I don't mind 'bad' music since this is subjective - hey, I even tolerated William Shatner's recent 2 CD talk-a-thon :-). It's the *incompetence* that I get angry at where decent music gets willingly destroyed as suggested by many posts above. My list of disappointments:
- Metallica - Death Magnetic (2008)- at least there was the Guitar Hero version - Depeche Mode - Playing The Angel (2005) - one of my favorite bands, what are you guys thinking!? The SACD release is significantly better - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (1999) - at least there's the "unmastered version" floating around - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium (2006) - at least there's Steve Hoffman's vinyl mastering - Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm With You (2011) You know, the 2011 Chili Peppers album is particularly disturbing given all the frustration around Californication & Stadium Arcadium. Imagine, it measures as DR4 (foobar Dynamic Range plugin: dynamicrange.de/en/tt-dynamic-range-meter-plugin-all-platforms-available). They're even marketing this as "mastered for iTunes" as if it's some badge of honour! http://productionadvice.co.uk/mastered-for-itunes/ I really hope there's a "Lifetime Shame Award" for the likes of Vlado Meller ("mastering engineer") to celebrate his deafness and ineptitude. Check out this interview, sickening... http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/090211mastering -- Archimago ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archimago's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85882 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
