From: ny6p01@gmail.com
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ogg/mp3 volume
Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 17:44:38 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120521004438.GA30264@badass.gateway.2wire.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <C9098264-4856-4478-9AE6-BDF5ECD73DC1@stellar.eclipse.co.uk>
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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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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-05-21 0:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-05-19 11:54 [gentoo-user] [OT] ogg/mp3 volume Andrew Lowe
2012-05-19 12:09 ` Willie Matthews
2012-05-19 12:22 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-05-19 12:32 ` Willie Matthews
2012-05-19 14:18 ` Andrew Lowe
2012-05-19 14:19 ` ny6p01
2012-05-20 9:41 ` Jesús J. Guerrero Botella
2012-05-20 17:01 ` Stroller
2012-05-21 0:44 ` ny6p01 [this message]
2012-05-21 1:07 ` Michael Mol
2012-05-21 15:26 ` Paul Hartman
2012-05-21 15:45 ` Michael Mol
2012-05-21 16:32 ` Paul Hartman
2012-05-21 16:41 ` Stroller
2012-05-20 18:48 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2012-05-21 14:14 ` Andrew Lowe
2012-05-21 14:33 ` Michael Mol
2012-05-21 14:51 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-05-21 15:10 ` Andrew Lowe
2012-05-21 16:12 ` luis jure
2012-05-21 17:36 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-05-21 17:07 ` luis jure
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