Stadium Arcadium - CD vs LP - STOP THE LOUDNESS WAR!

I've made a little comparison between the horribly overcompressed CD version of 'Stadium Arcadium' and the brilliantly done LP version mastered by the legendary Steve Hoffman. Change to high quality, check out the differences, and buy an LP tomorrow. Sign the petition, stop the loudness war!

Steve Hoffman re-mastered 'Stadium Arcadium' for the 4x180gr vinyl release with great care and the result is unbelievable. The material got a totally new sound and turned into a brilliantly mastered record. Warner Bros. have already ruined the band's previous materials, in particularly 'Californication' with bad, noisy and crunchy mixing and mastering. 'Californication' was loud as hell.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17777619/the_death_of_high_fidelity/print
http://www.performermag.com/loudness.php

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[cleanmusic213]

LP's mastering is way better. CD version is just too fatiguing to listen too.

[BigTwitchy]

Time to buy a Turntable...

[crazygeek777]

comparing digital versus vinyl on a youtube video. that makes sense.

[ulliversum]

STOP THE LOUDNESS!!!!!!!!!

[JimijaymesGuitarist]

@cleanmusic213 It doesn't make much sense either cos CD has more dynamic range so can get louder without overcompressing but everyone wants CD's to sound like everything is just below 0dB at all times.

[cursedswordsman]

It makes my ears hurt...

[JoeyDrunko]

@BigTwitchy Not only do records sound better, even cassettes sound better. I just boughtt a tape deck with hx pro, and it sounds extremely clear.

[chickensandbeandip]

There is a shit ton of sound loss to when you go through all the process to get to the final vinyl. Compare the master tapes to cd. Or even the tapes to vinyl. Then this argument will be more realistic.

[chickensandbeandip]

The cd sounds better. The Lp is flat sounding. You can hear the texture of the fuzz better on the cd version. The lp sounds muffled. Vinyl sucks. But so does stadium arcadium. That stopped being good after one hot minute.

[roebeet]

Trying to compare these on a youtube video with its own crappy audio compression is not an optimal solution, unfortunately. Suffice it to say, going just on those waveforms the LP likely has better dynamics.

And @AeroVortex92, if you ripped the vinyl to 16/44 and burned to CD, they would likely be different as the original masterings themselves are different. Whether or not one is "better" than the other is up to the listerner, of course.

[AeroVortex92]

@rosskolnikov I meant that If you rip vinyl to a CD then compare the CD with the Vinyl tracks to the original vinyl, there won't be a big difference. I didn't mean to compare the CD with the ripped tracks to the retail original pressing of the CD.

[rosskolnikov]

@InfamousPR Apples and oranges.