TheThinWhiteDuke
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I’m listening right now and this pressing is underwhelming to me. Sounds muddy and the instruments feel buried. Could be a little brighter so those treble knobs could be handy.
I’m curious if anyone hears it the same or different. Please share
It's also flat. And unfortunately I'm talking about in sound quality. .
Spun mine a couple of times now.
Granted I'm running a Late 70's Sony TT and 1978 Yamaha CR-220 Receiver with wired speakers. But I'd called the sound "pressed". "Flat" describes it too. Particularly, the low end/bass.
I played around with the "Loudness" and which, withe the appropriate adjustments to Bass/Treble - can improve on some issues. But even that isn't' "filling out" the sound the way I think the arrangements want to be.
Love the songs...the production not so much.
Edit: I get particularly distracted by the production on what I believe is the the open high-hat on "and me" (1st song side B).
To me it sounds like steam being released: "SSSST - SSSST." It's distracting.
It’s... ummm... possible... that J can’t hear shit anymore, which might explain why Lou’s songs sound better-produced.
Y'all, welcome to the world of Jagjaguwar Records. Cheap but shitty sounding LP's has been their calling card for over a decade at this point. These are the people responsible for ruining the Bon Iver s/t
Edit: I don't even think it's the production. I almost guarantee the digital version dropping soon will sound better.
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