Why do Beatles tunes sound bad on my iPod?

1ststatestereo · Post by **1ststatestereo** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 6:44 am

I just got an iPod and i love it, however all my Beatles songs seem to have, what i can best describe as a light wistle in the background (especially in the '63-'64 work). If almost like the vocals and instruments have lisps. If i had to guess i would say its because they have not been mastered since '88. Can anyone comment on this?

alanz · Post by **alanz** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 9:01 am

Which encoding did you use to import them into iTunes prior to loading them onto your iPod?

mp3 (and what bitrate?), AAC, Apple lossless?

1ststatestereo · Post by **1ststatestereo** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 1:12 pm

i dont know, i just put them on there from the cds.

loendmaestro · Post by **loendmaestro** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 1:54 pm

It's also because MP3s compress the hell out of your song leaving no breathing/headroom. All that time spent to properly produce a record? Out the window for the sake of convenience.
Sure, I have an Ipod but it's just for the gym & such - I don't expect it to sound good...

route66guitars · Post by **route66guitars** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 5:35 pm

I had heard this was a problem with some of the first generation iPods when they played back mono tracks, but I have never come across it personally. Is yours a brand new iPod?

1ststatestereo · Post by **1ststatestereo** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 6:55 am

Yeah, its a brand new iPod Photo.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 8:41 am

No one believes me but the smaller things get the worse they sound. That's why I still use SVT's and have a 70's Marantz receiver with 4 large Advent speakers.

route66guitars · Post by **route66guitars** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 10:58 am

If it only does this on mono recordings take it back and exchange it. They know this has been a problem in the past on some iPods.