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Dream Theater – Black Clouds & Silver Linings

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

Theatre of Tragedy – Storm

Theatre of Tragedy’s 2006 Album – Storm, originally released at a DR6 rating, unofficially remastered as a DR10 album. 2 Sample songs available – Fade & Exile, for those who are interested in the differences between the modern ultra-compressed, low dynamic recordings and how they might sound were they mastered/mixed with more natural dynamics and lower average loudness level

Slipknot – Iowa

Originally a DR7 heavily clipped album – now “re-mastered” to a DR11-level. Turn it up loud on a good-quality sound system to enjoy to the fullest. Original tone & agression should be retained – but with added musicality and variety as a result of the increased dynamics & harmonic restoration

Dream Theater – Systematic Chaos

Originally a DR6 heavily clipped album – now “re-mastered” to a DR11-level. Turn it up loud on a good-quality sound system to enjoy to the fullest.

Site Update & Additional Content

Hi all, we will shortly be completing an overhaul of the site over the next week, including updating of the site software (already complete) followed by adding to the front-end (wordpress) content with additional articles and info, some of it being migrated from the forum

JFA – We Care About The Sound

Thank you for visiting, this site aims at bringing awareness to the general public about a worrying and disasterous trend in modern recorded music, commonly dubbed “The Loudness Wars”. This is where music is being excessively compressed or “squashed” in terms of loudness so that a song is as loud as possible the entire way [...]

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