Nude With Boots

[seas of luck]

yeah.  I don't buy that shit about the "leaked" cd not sounding as good as the original.

why the hell wouldn't it?  it's leaked from an official release.  does it somehow lose quality when DL'd?

its not like someone recorded it jambox to jambox on a cassette tape so you hear their dad snoring in his easy chair in the background.

Because you lose a lot with mp3 compression, particularly in the high end frequencies.  There is a reason why a 5 minute wav file will be 50mb and a 5 minute mp3 at 192kbs will be like 5 mb, that's a lot of information lost.  Sure, you get the idea, but it's far from the full sound intended and recorded.

I was just about to type this.  My friend downloaded The Maggot the other day and after hearing the cd for years the mp3s just didn't cut it.  It felt like I was listening to it on the radio except it sounded a little bit better.  I feel the same way about Nude With Boots.  The production is fine but the mp3s make it sound like fm radio.

Why did I even download it?  Because I'm impatient as hell and the Melvins are my favorite band.  Is it technically even illegal now that I have it preordered?

[glen]

Is it technically even illegal now that I have it preordered?

technically,   yes. 

matter of fact, its even more illegal when you admit it.

[seas of luck]

Is it technically even illegal now that I have it preordered?

technically,   yes. 

matter of fact, its even more illegal when you admit it.

I mean...uh...I can't wait to hear the album for the first time when I get it!  I bet Dog Island will be heavy and awesome!

[norecess]

Sure, you get the idea, but it's far from the full sound intended and recorded.

I understand what you're saying, but I seriously doubt if I've ever listened to something the way it was intended and recorded, and I really mean that. I listen with my own concentration, and might not hear things that Toshi went apeshit over in the studio. And what the hell, as long as I don't hear it and enjoy, I don't miss anything.

[Idlehanz]

Am I the last to notice that The Kicking Machine is up on the Melvins myspace?

Here's the new avatar from their myspace page.  A painting of Dale and Coady.

[Doody the Clown]

If MP3s are encoded with the right codec, and at the right bitrate, the sound difference between CD and MP3 is negligible.  The high-frequency cutoff is a side effect of poor digital mastering, though that's arguable.  Most CDs nowadays are digitally mastered louder than they used to be, and there is a smaller difference between loud and quiet, and frequencies above a certain point are cut off.

The CD will sound exactly the same as the leaked rip, unless it was an unmastered or pre-master or something.  The conversion to MP3 won't cause a big enough difference to be noticed, unless the person who did the rip is inexperienced.  I ripped all of my Melvins CDs to my harddrive, and they sound the exact same when played through the same sound system, using the same computer software.

[black stallion]

If MP3s are encoded with the right codec, and at the right bitrate, the sound difference between CD and MP3 is negligible.  The high-frequency cutoff is a side effect of poor digital mastering, though that's arguable.  Most CDs nowadays are digitally mastered louder than they used to be, and there is a smaller difference between loud and quiet, and frequencies above a certain point are cut off.

The CD will sound exactly the same as the leaked rip, unless it was an unmastered or pre-master or something.  The conversion to MP3 won't cause a big enough difference to be noticed, unless the person who did the rip is inexperienced.  I ripped all of my Melvins CDs to my harddrive, and they sound the exact same when played through the same sound system, using the same computer software.

you're right and what you have just said certainly is not an opinion

[bathroom creep]

Am I the last to notice that The Kicking Machine is up on the Melvins myspace?

Well, you're not the first.   And that painting looks really cool.

[Chomas]

let me be the fist to say

I WAS RIGHT THAT THE LEAK SOUNDED LIKE SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!

AMAZING difference in richness!!!!!

you kids need to get rid of your MP3s - they are SHIT!!!!!

[norecess]

Well, congratulations

I must say though that due to choosing an internet board as the communication device for sharing this opinion, the main purpose this opinion was intendedly formed with is somewhat lacking, but I must confess I was still able to interpret it anyway

[Chomas]

touche'

[bUTTHOLEmAN]

[black stallion]

 

[Dead Cowboy]

Ok, ok. You win, Glen. I like it..... a little.

[glen]

Ok, ok. You win, Glen. I like it..... a little.

suggestion:  put on dog island.  turn it up.   really, really fuckin loud.   so it actually hurts your ears.   let the song progress.   that will set the hook.  then move on from there.