Oh gosh, it sounds so good⌠While most stuff was really compressed in this era, the early singles are great because the vocals and guitars are compressed, but the bass is not, so the compression floats on top as an aesthetic choice making it wispy and ethereal.
Ok, I bit ⌠so to speak.
Very interesting observation. Based on this, I would think one of the following tracks, which has over 4x the DR as some of the others, would not sound nearly as pleasing to you. So which one is it do you think? No cheating by looking at the file info in Roon.
killing an arab
boys donât cry
letâs go to bed
the lovecats
in between days
close to me
Roon says the CD has an overall average DR of 5. My rip is of this version. The track Iâm talking about has a DR of 2x the CD average.
I must admit that this thread has gotten me intrigued about what people hear and the various explanations for why they do. I hear a clear difference between the one track with the much higher DR vs. the others, so Iâm trying to see if I can appreciate what youâre getting at, especially with these perhaps not so highly-resolving 8 year old Sonos speakers and antiquated ears.
So the first track on the album was the one I was talking about, and I personally donât love boys donât cry and lovecats of all those songs. They sound like they have lower dynamic range as far as I can tell (not sure how to find it in Roon without playing) but its not so much the mix as the songs (I think) I donât like. But maybe itâs the mix. Whatâs the answer to the quiz?
killing an arab 10.3
boys donât cry 2.5
letâs go to bed 3.9
the lovecats 4.2
in between days 3.4
close to me 3.1
Agree. The live tracks are just amazing. The band were absolutely on it that night
Empress Ballroom in Blackpool was their best show in my opinion.
I spent this entire album trying to get roon remote working on my phone.
Good album at least.