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recording fads and fashions

> > The bad CDs you sight are probably not from independant-acoustic labels.
> > I'd try labels like Chesky, Naxos, Hyperion and Harmonia Mundi.

Actually, I have many great sounding CDs from "independent-acoustic" labels.

While the labels you mention often have excellent sound quality, I sometimes find their music not quite to my taste. (That was something that started with Sheffield back in the 70s. The music on a few of their releases was downright cringe-worthy.)

For me, I have to like the music first. It is then a bonus if the recording happens to be exceptional.

The sad thing is the music business is just as susceptible to fads and fashion as any other business. In the 1950s and 60s they worried about making the recordings stand out on AM radio.

Too-close miking is a perpetural audiophile favorite - hearing a singer breathe in may make you feel you have a personal relationship going with the artist, but it is never something you hear live unless you're doing a face-to-face duet with them. Spot or highlight miking is still a common fad even with classical music. Even the specialty labels you mention can fall prey to the current fads.

Today we have the "loudness wars" in which producers have willfully forgotten that CDs have a dynamic range that exceeds 90 dB.

So the technology is there right now for good recordings. It is just a question of whether they bother to take advantage of it.

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