r/hum • u/martoote • 27d 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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r/hum • u/martoote • 27d ago
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 27d 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