superb! Gary Moore, numerous shm CDs in metal titles. 

 Just listen and enjoy what you love!  90% of music is recording dependent, I have records and CDs from the first ones made on the mid 80’s to newer , and many old records, to (only a few) of the 2010 or newer pressed records, which most sound like tripe garbage!

   I don’t know, I drop the needle, and press play on my CD player to so many bands, , many sound like horse apples, many sound superb and more or less, poor, good, great, superb, etc etc. 


 long winded post I know,..l.l.just listen to your music, and don’t worry about being some silly audiophile with the useless words, ....airy, air around instruments,  3D etc,.....whatever,”!

 Drop the needle on an LP, PRESS play on a cd, or press play on a cassette recorded to cd.

 Just enjoy. 
I have so many metal recordings on tape to cd, LP to cd, etc,..



enjoy the music, that is all!!

 Currently, I’m listening to a Destruction 7” of whiplash (metallisnatch) cover.  I recorded it to my. Hard drive , and cleaned it, recorded it to a taiyo yuden cd, and even it sounds subpar, I love my music!

 Just listen to your tunes, and don’t listen to what others think!!



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@ghdprentice That's an awesome story! I can only hope my story follows yours! 

@arcticdeth. Thank you! I think that is great advice. I do believe I will develop a side hobby in search of the best recording of the music I want to listen to as described by others. 

After purchasing a new component, I employ what I call the “crap” test as seen in the following post on another forum.

https://db.audioasylum.com/mhtml/m.html?forum=amp&n=103667&highlight=Crap+test+DeeCee&r=...

The follow up thread comments were also interesting, although they focused mainly on my then new passive line controller (as opposed to the system as a whole).

I love the Japanese shm-cd and the spec-II(2) cds
they seem to have a warmer sound, or tone, as compared to reg editions.

 I have the original epic Boston self titled cd, and the Boston Shm-cd.
the shm-cd is so much more relaxed, extracts better resolution, the guitar and vocals are so warm, and deeper in tone, it just envelopes me more, Brad Delp’s vocals are so flawless, he just .....

lone of the many CDs to make the hair stand up on my arms and neck.    I love the Japanese CDs, they take pride in their recordings!

 Minus those scorpions CDs from a few years ago, which the treble is so high it hurts. 
 Now a days, that I can afford them, and such, I try to buy the Japanese CDs ONLY if they have the extra songs, which I missed for the past 30 years. 
  Waiting for the Gary Moore Spec II CD “how blue can you get?”
I have a rip from a cousin, but, I will compare the 2, I’m sure the Japanese cd will be far superior than the cheap usa/uk cd version

  also, for the collector metalheads,......


 Sodom genesis cd is being re-released on shm-cd format. With additional tracks from the bombenhagel Ep (3 songs)%

I bought the original version, which pisses me off, that a couple months after the initial release, they release another version w bonus songs!

 Just release 1 version!
this gets me po’d as a huge Sodom fan and collector. 
   Met Sodom at Milwaukee metal fest years ago,.through Sabi Sabev, he’s a good guy, bought ton rare stuff from him.