My latest YouTube video features me reviewing the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 Camera while exploring southeast Arizona over the past couple of weekends. I really like this camera and I’m excited about taking it on our upcoming adventures.
April 8, 2025
CDs.
When Madonna released “The Immaculate Conception”, her first collection of greatest hits, it was wonderful. The CD sounded beautifully, the addition of QSound added sonic depth to the music, and the remixes were brilliantly crafted. When played on CD it sounds wonderful.
When “Celebration”, another greatest hits album, was released in 2009, I first heard it via download. The music sounded red-lined to me, as if remixed to flatten the levels throughout the entire track, all cranked up to nearly a 10.
I knew this flattening of levels to basically a wall of a sound was a growing trend. Pop music lost its nuances in many ways years ago. The streaming services have just reinforced these poor decisions.
Something else I’m noticing with the streaming services: they’re starting to replace classic tracks with re-recordings but not indicating it’s re-recorded on the listing. A popular dance song from 1989, “Ride On Time” by Black Box, has been replaced in all the streaming services with different vocals. Another track, “Love Takes Time” by Orleans, has a different lead vocal.
I stumbled upon this video a couple of days ago. A bit of a nostalgic trip, it talks about why CDs are back in 2025. If anything, they’re a testament to the original tracks.
