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Originally Posted by JPeters86  I'm not saying anything, merely guessing and trying to find a reason why Ted Jensen, who is known as an audio purist if I'm correct, decided to deliver the songs like this. If Metallica would give me big money for it, I might do it as well, so that I could buy some new gear  But it was not my intention to offend anyone, so sorry if I did. |
He did the record because they booked him to do the record. It's very unusual for a pro to pass on any record. This is what we get paid to do. Every ME worth his salt thinks he/she is the best qualified to shepherd a record through the mastering process no matter what condition it gets delivered in. SOMEONE has to master the record. It may as well be the "best".
Ted is not known as a purist. He has a well deserved reputation as one of the most accomplished mastering engineers in the world. For what it's worth, there is a difference.
I know a lot of purists but I only know a few great mastering engineers [and the majority of them are not purists].