Epilog: Today most CDs are mastered way to LOUD. You can find the problem described if you search for LOUDNESSWAR on youtube.
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Because of the LOUDNESSWAR, I do not buy new CDs ever.
LPs can NOT be LOUDNESSWAR mastered, so new albums sound way better on LP.
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DISCOCGS is always my go-to-site for CDs or LPs in physical form.
It is superb sorted and I can search for CDs with proper mastering printed before 1990.
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The proper thing to do than, would be to rip them with EAC (Exact Audio Copy) on a PC which makes sure by comparing the signatures with its database that everything is ripped bitperfect.
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After that I convert the FLAC to iTunes lossless ADAC with XLD.
.. to feed my non-oversampling DAC (Metrum Amethyst) and tube amp.
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best regards form Austria (Europe, not the kangaroos)
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Because of the LOUDNESSWAR, I do not buy new CDs ever.
LPs can NOT be LOUDNESSWAR mastered, so new albums sound way better on LP.
.
DISCOCGS is always my go-to-site for CDs or LPs in physical form.
It is superb sorted and I can search for CDs with proper mastering printed before 1990.
.
The proper thing to do than, would be to rip them with EAC (Exact Audio Copy) on a PC which makes sure by comparing the signatures with its database that everything is ripped bitperfect.
.
After that I convert the FLAC to iTunes lossless ADAC with XLD.
.. to feed my non-oversampling DAC (Metrum Amethyst) and tube amp.
.
best regards form Austria (Europe, not the kangaroos)