Remastered Vinyl Loudness War

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.

Remastered vinyl loudness war. Examples of the loudness war in action. Discussion in music corner started by zinger ghretzel mar 10 2012. By contrast my old cd version is pretty boring and dull by comparison. 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.

Remastering old music loudness war and other reasons it sucks. Did you new copy of an old album sound like crap. The cd was the first medium of the digital age and with that the old physical limitations of the vinyl record disappeared. Dan the man1 likes this.

A great remaster but i think the vinyl helps bring at alive. It is a myth that the nature of vinyl keeps it from being able to be mastered loud. 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 following video is a great demonstration of the loudness war.

The beatles remastered and the loudness war. 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. That s probably because it was remastered. This was the beginning of the loudness war as we know it.

It s refreshing vibrant and full of energy. I will address this issue in an upcoming faq at some time in the future. The best way to really understand what is happening to our music is to see if for yourself. The remastered vinyl breathes new life into this album.

New toys same old boys. Bogdan101 mar 10 2012 11. 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. There are so many remasters of dark side of the moon and the last few vinyl releases don t sound as good as the hd tracks version because the digital version.

New vinyl mastered and pressed since the loudness wars began is likely to be very compressed just like its digital counterpart.