Oct 3, 2025

JESSE WELLES - MIDDLE (2025 Self-Released, Gatefold)

 





2025 Self-Released; First Pressing
Mixed by Eddie Spear

Clarity: 3
Dynamics: 3
Tonality/Balance: 3
Soundstage/Image: 3
Pressing: 3

Seeing that this was pressed by GZ Media filled me with trepidation and my fears were mostly realized. First, there’s a huge scuff on my unopened album that fortunately doesn’t skip. But it’s the fidelity I’m more concerned about! And here we get a mostly flat presentation with very little depth in the soundstage. It sounds thin on the bottom end and too compressed on high end. My Qobuz Hi-def [flac] download has more dynamic range. Great songs reduced to an average and uninspired EQ. 

Final Grade: 3