Chino really sounds like shit here

Album Rating: 3.5

@juiceviaorange Try to get your hands on the original release of Diamond Eyes on itunes or rip from the cd directly. Then download the current version available on itunes (torrent that shit, don't buy) and compare them on Audacity or Goldwave. These remasters are victims of dynamic range compression and therefore are unlisteanable to me.



It's even worse on Spotify since, as I understand, all the albums there are ~160 kps mp3's. I decided long ago to keep relying on cd quality rather than streaming.

Quality on Spotify is default to 160 if you're not paying for the service. Simple as that. You can choose your streaming quality if you pay. I crank that as high as it can go. You can also set volume levels to preserve dynamics, instead of having Spotify crank it up.

Album Rating: 4.5

"Quality on Spotify is default to 160 if you're not paying for the service. Simple as that. You can choose your streaming quality if you pay. I crank that as high as it can go. You can also set volume levels to preserve dynamics, instead of having Spotify crank it up."

LOL i had no idea about this. Thanks man just put it to very high.

Album Rating: 5.0

Is it just me or is Koi No Yokan criminally underappreciated? I decided to listen to it again after having Ohms on repeat for a week and I still weep that not more people talk about how good it is.



Oh, and Ohms is still a banger no matter how many times I relisten to it.

Album Rating: 5.0

KNY is brilliant and yeah, Banana...the quality of the srmtreams are for sure lesser

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Album does have some bang to go with the snapz, doesn’t it? First time I ever heard them snapz I was straight gobsmacked.

Album Rating: 3.5

"You can also set volume levels to preserve dynamics, instead of having Spotify crank it up."



Didn't know this but still I'm 100% positive the album versions uploaded on Spotify are the 2016 remasters. Doesn't matter the volume levels you choose you will still have compression in any dynamics channel. I'd say stick to the cd versions with Deftones at least.

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah this still snaps.

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Are we gonna get to 10,000 comments by New Years?

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

The last line of Radient City hits just as hard as the end of Hexagram.

Album Rating: 3.5

It was bound to happen someday. Those vocals couldn't last forever

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

One of the hardest 3.5s of the year

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

"Nah, the albums available on streaming platforms (spotify, itunes, google music, etc) are the 2016 remasters and not the cd versions. I have SNW, White Pony, self titled, Diamond Eyes and ATF on cd and also I downloaded the whole discography on itunes before they updated to the garbage remasters. White Pony and Diamond Eyes, in particular, are pretty much unlistenable on those versions."



Eh the original CDs were already not acceptable imo, especially from WP onwards, even though they followed the industry norm (which starting from the 90s got disgusting to begin with). I found a limited red case of White Pony and it just blows. Good news the music slaps though!



However you are indeed right about the even worse digital reissues. On one hand you can find that sweet KNY, but on the other Diamond Eyes went from DR6 to DR5 which doesn't sound like a lot, but if you go looking into the songs you'll see that the title track for example went from DR6 to DR3 (the fuck? literally Death Magnetic).





"Their 'sound' isn't the most articulate, detailed thing to begin with. It's always felt very hazy and distorted. I'm not listening to Steven Wilson here."

Don't make that mistake, a dirty sound isn't an excuse. My Bloody Valentine would sound so much worse if they didn't have decent dynamics to support the distortion. Btw I disagree, seems to me that Deftones always have a very layered sound.

Album Rating: 5.0

Pompeji definitely overtook Spell of Mathematics as my new favorite from this.

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

I'm all about Headless lately

Shocks me to remember that I was this close to seeing this band at mothafuckin Mohegan sunnnnnnn this summer #SLOTS oh well next year

Album Rating: 4.5

I hope to God I get to see them on their first tour date.

Album Rating: 4.5

Let's hope they don't cancel all of next year's gigs too.

Album Rating: 4.0

Dont wanna ruin anything, but that’s very likely to happen..