Let's Review Some Music and Talk about Mastering!

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Let's Review Some Music and Talk about Mastering!

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Have I told you I have the BEST viewers?? Some of you have recently sent some vinyl for me to review/listen to so here we are! I'm also going to ramble some about bad mastering and how IMHO source material has a HUGE impact on the sound of your system whether it's vinyl, digital or streaming.
Steely Dan 180G vinyl:
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Herbie Hancock Vinyl:
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Boz Scaggs:
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Bruce Cockburn:
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Natalie Merchant:
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Yes Fragile 180G:
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@KeritechElectronics 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! Rock and roll FTW.

@johnkimpton5100 2 ай бұрын

Hello from Canada! Really enjoy your channel. Probably will never build an amplifier however I do enjoy your views and commentary. Now to the crux.. Bruce Cockburn has been recording forever, 78 years young. Mostly heartfelt songs and a superb musician. By the way, his name is pronounced 'Co burn'😊 Keep yer tubes warm!

@SkunkieDesignsElectronics 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@hitchpaprocki2649 2 ай бұрын

Some songs that I like! I'm not a musicologist but I saw the "Swampers" that band, on a show. They recorded a classic album with Skynard but the label didn't want that studio band on their label so the one we have heard forever was second best. Thanks for the suggestions.

@bobcooke4402 2 ай бұрын

You can send that Sinatra at the Sands right up this way! 😊 nice selection of music and insights! I do think cartridge alignment / setup is the foundation..

@davegrant9179 2 ай бұрын

Great to hear your thoughts on the best vinyl. You mentioned about cleaning records. Can you do a video on your thoughts on the best way of cleaning.. brushes, ultrasonic etc. Love your work.!

@SkunkieDesignsElectronics 2 ай бұрын

Great idea!

@cobar5342 2 ай бұрын

Good fun to see your vinyl views Stephe

@jefffeith4201 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the reviews and recommendations.

@showmemoblues 2 ай бұрын

Skunkie, I have pressing of Vinyl from Japan or I try to get EU, UK original pressings. I may be wrong, but I do hear a difference been told that the Vinyl pressed in smaller countries is better, I even have some from Norway, Sweden. They are not massed produced QC is better also the material used in Vinyl is better. Also, if you want great Sinatra, try to find his Vinyl where he is in London recording.

@NickP333 2 ай бұрын

I think it’s likely very expensive now, but Natalie Merchsnts, “Tigerlily” sounds absolutely fantastic. It’s a MoFi, but also the only vinyl version available. Blue Note have been doing a fantastic job with the classic series, I own a bunch of them. Loved seeing those records. Thanks, Steph

@SkunkieDesignsElectronics 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, I found a copy of that MoFi Tigerlilly about a year ago and it does sound sublime!

@NickP333 2 ай бұрын

@@SkunkieDesignsElectronics Oh, awesome! It really is amazing. Glad you got one!

@richardriley4415 2 ай бұрын

Welcome. You are now part of the Vinyl Community(VC). Lol. Try Boz Scaggs 2nd album on Atlantic, 1969. Many consider it his best.

@SkunkieDesignsElectronics 2 ай бұрын

What is the title?

@richardriley4415 2 ай бұрын

@@SkunkieDesignsElectronics Boz Scaggs SD 8239 are you familiar with discogs ?

@SkunkieDesignsElectronics 2 ай бұрын

yeah thanks

@nikkipatton-mk8st 2 ай бұрын

One of my favorites is sweetnighter by weather report

@audiononsense1611 2 ай бұрын

Steph- Great video. 45 rpm remasters that sound awful, is indeed a fact of life and can happen (mostly due to an engineer who doesn't have a clue or the copy of the master that is just poor)...

@1mctous 2 ай бұрын

The Technics SL-1200's use a Stevenson cartridge alignment. My Ortofon protractor uses a Lofgren B; the Lofgren A is identical to a Baerwald alignment.

@SkunkieDesignsElectronics 2 ай бұрын

I personally liked the way the baerwald sounded with the AT carts, it's worth trying both!

@pistachioaudiophile 2 ай бұрын

Love the vinyl video! It's been decades since i put on Lovers in a dangerous time, first track on the Bruce Cockburn album. I was transported back to my teanage years growing up in Canada!

@DavidParker-jr5bd Ай бұрын

I'm a Big fan of Acoustic Sounds, but I've heard a lot of great praise regarding Blue Note which I got to try.

@SkunkieDesignsElectronics Ай бұрын

I'm finding while they are good, I'm having some hit or miss with their releases. Everything from Blue note sounds amazing!

@toulcaz31 2 ай бұрын

Talking about live albums that balanced perfectly crowd noise. Have you listened to Diana Krall - Live in Paris? At first, I had to check few times if it was a live album as the performance was so clean and the crowd really well placed.

@SkunkieDesignsElectronics 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, that was well done. So was Eva Cassidy - Live at Blues Alley

@mddawson1 2 ай бұрын

A 70s album recommendation 'Modern Times' by Al Stewart (1975). It was produced by Alan Parsons and has a really nice soundstage. I couldn't tell you which release is the best.

@airgead5391 2 ай бұрын

Impressive your wide array of skills. I recognize so much of what you do and your viewing points are very much in line with mine. Only difference is I am both a BJT and tube aficionado.

@ScottsLifeOffGrid 2 ай бұрын

It is not unusual for different types of music, I have two, one is tube and the other is class a solid state mono-blocks. I listen to jazz and classical on the tube set up and rock on the solid state. Btw, I love vinyl and to me it sounds better than digital.

@SkunkieDesignsElectronics 2 ай бұрын

Someone gave me a solid state amp, I might have to give that a try and just not tell anyone :P

@frankgeeraerts6243 2 ай бұрын

Well................music and sound are ANALOG ............there's no debate other than believers who do not understand you can not compare a technology with a natural event.......digital is processing of analog , code , store, change, decode back to Analog.......t is just like pretending that processed food is more natural and better than real food...........;;they don't know waht they're talking about ......but that's the mindset of the era...........today , everybody is the expert of " nothing "

@ScottsLifeOffGrid 2 ай бұрын

@@SkunkieDesignsElectronics My mono-blocks are Pass Labs and my speakers are Klipsch Cornwalls so they the sound is still on the warm side despite the amps being solid state.

@chrislj2890 2 ай бұрын

I sampled that Bruce Cockburn on Apple Music and immediately hopped on Amazon and ordered it for $24. I've always been a progressive rock fan and Yes is one of my favs. I'll have to pull out my copy from back in the day and see how it sounds, and I might order that new version. I had recently played my original copy of Jethro Tull: Aqualung and it really sucked, even though it looked pristine. I know I played the crap out of it back then but always took good care of my vinyl. Anyway I bought a new copy from Acoustic Sounds and it's an improvement. Thanks for the suggestions.

@frankgeeraerts6243 2 ай бұрын

Aqualung ...........great album of the past ........

@middleearthltd 2 ай бұрын

Love these album videos I have been remiss in not sending you my favorite album of 2022 I have had your’s for a few weeks For shame But I have things to ship on Wednesday so that should work

@matytinman 2 ай бұрын

dr loudness war to know the dynamic range (DR) An example: Steely Dan - Aja DR15 - 2007, 2023, 2024

@justins.4839 2 ай бұрын

Second helping mastered by ken duncan (kendun in deadwax) was much better master. Ken duncan(kendun) and george piros (atgp,@t/gp) pressings are the ones to look for. Their masters are incredible. For yes, early led zeppelin, 70’s aretha franklin and genesis(most he mastered are reissues), you need to look for george piros’s initials in the deadwax. His stuff is like 0 compression and the bass guitars sound perfect. By far my favorite masters are his stuff. First press young gifted and blackand amazing grace albums he mastered by aretha franklin are INCREDIBLE.

@SkunkieDesignsElectronics 2 ай бұрын

I'm going to give the Kevin Gray remaster of second helping a shot. I haven't been disappointed yet with anything he has done. If that fails, I'll look for this other.

@justins.4839 2 ай бұрын

I like some of his stuff. Im pretty sure he did my red hot chili pepper records. Also for kendun, his fleetwood mac, heart, and stevie wonder albums are amazing. The best might be steve miller band fly like an eagle or stevie’s innvervisions.