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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ogg/mp3 volume
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On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 8:44 PM, <ny6p01@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 met=
hod (adjust while playing, rather than while ripping). Someday you will wan=
t to hear the whole disk as it was intended, ?
>>
>> I agree that adjust-whilst-playing is the best method, but we won't be h=
earing this music as intended for a while.
>>
>> All digital Led Zep releases (i.e. including all CDs) are notoriously po=
orly 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. =C2=A0I can only play it at moderate levels - it loses all it's=
dynamic
> range at higher levels. =C2=A0A big disappointment.
Dipping only slightly further offtopic, are they still pressing vinyl?
I believe there are a number of tools for automatically splitting and
transcoding audio input from a vinyl player.
--=20
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