From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1SWGmD-0007aH-6O for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 21 May 2012 00:47:09 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 40C05E0A7C; Mon, 21 May 2012 00:46:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pz0-f53.google.com (mail-pz0-f53.google.com [209.85.210.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36755E0662 for ; Mon, 21 May 2012 00:44:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by dadg9 with SMTP id g9so7557761dad.40 for ; Sun, 20 May 2012 17:44:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=Gx9647knHeHz6eqCQYZMTXBT7MfQ3RW5rm8BPDXFA/o=; b=ASklPIyS6wEg18R19xg3mKdUUwi4yygpgmGBaXpUh7yuOfnq0en33KYM53iKNtJGC4 FXqL2wICZWo9//CyDQtEbR83WSES/X2rF/CHJjJes4bN0lxsnuU2od+BTW0Ox0rng3SX wN4/9+OhRI6ERzzeMeueukQBA1uRUYwp9eJrVObX84ZoI9z4fb5kibuD1eNiEbZ7wIpz BT3hEGGiYmkWNV7tMUtsp2rPfSEYrhNb0zHNBYP1w35bxkH14A0O83TEMkDRI3v4bry1 9by//E+UM4CsPWOCoW003oMqnOLKmAs9WTB9hasz5v+x2Jod9kaAUUW2frUXCq+5XPr5 5JfQ== Received: by 10.68.225.6 with SMTP id rg6mr26125921pbc.100.1337561049546; Sun, 20 May 2012 17:44:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from badass.gateway.2wire.net (adsl-68-123-159-2.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net. [68.123.159.2]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ud10sm21162415pbc.25.2012.05.20.17.44.07 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 20 May 2012 17:44:08 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 17:44:38 -0700 From: ny6p01@gmail.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ogg/mp3 volume Message-ID: <20120521004438.GA30264@badass.gateway.2wire.net> References: <4FB789E2.5050604@wht.com.au> <20120519141906.GA31574@badass.gateway.2wire.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 3d2dd244-d735-4fc0-b0e6-19a265469d43 X-Archives-Hash: a4f2d75b895b12aef48f3d186941d2cb --tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 06:01:27PM +0100, Stroller wrote: >=20 > 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 meth= od (adjust while playing, rather than while ripping). Someday you will want= to hear the whole disk as it was intended, ? >=20 > I agree that adjust-whilst-playing is the best method, but we won't be he= aring this music as intended for a while. >=20 > All digital Led Zep releases (i.e. including all CDs) are notoriously poo= rly remastered, with excessive gain applied. >=20 > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war >=20 > So far they have deteriorated with each remastering / re-release.=20 >=20 > Huge threads on the Steve Hoffman forums discussing this, if you want to = cork sniff. >=20 > 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. --tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk+5j/YACgkQ2dDpgi2NkbmMSgCeNK/oZXTBc0ZUFVMvk6d/5KX7 n3cAoNygtbUgPZL3VYwRovs42hxWJFSS =hvRV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB--