So i'm listening to one of my fave Jazz albums, Chet Baker quartet plays standards. Recorded in mono in 1955 and now on a Gitanes Jazz 2001 CD.
Even though the recording is old and mono, I can't help but notice how much more natural and dynamic it sounds compared to the albums recorded and mastered nowadays.
I gather its not becaue of the technology but rather about how carefully it was recorded and mastered...
i think it sucks that today we have such marvelous recording and mastering technology and nobody takes advantage of it, and back in the day when the engineers worked hard to make it sound as good as possible, they had to deal with their crappy equipment
just a thought.