Subj : Re: Floppy LPs
To   : StormTrooper
From : boraxman
Date : Thu May 01 2025 10:29:28

-=> StormTrooper wrote to boraxman <=-

 bo> REally, it declined that early?  I wasn't around during that time, but
 bo> I've heard a remaster here and there, compared to the 90s version, and
 bo> it was different.

 St> There's always exceptions... The further into the 80s and early 90s I'd
 St> say they became less cohesive in general, and loaded with more duds.
 St> I've not had much to do with anything remastered... only one I ever got
 St> my hands on was Led Zeppelin Remasters, can't say I noticed any
 St> difference between it and any other versions I'd heard.

The very first album I bought was in 1996, so I can't compare with earlier
stuff.  It was a 1993 album, "God Shuffled his Feet".  But I do hear the
difference in newer albums.

Devin Townsend once talked about complaints that his albums were "quiet"
(despite having heavy moments) and he explained it as a necessity of mixing to
ensure all the many elements of sound he's mixed in are audible at the intended
level.  In other words, he won't engage in the "Loudness war" and muddy the
sound to bring it to the same loudness as others.


.... BoraxMan
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