In Mobile Age, Sound Quality Steps Back

“I like hearing the ORIGINAL 16track tape hiss on the Black Sabbath CDs”

Yup! Sabbath is tremendous, those first six albums are hard to beat!

I think a big part is how people listen to music today. For most folks it’s mostly while doing something else—driving, jogging, reading, and on crappy speakers or ear buds. And doing it a song at a time from different artists. So the cats mastering the music keep that in mind, and make the mix as loud and in your face as possible, in order to ensure that their tune has just as much chance of getting noticed as everyone elses. A mix like that is going to sound awful on a decent home hi-fi, whether its on vinyl, cd or some form of electronic media, but with ear buds you might not notice it.

The cats who like to listen to loud music on their home hi-fi system are few and far between. I love kicking the rock. There are lotsa new and old artists whose mixes still sound awesome, and I think more and more are recognizing the problem and rebelling against it.

Freegards, rock on

I was wondering how long until the “Mc” word showed up.

I’ll never forget hearing some classical guitar stuff, don’t remember who the artist was, through a system of Revox reel, McIntosh preamp/amp, Soundcraftsmen EQ and Klipsch speakers back in the 70s. It gave me chills. ‘Course, the room was tweaked for sound like that.

WOW, just WOW!

My AMT-1A’s have been kickin’ a** for almost 40 years now. Freegards!

Same model here. I've rebuilt them once with new surrounds
on the woofer and passive radiator and new diaphragms. One
of he best speakers ever made.

Thanks for your input. I lost me hearing on the gun range, riding Harley’s and....... Rock & Roll. :>)

I’ll start shopping.

I'm hearing impaired for almost exactly the same reasons. I have a Yamaha graphic equalizer on my system and have the
sound tailored to the high end audio loss that I have. It
would probably sound too “bright” to most people.

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