What cd's do you get?

BlueFox

Just received my weekly shipment from Amazon of CDs and BRDVDs. The CDs are The Complete Hayden String Quartets consisting of 25 CDs by Kodaly Quartet, Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix Experience, and Black Gives Way To Blue by Alice In Chains.

steveinaz

bigaudiofanatic wrote: »

Well how you are putting it it all depends on who and how it was redone. So the eagles could all be done right. I am not disagreeing with you just saying mine all sound good.

I have a few greatest hits that sound ok, but the majority of them sound thrown together with audio quality as an afterthought. One off the top of my head is Seal's first album, when tracks are compared to Seal's Greatest hits--now this one is pretty good (better than most) but the same tracks on the original album sound better; more impact, more bass, more air, and treble sounds more extended and natural. Kansas greatest hits usually sound much worse than the originals too, but the original "Point of Know Return" sounds like crap right out of the gate---so comparing that album is difficult at best. It's a shame that Point of Know Return was done so poorly, I love that album.

Lately I have been on a mission to replace all "greatest hits" CD's with the individual albums. I then use the greatest hits CD's as beer coasters in the 70's mancave.

bigaudiofanatic

I am glad that you are changing them out for originals. But I think the greatest hits can be just as good if not better than originals. I think a lot of greatest hits are just burned from the originals while others are remasters. For me I will keep my greatest hits. I honestly think from what I have heard and compared today on my neighbors system that they all sound the same. I also tried them on my fathers as well.

vc69

Lucky you.:D

treitz3

bigaudiofanatic wrote: »

Well how you are putting it it all depends on who and how it was redone. So the eagles could all be done right. I am not disagreeing with you just saying mine all sound good.

I usually can't stand the sound of greatest hits albums. It may just be that my rig is revealing of the things I yearn for in reproduction. The GH albums lack a quite a bit of resolution and can sometimes sound like that of an MP3. Not my kind of sound. There are exceptions, of course.

When I get a GH album, I usually get it because it contains 3 or more of the artists selections that I really want to hear or have in my collection. This saves me from having to buy three separate albums but in my experience, 95% of the time it comes at a cost [compromise in sound quality]. YMMV, depending on the artists you choose to purchase.

What really drives me nuckin' futz is when I purchase an album and the ONE song I bought it for sounds like crap. Most of the album sounds great but the one damn song I bought it for..............:mad: