Sorry to bring up an old thread, but I figured it would be of some help if I left my experience here for others that might be having this problem. I followed ericj's instructions and the rattling has stopped entirely from what I hear. The noise only used to happen at certain frequencies so if I...

Shellac - This Is a Picture http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EerlE7_wz8   Cloud Nothings - Wasted Days http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIitQNXVgb8   Both were recorded at Electrical Audio by Steve Albini. My favorite producer/engineer and my favorite recording studio.

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Quote:   THE DEAK lol

Alright! This was definitely one of the more strange and interesting albums I've listened to this year.   I'm not a huge fan of Animal Collective, but this was definitely enjoyable. I really liked how densely layered it is. Also, I agree with heyyoudvd about the mastering. Very good.

Quote:   I'm only joking with you. I'll probably listen to it tonight. I don't pay much attention to review sites.

Quote:   And how would you know that? 

There's a full stream of the album up on NPR. I haven't listened to it yet. I don't really feel like it to be honest.

Quote:   I wish I was this adventurous.

Quote:   Yep. There are cases where there was a different master, but they are rare.

Quote:   I threw together a cheap speaker system from buying used on Craigslist for this reason. When I'm doing things like cleaning or if I can't be tethered to the computer I'll use my speakers. In cases like that I kind of put audio quality in the backseat. When I want the full...

Quote:   AFAIK, yes. It's the same master with a limiter applied to it in most cases.

Quote:   The reason for this is because CD masters are too loud for vinyl. If they were pressed as is, the needle would jump right out of the groove. The quick way to get around this is to apply a limiter to the master. Hence no dynamic range improvements and no clipping.

Quote:   I just wanted to see where you were coming from with your claims. Yeah, there are much better drummers out there. Nothing special about those guys.

Quote:   Yeah. This. When I saw the link to Rolling Stone I said to myself "Oh boy, here we go!", but I didn't want to say it.

Quote:   I'm curious... what modern drummers have you heard? Would you mind naming a few off the top of your head?   Quote:   Agreed.

Quote:   I don't have a beef with Peart. I think he's a great drummer. The problem is that you're making it sound like he is the end all be all of drummers and that no modern drummers are innovators, simply followers of what others did in the past, and that's not true.   Edit...

Quote:   It's definitely not the best way to get rid of CDs, I'll agree with you on that, but if OP wants to quickly and easily liquidate his collection it might be a good way to go about it.

Quote:   OH NO! A business selling things for profit! A record store can't really give you much more for CDs then they already do. They purchase a CD for maybe $2, and they can probably count on it sitting on the shelves for at least a few weeks, only to be sold for 6-10 bucks, if at all...

Quote:   And there were innovators before them, and there are innovators today. Not everyone is a follower of Neil Peart. Get over it.

Quote:   Every musician has influences. It's not like Peart or Bonham invented the drumset. They listened to other drummers and were influenced by their styles as well.

Quote:   The old Tera Melos drummer was incredible. He's definitely one of my favorite drummers.       This is actually a great point. Damon Che from Don Caballero was largely influenced by Neil Peart.

Quote:   If your CDs are in good condition, you shouldn't have any problems.

Quote:   There is not. Their rips do not provide any sort of "log" or other information when finished. iTunes simply tells you that it finished and that's that.

Quote:   The key word in my last post is "automatically". I'm not denying the fact that some albums have different and better masters. I'm saying that some people actually believe that putting a crappy master on vinyl will make it sound better.