Why the heck does the radio version of Santana's (with Chad Kroeger) "Why Don't You & I" sound so much better than CD?

[rnmcd]

So YES I did buy the CD just for this single and the version on the CD sounds like the singer has a sore throat...the radio version is great.


Anyone else notice this?

 

[ApacheXMD]

probably because you can actually hear detail on the CD

-patchy

 

[PoonDaddy007]

The singer on the CD is Chad Kroeger. The singer on the radio version is Alex Band who is the frontman from The Calling.

Love the radio version btw.

 

[Legendary]

Same thing for Like a Stone by Audioslave, at least IMO - it's a completely different song on the radio.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: Legendary
Same thing for Like a Stone by Audioslave, at least IMO - it's a completely different song on the radio.

sounds the same to me. unless you're talking about the civilian version of like a stone that came out forever ago.

 

[rnmcd]

Originally posted by: PoonDaddy007
The singer on the CD is Chad Kroeger. The singer on the radio version is Alex Band who is the frontman from The Calling.

Love the radio version btw.

i wonder if the radio version is available anywhere....it is, I believe, much better

 

[crumpet19]

Here's what I think:

Often songs over the radio are not played at the correct tempo. What I mean is this. Radio stations try to fit in as much music as possible per hour and still have time for commercials.
So, if they can speed up the songs by a few seconds -they save time and can play more music and advertisements.
The equipment and program that is used to speed up the tracks is supposed to work without distorting the music other than tempo -but, sometimes it does. This is really noticible on some songs on a couple radio stations around here.
This equipment is also partially responsible for the 4-7 second gap between the music (in the station) played in real tempo and the music heard by the listener (compressed audio.)

Not to mention that radio waves distort signal.