Tydirium 1,437 Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 I’m not sure where else to post this, but I value this community’s ears; I have recently been checking out the recent Vaughan Williams symphonies cycle by Andrew Manze and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Is it just me, or does something sound off about this release of the 3rd and 4th symphonies? Hard to describe it, but compare how it sounds on Apple Music or Spotify, vs the preview clips on Presto Music... IMO, the Presto ones sound fine, but something seems very different (very compressed? or almost like there’s a duplicate layer of the audio over it, or something) about what is available on the more mainstream digital music services. https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8287568--vaughan-williams-symphonies-nos-3-4 The beginnings of tracks 5, 7, and 8 are good for comparing. Anyone else hearing what I’m hearing, or am I going crazy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meredith McKay 7,843 Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 Sometimes certain "outlets" get/have gotten a bad/mp3 master. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSMefford 1,572 Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 Holy cow that sounds terrible. Definitely sounds like a phase issue or almost like the same track was overlayed on top a few milliseconds off. Wow! Tydirium 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tydirium 1,437 Posted May 11 Author Share Posted May 11 Doesn’t it?! Thought so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 3,190 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Do you pay for the spotify account? The free version is compressed which is fine for pop music that makes up 99.999% of their market but noticeable with high fidelity acoustic music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jim Ware 586 Posted May 11 Popular Post Share Posted May 11 This album has a dodgy master - I pointed it out to Qobuz ages ago but never had a response. It seems to be the same on all streaming (and download) services. I don’t know if the physical release is similarly affected. 1 hour ago, karelm said: Do you pay for the spotify account? The free version is compressed which is fine for pop music that makes up 99.999% of their market but noticeable with high fidelity acoustic music. This isn’t the issue - this album still sounds crap on high-resolution lossless streaming services. karelm, TSMefford and Tydirium 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSMefford 1,572 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 3 hours ago, karelm said: Do you pay for the spotify account? The free version is compressed which is fine for pop music that makes up 99.999% of their market but noticeable with high fidelity acoustic music. Yeah this isn't compression or bit-rate issues that typically plague streaming platforms, this is some unique issue. karelm and Tydirium 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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