On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:23:07 -0500, Les Cargill
wrote:

Don Pearce wrote:
Not all is gloom in the dynamic range midden. I've just been pulling
to pieces a bit of Led Zeppelin to compare a recent CD of LZ IV with
my original vinyl copy. I'm happy to be able to report that the new CD
has hugely *increased* dynamics over the vinyl, and there is no sign
of any mastering engineer making it loud.

It is so nice when the artists have the muscle to stay in charge.

http://81.174.169.10/odds/dynamics

to see what I found.

d


My CD of "Hotel California" likewise has very reasonable dynamics.
It's not even normalized on some songs.

I'm just trying to remember what CD I played the other day which had
one song that didn't reach higher than about -11dB FS. It was meant to
be quiet, and it was.

d

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