The56Kid
2K Club - QQ Super Nova
I’ve recently been reading quite a bit about the dynamic range inherent to CDs when they were first introduced in the mid 80’s. Said dynamic range has become literally non-existent as CDs have fallen victim to the dreaded loudness wars. With that in mind, I sought out a few of my older CDs to see if they truly exhibited the DR originally promised by the medium. Unfortunately, about 85% of my CD collection is boxed away, but I was able to locate a few older discs including James Taylor’s Greatest Hits, one of my earliest purchase circa ‘87/88 or thereabouts.
All I can say is WOW! Once cranked to the proper level, this CD sounds beyond fantastic and is impressively revelatory - crystal clear highs, beautiful deep lows, incredibly wide soundstage. Blows my mind that an old non-remastered CD could sound this amazing. The average DR for this CD is apparently 13. I’ll continue to dig up old CDs in my collection to see if they too exhibit the incredible sound the JT does. It’d be great to ‘rediscover’ many of my old CDs this way!
All I can say is WOW! Once cranked to the proper level, this CD sounds beyond fantastic and is impressively revelatory - crystal clear highs, beautiful deep lows, incredibly wide soundstage. Blows my mind that an old non-remastered CD could sound this amazing. The average DR for this CD is apparently 13. I’ll continue to dig up old CDs in my collection to see if they too exhibit the incredible sound the JT does. It’d be great to ‘rediscover’ many of my old CDs this way!