I have plenty of recordings that "suck" but the music is incredible. Most of them are just a product of their times. It is like looking at an antique. Take the trim off a stunning Philadelphia high boy and you will see the most awful dovetailing. It was viewed differently back then.
Audio is a maze. You head down a path and run into a dead end. You turn around, take a different route and bump your nose again. Over time you learn what paths lead to a dead end and eventually find a right path. Hopefully, along the way you learn how things work and how to do manipulate the technology to your purpose.
I started young. I got my first record player at the age of 4. My father had a great system in it's day making my own players sound like sh-t. So, I started down the path of improvement. I built my first Dynakit at the age of 13. Using a soldering iron was a necessity as I could not afford anything but kits. I had to earn the money to buy everything. Used equipment was the rule otherwise. It has been a long evolutionary process with several long periods of stasis (children are expensive.) I have always had an upgrade path in mind and I am on a roll again. Technology moves on and I am an early adopter. There is always room for improvement and I do not expect to stop any time soon. The kids are on their own and my wife and I do not have a very expensive lifestyle. There is money to burn and I plan on burning it.
Audio is a maze. You head down a path and run into a dead end. You turn around, take a different route and bump your nose again. Over time you learn what paths lead to a dead end and eventually find a right path. Hopefully, along the way you learn how things work and how to do manipulate the technology to your purpose.
I started young. I got my first record player at the age of 4. My father had a great system in it's day making my own players sound like sh-t. So, I started down the path of improvement. I built my first Dynakit at the age of 13. Using a soldering iron was a necessity as I could not afford anything but kits. I had to earn the money to buy everything. Used equipment was the rule otherwise. It has been a long evolutionary process with several long periods of stasis (children are expensive.) I have always had an upgrade path in mind and I am on a roll again. Technology moves on and I am an early adopter. There is always room for improvement and I do not expect to stop any time soon. The kids are on their own and my wife and I do not have a very expensive lifestyle. There is money to burn and I plan on burning it.
