Remastered Vinyl Loudness War

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Remastered vinyl loudness war.

I will address this issue in an upcoming faq at some time in the future. Bogdan101 mar 10 2012 11. Did you new copy of an old album sound like crap. The subject of this article is something that affects everyone whenever you listen to pre recorded music through whatever audio system or headphones and yet this is something which 99 of people are blissfully unaware but through no fault of your own but because this is one of the industry s biggest and dirtiest secrets and where right and wrong become upside down and backwards.

By contrast my old cd version is pretty boring and dull by comparison. Digital audiophiles should get remastered albums from hd tracks where the ardent and skillful work of engineers like katz can be appreciated and sometimes sound superior to vinyl. Examples of the loudness war in action. This was the beginning of the loudness war as we know it.

My early abbey road uk vinyl sounds better than the 24 bit version from the usb apple stick. That s probably because it was remastered. Dan the man1 likes this. The following video is a great demonstration of the loudness war.

The best way to really understand what is happening to our music is to see if for yourself. A great remaster but i think the vinyl helps bring at alive. Record companies are remastering music. There have been other deletions in the past mostly by people who think that vinyl mp3 or self improved versions of albums should not be there.

The cd was the first medium of the digital age and with that the old physical limitations of the vinyl record disappeared. New vinyl mastered and pressed since the loudness wars began is likely to be very compressed just like its digital counterpart. There is a really great dynamic range database at dr loudness war info that covers everything from modern cd s remastered back catalogues and vinyl. With the physical limitations posed by vinyl removed record producers were free to create louder masters.

Newly released vinyl and the loudness war reply 24 2011 04 12 13 49 47 i emailed the label back on black regarding the angel of retribution album and was told that it was remastered for vinyl from the digital masters provided by sony. It s refreshing vibrant and full of energy. It is a myth that the nature of vinyl keeps it from being able to be mastered loud. Remastering old music loudness war and other reasons it sucks.

Discussion in music corner started by zinger ghretzel mar 10 2012.