On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 06:01:27PM +0100, Stroller wrote:
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> 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, ?
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> I agree that adjust-whilst-playing is the best method, but we won't be hearing this music as intended for a while.
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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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> 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.