"Jim" wrote in message
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"struan" wrote:


SNIP

I usually work on the
assumption that a sound engineer doesn't leave a recording
sounding like chalk down a blackboard....


Having had HD580's for a number of years, I can vouch for the fact that this
is FAR from the truth. There are lots of terrible recordings out there
(mainly, though definitely not exclusively, in the pop/rock domain) - I am
frequently amazed at how engineers miss obvious problems; However, If some
of the posts in rec.audio.pro are typical of the attitude of engineers in
general, then it's hardly surprising