today i snaffled, among other things, this
containing all of new order’s non-album singles and b-sides up until that point
the weird thing is although it contains a much nicer version of blue monday (i typoed blur monday again lmao, i should just use that url) than the 128kbps shitty version i’ve racked up so many plays on, oddly i prefer the shitty version
usually i’m so picky about audio quality and will always go for the higher bitrate but i think the shitty version is actually mixed better than the cd version
this is not something i’ve encountered before and i’m not sure what to do
while i’m loath to give up my decent playcount (over 100!) and better mix quality, the 256kbps bitrate of the substance version is hard to ignore
if this isn’t the epitome of white girl problems i don’t know what is but this dichotomy troubles me ok
If the 128kbps version is from a newer re-master, it probably sounds overall punchier than a 256kbps version from a 1987 CD master, which admittedly sounds pretty weak to today’s ears.
(Source: snafflebot)
