Good Quality Led Zepplin CD's do they even exist?

Ben,

In all honesty I do hear a big difference between the american remasters and the jap versions of the same cd. My american copy does state remastered by page and marino, and so does the jap mini lp. Let me give you a quick run down of my system.
CD Player-Arcam fmj 23t
Pre-Pass Labs x1
Amp-Pass Labs x350.5
Speakers- Energy Veritas 2.4i

When I play the american version and the jap back to back with the same volume. I do hear a big differnce. The sound is a lot clearer, back ground is so black I can hardly hear the tape hiss, drums have more snap and more in your face,plants voice seems to flout in the air, pages guitar is much shaper. The list goes on and on. Now I did have my douhts at first. The american rematers are a lot cheaper and besides I had all of them already. Why invest a lot more money for the jap versions. The sucker in me had to have a listen, and I was blown away. The sound differnce to my ears sounds like a componet upgrade. Now it could be my system or a differnce in hearing between you and I. But I'm so taken a back that I have begone to replace my pink floyd cd's with mini lp's as well. And it's the same story with the pinks as well. Happy listening!

Wildoats no,the box set I'm talking about (although I believe they are the same remastering)is the later one with the complete studio recordings-a 10 CD set.
There is a link above for it.

Chadaudio816-I really don't know what to say,I guess perhaps another opinion on it might help.
I have the mini-LP of WYWH by Floyd and my findings are the same as the Zep I have-different packaging but the same sonics.

Chadaudio816-I've just listened to Physical Graffiti again and to my ears these discs are identical.

Perhaps one explanation is that the Grey box-set and the Japanese discs are of better quality than the stand alone American discs.It's all I can really think of,it would be interesting if other Audiogoners have any of these discs and can make comparisons.

How about you mail me your address and I burn a selection of my box-set for you to compare with your Japanese copies?
Might help tie it up.

For the record my system is Ayre AX-7,Ayre CX-7 and Proac 2.5's.

Chadaudio816,-I might be able to explain the differences that you hear. It seems that you had already owned the American remasters for some time prior to purchasing and playing the japanese remasters. Perhaps through repeating handlings or just exposure to your place your American CDs may need to be treated with something like the Mapleshade Ionoclast antistatic gun.

The differences you cite are exactly the same thing I notice with my CDs prior to the treatment (which wears off after 5-10 plays) as compared with post-treatment. Blacker backgrounds, more low-level detail, seemingly more sensitive and louder output. The more resolving your system is the greater the gains, IMO. This may be the source of the differences you are hearing. But then again it may not. But my gut tells me it's a good possibility.

Aaron

there is another thread where i brought up the the FACT that the difference could also be in the disc itself(the manufacturing process does effect the sound of discs new and old. the thread is THE SONG DOES REMAIN THE SAME