Bad recordings and high end audio

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. 

@arcticdeth,

"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!"


My brother also met Shane Embury back in the late 80s. Shane even signed a £10 note for him which he kept taped above his bed.

After Napalm Death folded my brother then followed Carcass for a while. Those were days when you could stand and chat afterwards with the likes of Shane Embury and Bill Steer.
I always mean to ask my brother for the name of that LP (Tankard?) he used to play back in the day.

It was one of the very best recordings I've ever heard - tons of dynamic range and great clarity throughout. 

@cd318.  
   That’s what’s nice about metal, hangin w the band before or after the show, handshakes, signing stuff, pictures.

   Still have many photos of me with Raven, onslaught, trouble, and 100 other bands I’ve met over the past 30+ years. Met napalm death a few times, good kids!

  

I have to agree, I am also a Magnepan owner and Zep recordings are pretty poor.  I have ( Don't tell anyone) a small Schitt Audio EQ for recordings that are FUBAR . The unit is a little "transistor-y" sounding BUT it makes poor recordings listenable. You can get them used for 100 bucks or so....
Enjoy