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On 21 May 2012, at 02:07, Michael Mol wrote: |
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>>> All digital Led Zep releases (i.e. including all CDs) are notoriously poorly remastered, with excessive gain applied. |
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>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war |
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>>> So far they have deteriorated with each remastering / re-release. |
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>>> Huge threads on the Steve Hoffman forums discussing this, if you want to cork sniff. |
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>> I can attest to this - Led Zep II - awful. An older disk, not even a |
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>> remaster. I can only play it at moderate levels - it loses all it's dynamic |
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>> range at higher levels. A big disappointment. |
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> Dipping only slightly further offtopic, are they still pressing vinyl? |
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> I believe there are a number of tools for automatically splitting and |
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> transcoding audio input from a vinyl player. |
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MoFi are doing some lovely releases - I've bought a handful of their (expensive) SACDs, but they do vinyl, too. Looks like they use very good quality materials. |
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The lads on the Steve Hoffman forums seemed to be generally saying that the best Led Zep CDs are the very early ones - I think these were released even before the 1990 boxed set [1] - and that these are very cheap in the USA (but I think you have to search and find them secondhand). Yet they also refer to some Japanese releases, implying these are the ones they refer to. Not only may finding a decent version be a chore, but so is understanding what to find! |
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Anyway, to answer your question: the thread I read was primarily concerned with CD releases, but yeah, a couple of those guys stated their vinyl copies were *much* better. |
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Stroller. |
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[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin_Boxed_Set |
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