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Is Recording quality the real culprit?

We spend Thousands on trying to improve the sound of what we listen to. But isn’t it really more of a problem that we can’t really overcome, eg. Recording quality? It’s so frustrating to have a really nice system and then to be at the mercy of some guy who just didn’t spend the time to do things better when things were being recorded.

Fortunately many artists make sure things are done well, but so many just don’t make it happen.

It can sound really good but just doesn’t have that Great quality we desire.

So why are we wasting our time spending so much money on audio equipment?

emergingsoul
jpwarren58
671 posts
 

I still sing along in my car with a subwoofer under my seat. It's all beating a log with a stick. The real question is why we enjoy it so much. Too many equate audio as some sort of search. It can be but to some it is a sad intersection of insecurity and cash/debt.

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jayctoy
4,069 posts
 

There are so many good recordings nowadays but you have to pay the premium.

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j-wall
369 posts
 

My biggest issue is with vinyl pressing quality. I can't even hear what they intended in the studio because most modern pressings are so poor. Sure there's a few high fidelity companies and people trying to push the envelope, but there's just so much horrid vinyl out there it makes the music unlistenable for the modern music fan. 

boxcarman
417 posts
 

I believe you have to consider the mixing and mastering as well as the recording.  I have some originals on vinyl and CD that do not sound nearly as good as the remastered version streamed on Qobuz.

dayglow
1,907 posts
 

Comparing car audio to a HEA system with vinyl playback is ludicrous!

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