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In Reply to: RE: Hip Hop yes, Jazz no, for me. posted by grantv on September 26, 2014 at 07:28:23
I remember reading that Snoop Dogg made sure to listen to his albums on a boombox prior to their release in order to be sure they'd sound *correct* being played back on the types of systems most of his fans would use. I've also read that Country music stars like Buck Owens used to do something similar, using the cheap car radios of the day...
I believe that many Pop music recordings are EQ'd to sound a certain way in the kinds of systems the public at large listens to - supermarket PA systems, car systems, boomboxes, cheap headphone systems, etc... Played back on highly resolving systems with flat FR response makes a lot of this music sound *incorrect* - worse, rather than better.
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I read that the Rolling Stones always checked their singles (at least) on a car-like 'full-range' 5-inch speaker. Which may explain why the Stones records sound like they do.
That is normal practice for virtually every commercial release regardless of genre.
...that's like Herb Alpert, head of A & M records, in the 1960s listening to the records he produced on a 5" car speaker since that's how most of his customers heard them.
I believe they might just do so. That said, most of the music I listen to sounds fantastic; much better through my rig than through a lesser rig. There are many recordings that sound sub-standard, including recently listened to; some Neil Young tunes. But overall, I like what I hear.
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