[Scott Dorsey]

wrote:
On 6 Sep, 23:09, "Geoff" wrote:

What say two songs sound really different in a studio ?

Why would anyone deliberately make a song sound flat, dull and
lifeless?

To make it match with the rest of the album, or because it has to be
in the inner groove of an LP.

Why does a classic album rereleased and remastered sound better than
the first release from the mid 80s?

Usually they don't. Most of the remastering jobs I have heard are
butchering the original recordings and compressing the crap out of them.

Why did Q magazine, the last time I looked, give albums ratings for
sound quality?

Because albums vary in sound quality as well as style.

Do you seriously expect the whole world to believe that absolutely
everyone working in the business knows exactly what they're doing,
that all studios sound totally perfect, it's a totally level playing
field, that every album released in the last 40 years sounds great,
especially despite huge technical advances in that time?

No, but there is an enormously wide range of "good" and what is "good"
for one style or piece is totally inappropriate for another.
--scott

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