Recently, I downloaded the Beatles' album "Rubber Soul" onto my IPhone. I have a wonderful Bose speaker system through which I play my phone's music, but for some reason, the Beatles's songs sound thin (tinny)---lacking in base depth. Is this the way the original recordings sounded, or is something amiss here, like these recordings are possibly pirated?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Bass and drums were mixed way down in most recordings. They were mixed for AM radio was part of the reason. Also you really didn't have enough tracks to record everything separately. See if you can locate a "remastered" recording. I am pretty sure most of there stuff has been remastered.
Sticks48
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Oct 10, 2019
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Where did you dl it from?
Pretty sure the originals aren't tinny. Just fired up Drive My Car through the Dahlquists and it sounds great - nice rich textures with a full bodied sound. Streaming through Spotify (remastered 2009 version) and some tube gear, though, so definetly a different source. Norwegian Wood just came on and sounds great too.
Are you just bluetoothing it from phone to speaker system?
1of5
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Oct 10, 2019
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@Rob48 Google play appears to have the remastered version of Rubber Soul and is free if you want to try that one out. Least I think its free.
Bluetooth degrades sound but not a whole lot, and if it sounds good with other stuff probably not the issue.
I'd think the iTunes store would have a decent version of everything they sell, and would have to think the numbers from the audio file would match the clock speed on thier D/A converter.
Hope another version works, and thanks for giving me an excuse to listen to the album today. 
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