What is the problem with the sound of Awake? Given that my musical awakening is in the mid-90s, I don't find any problem with it.
Nothing at all. If you crank it up on a good stereo, rather than your iPhone or computer, it sounds fantastic. We, in fact, used to do that all the time back in the 90's at a buddy's, who had a super duper awesome system. He was very much an audiophile and he used to marvel at how incredible Awake sounded.
That is why the sound and mix of some of the newer albums is frustrating, as we know DT is capable of making great sounding albums, yet they have gone in the opposite direction. Same thing happened with Rush on their last few albums as well. It's almost mind-numbing.
That said, the sound of this teaser, again, does give me hope that the new album will be a vast improvement over most of the mixes we have gotten in the Mangini era.