On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 06:01:27PM +0100, Stroller wrote: > > On 20 May 2012, at 10:41, Jes?s J. Guerrero Botella wrote: > > ... > > Specially for bands like led zeppelin, I would just use the second method > > (adjust while playing, rather than while ripping). Someday you will want to > > hear the whole disk as it was intended, ? > > I agree that adjust-whilst-playing is the best method, but we won't be > hearing this music as intended for a while. > > All digital Led Zep releases (i.e. including all CDs) are notoriously poorly > remastered, with excessive gain applied. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war > > So far they have deteriorated with each remastering / re-release. > > Huge threads on the Steve Hoffman forums discussing this, if you want to cork > sniff. > > Stroller.
I can attest to this - Led Zep II - awful. An older disk, not even a remaster. I can only play it at moderate levels - it loses all it's dynamic range at higher levels. A big disappointment.
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