As far as I know, it isn't the production that technically has a lot to do with how an album sounds across all the different platforms. It is the sound engineer's job to make the record sound great across a wide variety of platforms. Also, if I recall correctly, this is the first time Lindsey ever really did a great deal of engineering so perhaps we are hearing a "learning-Lindsey-in-progress" here in terms of his engineering abilities? Then again, his ears might be a little damaged from 30 years of rock concerts and dare I say it...age! (Most people I know started noticing a change in their hearing around like age 48 or so)
Just my two cents.
Tomara