Unless you're referring to when they started mixing mono albums into stereo, then yeah. Those albums were never meant to be listened in stereo, and I wouldn't listen to a remaster of any of them unless they were officially approved by the band, or done by the band's own producer. And even then...

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The things people did with mixing in the 70s and 80s were revolutionary, and a lot of the sound you hear today was invented in that time. Things like the drum sound in "In the Air Tonight" with compression gating has been used ever since.

https://www.musicradar.com/news/drums/classic-drum-sounds-in-the-air-tonight-590970

[–] Hammocks4All@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Freakin’ incredible. I’m learning a ton and gaining a huge appreciation of it all thanks to everyone’s comments in this post.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 months ago

That's what good link aggregators are for.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago

My dad had some albums, maybe Mike Oldfield or others...there was a train going through a station, and hearing it pass from left to right in stereo was amazing at the time

[–] Tabooki@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Today's music is digitally mixed on laptops and has zero dynamic range or feeling. Then again people listen on Bluetooth now so they are only getting 20% of the music anyways. Makes me very sad

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

2024 I finally tried some Bluetooth headphones after maybe 10+ years.

Still using SBC by default, still no duplex HD audio, and still static driver noise at idle.

What is even the point lol. SBC-XQ only solves the first problem which is still inferior to even the cheapest of quality 3.5mm cable.

Even my Nintendo DS sounds better and it's limited to 32Khz audio lol.

[–] Powerbomb@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wonder what you would think of LDAC if you'd ever try that

[–] Tabooki@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Tried it and still a big difference between plugged in with a nice dac

[–] HandMadeArtisanRobot@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Jeez, were one of the two devices 10 years old? That hasn't been my experience for a long time (except the duplex audio issue. I can't believe it's still terrible.)

Then again, I mostly use BT for the convenience. Being able to do yard work with zero wires is amazing.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 0 points 2 months ago

Let’s get you back to bed, Rick Beato.

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