Lately I’ve been enjoying buying CDs and Vinyl again and getting back to some more conscious music consumption rather than letting the algorithms serve up whatever the algorithms set up.

It’s been good!

Except…recently I bought the CD of the High Violet by The National and it sounds like it’s been mastered horribly.

I’m no audiophile. I listen to CDs with a Fiio DM13 plugged in to Sonos speakers but the sound of this CD is truly abysmal.

Baffling since it sounds much better on the streams. Why is it so?

So, any other what can only be sonic turds from a mastering perspective to avoid buying?

Warnings welcome!