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I received Californication on vinyl today from SoundStageDirect.com. I've only listened to the song Californication so far but it sounds excellent. It's a shame that it took 12 years to fix the original mastering but it's good to know that the original recording survived Rubin's deaf ears.

Below are the waveforms for Californication. The top is ripped from the CD. The bottom was recorded from Vinyl at 24 bit 48K and normalized to -1.0 dB.

Ow. I hate seeing audio over driven like that.

Although that's a pretty extreme example, this is a very common problem with CDs and MP3s in general. Because most MP3 players (with ear buds) lack low-end, the mixer always feels compelled to over drive everything.

It irks me when I spend good money on an MP3, and it's distorted.

So do they plan to release a properly mastered version on any media other then vinyl?

Pugsley wrote:So do they plan to release a properly mastered version on any media other then vinyl?

I don't think so. You'll have to either buy the vinyl or pm someone who has the vinyl to get a copy.