Trebley Pop Music

[Willy Nilly]

Is it me, or does a lot of pop music, the sort Heart play, have the treble turned up at the expense of bass?

A week or so ago I heard a Rihanna song back to back with something else, which escapes me, that was noticeably tinnier than the following song,which may have been Florence.

What say the panel?

[Willy Nilly]

Nanook said:

Willy Nilly said:

Is it me, or does a lot of pop music, the sort Heart play, have the treble turned up at the expense of bass?

A week or so ago I heard a Rihanna song back to back with something else, which escapes me, that was noticeably tinnier than the following song,which may have been Florence.

What say the panel?

If you listen to FM radio on a car stereo, it's never going to sound great.

Try listening to the same songs through a decent amp and decent set of speakers. I listen to songs on my Echo in the kitchen, then when I hear it again on my big stereo up stairs it can sound totally different.

Plenty of music sounds perfectly good on FM on a car radio, but certain types of music seems to me like it's been mixed with next to no bass and a lot of treble and stations like Heart, that i hardly ever listen to, seem to turn the treble up further.

The Rihanna song I was referring to was played through an amp and still sounded awful.