- Radiohead: A Moon Shaped Pool (2016)
- Nirvana: In Utero 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (2013)
- Interpol: Turn On The Bright Lights: The Tenth Anniversary Edition (2012)
- My Bloody Valentine: Loveless (1991)
- Dr Dre: 2001 (1999)
- Marvin Gaye: What’s Going On (1971)
- Nirvana: MTV Unplugged in New York (1994)
- The Beatles: Abbey Road (1969)
- Bon Iver: Bon Iver (2011)
- R.E.M.: Automatic for the People (1992)
- Dusty Springfield: Dusty in Memphis (1969)
- Burial: Untrue (2007)
- The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin (1999)
- The xx: xx (2009)
- Rage Against The Machine: Rage Against The Machine (1992)
- Jay-Z: The Blueprint (2001)
- Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)
- Fleetwood Mac: Rumours (1977)
- OutKast: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003)
- Steely Dan: Aja (1977)
- Joni Mitchell: Blue (1971)
- Daft Punk: Random Access Memories (2013)
- Miles Davis: Kind of Blue (1959)
- Sigur Ros: Agaetis Byrjun (1999)
- Neil Young: After The Gold Rush (1970)
- Radiohead: OK Computer (1997)
- Prince: Sign o’ the Times (1987)
- The Congos – Heart Of The Congos (1977)
- Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (1975)
- Jeff Buckley: Grace (1994)
- Michael Jackson: Thriller (1982)
- Massive Attack: Mezzanine (1998 )
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Audiophiles are a strange breed: here are a bunch of men (always men) who’ll happily fork out a week’s wages for power cables that provide “clean electricity” to their CD player, but refuse to part with a penny for any album they consider to be mastered in a sub-par way.
We can’t help but see their point of view (about the albums, not the power cables): today’s pop music tends to be mastered to sound “loud” even when it’s being played at low volumes – a compressed dynamic range means that there’s not much difference in decibels between the quiet and loud parts of the music. Listening to these albums through high quality audio gear can be an horrific assault on the lugholes, which is why audiophiles seek out albums that have been mastered with a wider dynamic range.
That doesn’t mean you have to resort to slapping some leather waistcoast-wearing, ponytail-sporting Austrian jazz fiddler’s latest opus onto your beloved turntable. Thankfully, a handful of today’s artists are still committed to well-mastered, exquisitely produced recordings and that, along with a plentiful supply of older albums that were either originally mastered well or have since been remastered, means there’s plenty of fantastic music to listen to. And here are some of our favourites.
Source stuff.tv
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- Nirvana: In Utero 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (2013)
- Interpol: Turn On The Bright Lights: The Tenth Anniversary Edition (2012)
- My Bloody Valentine: Loveless (1991)
- Dr Dre: 2001 (1999)
- Marvin Gaye: What’s Going On (1971)
- Nirvana: MTV Unplugged in New York (1994)
- The Beatles: Abbey Road (1969)
- Bon Iver: Bon Iver (2011)
- R.E.M.: Automatic for the People (1992)
- Dusty Springfield: Dusty in Memphis (1969)
- Burial: Untrue (2007)
- The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin (1999)
- The xx: xx (2009)
- Rage Against The Machine: Rage Against The Machine (1992)
- Jay-Z: The Blueprint (2001)
- Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)
- Fleetwood Mac: Rumours (1977)
- OutKast: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003)
- Steely Dan: Aja (1977)
- Joni Mitchell: Blue (1971)
- Daft Punk: Random Access Memories (2013)
- Miles Davis: Kind of Blue (1959)
- Sigur Ros: Agaetis Byrjun (1999)
- Neil Young: After The Gold Rush (1970)
- Radiohead: OK Computer (1997)
- Prince: Sign o’ the Times (1987)
- The Congos – Heart Of The Congos (1977)
- Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (1975)
- Jeff Buckley: Grace (1994)
- Michael Jackson: Thriller (1982)
- Massive Attack: Mezzanine (1998 )
* Kan leses mer nøye om her.
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Audiophiles are a strange breed: here are a bunch of men (always men) who’ll happily fork out a week’s wages for power cables that provide “clean electricity” to their CD player, but refuse to part with a penny for any album they consider to be mastered in a sub-par way.
We can’t help but see their point of view (about the albums, not the power cables): today’s pop music tends to be mastered to sound “loud” even when it’s being played at low volumes – a compressed dynamic range means that there’s not much difference in decibels between the quiet and loud parts of the music. Listening to these albums through high quality audio gear can be an horrific assault on the lugholes, which is why audiophiles seek out albums that have been mastered with a wider dynamic range.
That doesn’t mean you have to resort to slapping some leather waistcoast-wearing, ponytail-sporting Austrian jazz fiddler’s latest opus onto your beloved turntable. Thankfully, a handful of today’s artists are still committed to well-mastered, exquisitely produced recordings and that, along with a plentiful supply of older albums that were either originally mastered well or have since been remastered, means there’s plenty of fantastic music to listen to. And here are some of our favourites.
Source stuff.tv
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