Post by Mr Whippy on Sept 1, 2016 20:55:40 GMT
Been racking my brains on this.
In my early 20s I never really bothered with mono tracks. I did play what I had occasionally, but would avoid buying anything in mono, if I could. Then, out of curiosity, and as it was in the £1 box of the music stall in the local market at the time, bought The Byrds' Sweethearts Of The Rodeo mono lp. Came home and listened and was quite taken with the sound of it. It now is my favorite way to listen to it.
Never really a fan of live albums. But then I got Wings' Wings Over America live triple lp set. Was quite taken with it as I had been with SHOTR. Likewise with a live recording lp of The Fureys with Davey Arthur. Had a great live sound and sense of acoustic.
As for gear I've owned, I can't actually think of anything I've changed my mind about with regards sound quality. Recently, though, when I got a new mobile, using my Aiwa HP-V151 earphones I found the sound a bit wanting in the lower end. I've used these in preference to quite a few others with various media players for a few years. I even raved about then on AOS one time. Anyway, they were replaced with a pair of Sony ones I have had for some years. The end result was a better balanced sound. After a few days I went back to the Aiwas and found them quite bass-light and somewhat crude, which surprised me. After trying them a few times, I'm still of that opinion and now wonder how I could have regarded them so previously.
In my early 20s I never really bothered with mono tracks. I did play what I had occasionally, but would avoid buying anything in mono, if I could. Then, out of curiosity, and as it was in the £1 box of the music stall in the local market at the time, bought The Byrds' Sweethearts Of The Rodeo mono lp. Came home and listened and was quite taken with the sound of it. It now is my favorite way to listen to it.
Never really a fan of live albums. But then I got Wings' Wings Over America live triple lp set. Was quite taken with it as I had been with SHOTR. Likewise with a live recording lp of The Fureys with Davey Arthur. Had a great live sound and sense of acoustic.
As for gear I've owned, I can't actually think of anything I've changed my mind about with regards sound quality. Recently, though, when I got a new mobile, using my Aiwa HP-V151 earphones I found the sound a bit wanting in the lower end. I've used these in preference to quite a few others with various media players for a few years. I even raved about then on AOS one time. Anyway, they were replaced with a pair of Sony ones I have had for some years. The end result was a better balanced sound. After a few days I went back to the Aiwas and found them quite bass-light and somewhat crude, which surprised me. After trying them a few times, I'm still of that opinion and now wonder how I could have regarded them so previously.
