The Incident

The sound on this album is fantastic. It is so crisp and lively. The First and second disc are DR 10. The lowest track is DR 9 and the highest is DR13. It is simply a pleasure to listen to.

This continues Steven Wilson’s track record of producing Dynamic music. Fear of a Blank Planet clocked in at DR9 which also sounded great as well as did the reissue of Lightbulb Sun which is DR10. While DR12 or 13 would be even better, Porcupine Tree albums stand head and shoulders above most of their peers. In an age of ear oppressing barriers of noise, PT is bringing back much of what has been lost in the listening experience.

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Remixed & Remastered from the isolated audio stems – This community edition of the tracks was made with the intent of incorporating some pre-1990 sonic elements of rock/metal recordings where suitable, and to increase dynamic range – resulting in approx 13db Dynamic Range (DR Meter).

Of course, some may love it, some may not – it is just another edition to try at the end of the day – however hopefully people will be able to hear the music and compositions in a new way, and hopefully also in a more enjoyable way.

To hear this edition – please view the details in our forum – registration required.
Download Details

Format: FLAC (Lossless)

Note: Reduce volume on retail by approximately 5.3db during playback for equal loudness comparison

To enjoy to its fullest, please play on a standalone/dedicated audio system (non-portable – non-builtin) if possible – and turn it up a good bit. The impact, and the resultant attention it draws from the listener as a result of the increased dynamics and seperation of instrumentss helps make the song a lot more memorable & also interesting.

Song Downloads:

• 01 – Storm
• 05 – Fade
• 08 – Exile

Originally a DR7 heavily clipped album – now “re-mastered” to a DR11-level – General dynamics treatments and so on.

Note: Reduce volume on retail by approximately 5db during playback for equal loudness comparison

The harsh clipping artifacts and muddiness has been removed as ceany as possible, in addition to maintaining the agressive tone of the abum and increasing the natural dynamics -To enjoy to its fullest, please play on a standalone/dedicated audio system (non-portable – non-builtin) if possible – and turn it up a good bit. The impact, and the resultant attention it draws from the listener as a result of the increased dynamics and seperation of instrumentss helps make the song a lot more memorable & also interesting.

Disasterpiece - Retail (DR7)

Disasterpiece - JFA (DR11)

Song Downloads:

• 03 – Disasterpiece
• 08 – Left Behind

Originally a DR6 heavily clipped album – now “re-mastered” to a DR11-level

Note: Reduce volume on retail by approximately 5.5db during playback for equal loudness comparison

The level & dynamics in the DR11 version are now closer to that of previous albums such as Images & Words – So to enjoy to its fullest, please play on a standalone/dedicated audio system (non-portable – non-builtin) if possible – and turn it up a good bit. The impact, and the resultant attention it draws from the listener as a result of the increased dynamics and seperation of instrumentss should help make the song a lot more memorable & also interesting.

Audio Evaluations:

• 01 – In The Presence Of Enemies – Part I
• 02 – Forsaken
• 03 – Constant Motion
• 04 – The Dark Eternal Night
• 05 – Repentance
• 06 – Prophets of War
• 07 – The Ministry of Lost Souls
• 08 – In Presence Of Enemies – Part II

Retail CD - Before (DR6)

JFA Re-Master - After (DR11)

Audio Evaluations:

Something In Your Mouth

Retail - Before (DR4)

JFA Re-Master - After (DR11)

Song Download:

A Rite of Passage

Downloaded MP3 - Before (DR6)

JFA Re-Master - After (DR12)

The show interviewed some Metallica fans and also Mastering Engineer Ian Shepherd [Visit Blog]

Joel and Ian dicussed the fundamental problems on the Death Magnetic CD and how it affects the music when played, and why this is done on the CD and not on the version of the album downloaded via the Guitar Hero III Game on the Playstation 3 & XBox 360 consoles, including a direct comparison between the CD version and the GHIII version.

Justice For Audio would like to thank Joel for picking up on the issue and contacting us prior to the programme looking for the views of real metallica fans about the CD.

For an MP3 recording of the report – Grab It Here and for the youtube videos, just press play on each part below.

Part One

Part Two

If you agree that this new ‘exciting’ sound is ruining music, please sign the petition to re-mix and master Death Magnetic to sound like decent music and not an earful of crackle & distortion.

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Original Youtube Page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUGSrzTNjZw