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Any U2 Fans Here?

I just picked up U2's "No Line On The Horizon" CD album after I got hooked to one particular track "Magnificent". Instead of turning up the volume and enjoying the music I find myself lowering down the volume and switched to some smooth jazz after less than 5 minutes of play. I didn't finish the rest of the songs on the CD. The quality of the recording is terrible. It is unfortunate good music is marred by poor quality recordings. Has anyone experienced this with the "No Line On The Horizon" album? Is there another version of high-quality recording that I may not be aware of?

Thanks in advance for any advice.
ryder
wireless200
415 posts
 
How did it get 5 stars in Rolling Stone? I'm no fan of RS but do they have any credibility left at all? I haven't really cared for a U2 album since Joshua Tree and earlier. Saw them in the late 90s for free. They were ok but not worth the $160 per ticket price they were charging at the time. We left before the last couple of songs in the encore. Bono's histronics are trying after a while.
kira
83 posts
 
The first time I listened to No Line On The Horizon I had to lower the volume on my preamp four clicks from where it had last been set. Normally it is one, maybe two clicks, up or down if any adjustment is needed. Opening song just blasted with the compression turned all the way up. Horrible sounding disc.
stevecham
3,340 posts
 
Ditto lowering the volume on the vinyl version. There is no reason why rock can't be mastered without all that ghoul damn compression. Oh right, this is music for the masses with their earbuds and mp3 players that would catch fire if there was greater than 50 dB of dynamic range pumping through them. We can't have that now can we?
kurt_tank
1,189 posts
 
No!
Not a one!
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ozzy
7,464 posts
 
NO.
Tell them to keep the politics to themselves.
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