I believe I get your point, a few of my discs give me middle ear pain and hot ears after a few tracks, not nice at all. Fortunately only a few.The main problem I have with Chycki's 'Subdivisions' is that it sounds so harsh and limited. I wouldn't even care that much about the lack of surround mix or dynamics I guess, but to me it just sounds so unpleasant and harsh. Harsh.
It's not even so much about how discrete it is, it's more about how unpleasant the album sounds. I don't ever recall remembering this album as sounding this harsh, but this Chycki version does in fact seem very compressed and harsh, to me.
Ah. Sorry you're experiencing that. Sounds great on my system.It's not even so much about how discrete it is, it's more about how unpleasant the album sounds. I don't ever recall remembering this album as sounding this harsh, but this Chycki version does in fact seem very compressed and harsh, to me.
I think that's why it bothers me so much, because I seem to remember this album sounding so much better than this.
I just don't fully understand how this is the case. I love the album; find the audio a bit harsh; you apparently didn't experience the same anomaly that I did.
So many possible factors there: our hearing, our equipment, expectations, mood, etc.
It just breaks my heart that it's one of my favorites. I'm also a huge fan of Beck. Both the singular version, and also the guitarist.
Different systems. Different ears.
Rachmaninov - Isle Of The Dead, BIS SACD.
Just in that mood I guess.
