When I was a kid, I spent most of my time listening to very worn cassettes in mono, because that's all we had. The Beatles, the Police, ELO, etc, still sounded great.
I agree, but I would say that some over produced albums (especially from the 80s) don't scale up with better systems, and actually sound best in a bar or cheaper/different set up where you aren't looking for detail.
Anyone taking that mindset you mention is a fool indeed. And the converse, if it really sounds awful on phone speakers you are likely doing poor work as well!
I don’t think there ever really existed a time.. (maybe in the mid 00’s?) when a lot of people were listening to stuff on full range systems for any facet of their lives. Car speakers sucked for a long while, vinyl even has a somewhat limited low end, the 5.1 systems were awful unless you spent a ton of money…. There never really was a golden age, for the masses at least.
70s and 80s. People had disposable income to invest in a good stereo system, and most homes had one. There was only anything worth watching on TV for an hour or two per day, no internet... people had the time to sit down and listen to whole albums and give them all of their attention. In the 90s the crappy "mini system" stuff started coming out, with tinny, horrible speakers, then everyone started listening to pirated MP3s with a bit rate so low you had an aviary choir on everything, and we're just getting back to at least people having half decent ear buds or headphones most of the time.
@@davidharrison5873 I was born in 84. I didn’t know hifi systems were a pretty normal thing. I certainly know car systems were AWFUL my entire childhood. I remember certain systems starting to existing at least SOME low end at some point, and CDs weren’t bad sounding.
When I was a kid, I spent most of my time listening to very worn cassettes in mono, because that's all we had. The Beatles, the Police, ELO, etc, still sounded great.
Another great video that’s full of some great insight and observations. I love this guy!
Hai ragione da vendere! Un abbraccio Chris, e speriamo di rivederci presto.
I agree, but I would say that some over produced albums (especially from the 80s) don't scale up with better systems, and actually sound best in a bar or cheaper/different set up where you aren't looking for detail.
Great advice Mr. Murphy
Thanks
In this age, one really needs to mix for all playback systems, including phone and laptop speakers.
Ah thank you for saying this
Hear, hear!
Anyone taking that mindset you mention is a fool indeed. And the converse, if it really sounds awful on phone speakers you are likely doing poor work as well!
I don’t think there ever really existed a time.. (maybe in the mid 00’s?) when a lot of people were listening to stuff on full range systems for any facet of their lives. Car speakers sucked for a long while, vinyl even has a somewhat limited low end, the 5.1 systems were awful unless you spent a ton of money…. There never really was a golden age, for the masses at least.
70s and 80s. People had disposable income to invest in a good stereo system, and most homes had one. There was only anything worth watching on TV for an hour or two per day, no internet... people had the time to sit down and listen to whole albums and give them all of their attention.
In the 90s the crappy "mini system" stuff started coming out, with tinny, horrible speakers, then everyone started listening to pirated MP3s with a bit rate so low you had an aviary choir on everything, and we're just getting back to at least people having half decent ear buds or headphones most of the time.
@@davidharrison5873 I was born in 84. I didn’t know hifi systems were a pretty normal thing. I certainly know car systems were AWFUL my entire childhood. I remember certain systems starting to existing at least SOME low end at some point, and CDs weren’t bad sounding.