It’s often billed as music’s biggest night; however the 51st Grammy Awards show on CBS had the worst sound in the history of the show. It was so aggravating that I could not listen to it for more than 2 to 3 minutes at a time before I had to turn the channel in disgust. I’ve heard children’s recitals broadcast over cable access that had better sound quality. It was the worst sound in the history of the Grammy’s and somebody should be held accountable.
From the minute U2 started to perform it was obvious that a 12 year old must have been in charge of the audio feed. Every single performer, every announcer, both live and pre-recorded, every act, every artist, sounded like their audio was coming from a cheap microphone placed at the very back of a high school auditorium.