The problem with those wonderful sound analyser displays is that if you just look at the pretty picture, you can mangle the balance of the sound enough that you CAN send up with a 'flat' display - unfortunately the sound is then 'flat' too. If people with little 'musical training' start training to be 'sound engineers', then they have little idea of what the 'sound' is supposed to be, just whether they have twiddled all the knobs or not. And of course, the more toys you have, then you HAVE to twiddle them ALL. But a piano has 88 keys, and you are not supposed to push them all down at once... :-)

That is one of my criticisms of much recorded music (and 'live' miked performances with more than a couple of instruments) I hear - they all sound the same. Damn Phil Spector and his 'wall of sound'!!! (more properly called 'wail of sound)!!!!

CONTRAST PLEASE!!!!

The comments about always trying to make the artist sound the 'same' no matter what the acoustic conditions are, tend to raise my hackles...

And with 'folkies' who produce a nice pretty looking CD with a dozen or more tracks that all have the same sound, the same pace, the same thumpty thump rhythm - well I am glad for downloading (even small segments) as if I bought the CD I would probably only play it once...

Robin