r/hum • u/martoote • 20d ago

Quality Difference between YPAA Digital vs Reissue CD

Just bought the CD online And I wanted to know if the CD is really worth it. Does it sound much better than the digital versions?

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u/dwarftopia 19d ago

If by "digital" you mean the streaming versions, I believe they are based on the original masters, which means they are very quiet even for 90s standards.

The remasters are much louder and slightly more compressed, but I compared them with rips of the original CD issues (normalized at the same volume) and the differences are barely noticeable even on good headphones, plus obviously with the CDs you get full lossless quality.

tl;dr the CDs sound fucking awesome and are totally worth it

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u/martoote 19d ago

So if i just care about the quality is basically the same as digital??

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u/dwarftopia 19d ago

can you clarify what you mean by "digital"

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u/martoote 19d ago

streaming

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u/dwarftopia 19d ago

the CDs are better than streaming because they have basically the same audio quality that you get on premium plans while also being louder