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I already have the LZ 1-5...

Posted by EdAInWestOC (A) on November 25, 2014 at 07:14:20

In Reply to: RE: No guarantees... posted by Stephen Murphy on November 24, 2014 at 20:28:12:

I bought the Super Deluxe boxed releases that came with the coffee table book (pretty cool stuff), the vinyl, 2 CDs and a card with a download code for each release.

I compared the 24/96 FLACs from the new LZ downloaded stuff to the Classic Records and (in the case of LZ II) the MoFi pressing waveforms. Its is obvious that the new LZ hi-rez download releases are compressed when compared to the Classic or MoFi pressings. My ears get tired and feel assaulted when I listen to the new stuff for too long. Its a hint that something is too compressed (at least to my ears). Yeah, I know that LZ is pretty cranked up to begin with, but it really doesn't need additional compression.

If you search around the vinyl asylum you will find a prior post from me that includes a screen shot from Sony SoundForge that shows two waveforms from a track (IIRC it was from LZ II) that immediately shows the added compression in the new hi-rez download.

Its a shame because other than the compression the release is very clean and could have been a world class reissue. I guess that Jimmy Page is pretty deaf after all those years of standing in front Marshall stacks.

Ed

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