Dinosaur Jr

[Dr Prod]

Anyone got the new album yet?

[ehonda]

Yes - Haven't had a chance to listen to it properly yet though. First impressions are typical Dinosaur Jr, which is no bad thing.

[jesusbuiltmycar]

Have you got the 'good' or 'bad' version?

nme linky

dinosaurjr.com said:

Please note that on the European CD version of the 'Farm' album there is an audio problem. This occurred while duplicating the original master in a duplication studio. The problem occurred when the duplicate was produced, as the software program used for this duplication 'doubled' the sound layers. This resulted in a 3dB increase in the overall sound volume.

Pity Metallica didn't make the same offer on Death Magnetic

[ehonda]

Too loud? How does that work?
I'm not sure to be honest, will have a look when I get home. Think I can probably live without the ring tone though.

[jesusbuiltmycar]

ehonda said:

Too loud? How does that work?
I'm not sure to be honest, will have a look when I get home. Think I can probably live without the ring tone though.

Google the loudness war - basically the album has been 'over-recorded' this distorts and clips the digital signal.

Last year Metallica's Death Magnetic was very badly recorded - unfortunatley Metallica didn't care so the choice is listen to a crap quality recording or simply do not bother....

[ehonda]

Thanks for that - interesting stuff. Bloody annoying too.

Wikipedia link for anyone interested.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war