VT definitely sounds crappy overall, but some of the best songs benefit from the loudness, as it gives them more of an edginess. The remixed or whatever version of "Earthshine" that they released a few years back had a lot of the life sucked out of it. So, while VT has a handful of songs that are pretty pedestrian to the point where I don't care if I ever hear them again, there are a bunch of songs that I love/like a lot, and I can expect how they sound, warts and all.