Voltaj - Și Ce? album flac

This pressing is of a hit song from the mid 2000's by rock-pop group Voltaj. I've always wondered why Voltaj never had any pressing except for this one, let alone most of the musicians coming out of Romania. The 2000's seemed to be dominated by CD's and tapes, with tapes not really going out of style until the early 2010s. I immediately knew why Voltaj hadn't done vinyl (aside from the fact that it was a poor business choice at the time) once I dropped the needle on this record. As an engineer, I'm glad that I got this record because I've needed references to look at, and this is a really good example of what not to do. The remixes (although a bit lackluster) and acapella sound fine, but the title track, "Si Ce?" is really disappointing to listen to. The lowend distorts heavily at certain points, but what's especially annoying is the sibilance from both the hats + vocals, which distort the song into a resonant ear piercing mess, peaking around 13khz. The acapella part shows that by itself, the vocals sound fine. But when mixed together with the high end material of the hats, it really starts pushing the physical limitations of the record. While it's a bit more tolerable on speakers, it still kinda sucks. Looking at the recording through my DAW I found that there's a high end rolloff on the master, which shows that the engineers tried to get this to translate well. They probably knew this was gonna be a novelty item so they said "screw it" and put it out as is. It's worth mentioning that I bought the record for the acapella so that I could use the stems for a remix. However the acapella is just the chorus looped twice between the "Si Ce!" chants. If you're looking for a full acapella, it doesn't exist.