The same CDs and SACDs that we compared to the tapes are night/day. The production run is far removed from what was actually recorded on the tapes. Go figure.... though the Eagles - Hotel California had great/clean bass.
That's exactly the problem Mark Too much technology. Simple is usually better.
Multi-track recordings. Echo plates. Aurex exciters. Moving from tube electronics to solid state (and man, some of those recordings done with early solid-state electronics will peel the paint off the wall. Gives metallic a new meaning!). Mikes that were flat as a ruler and sounded like crap. Piecing together musicians recorded at different studios. The list goes on
The same CDs and SACDs that we compared to the tapes are night/day. The production run is far removed from what was actually recorded on the tapes. Go figure.... though the Eagles - Hotel California had great/clean bass.
I do have the recently remastered Eagles Hits which includes Hotel California...it sounds like a well remastered album to me. Same with the Police & Sting Remasters (Bob Ludwig) and the U2 Remasters (which while to my ears not as good as the Police/Sting...are still way better than the 1992 albums i had from U2).
Too much technology. Simple is usually better.
