Led Zeppelin Box Set 50% off

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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited February 2011
    Libertyc wrote: »
    Is this basically the same as the LZ Complete Studio Recordings Box Set?

    Thanks

    As far as what criteria? This has all the faithfully reproduced art work sleeves as well as discs from the original LP releases. Including (2) covers of LZ I the gatefolded LP covers, and the working "wheel" from LZ III as well as all the alternate covers of ITOD w/the brown paper bag wrapper.

    So no it's nothing like the TCSR as far as packaging. As far as content it's probably the same, but I'm not sure if they are taken from the same set of remastered material. Earlier in this thread there are some links about the sound.

    Did you look at the photos in post #92..................far, far more impressive than TCSR and cheaper too.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • Big Dawg
    Big Dawg Posts: 2,005
    edited February 2011
    Big Dawg wrote: »
    I ordered on the 27th (9 days ago) and still waiting.....

    Mine arrived today, haven't opened it up yet. Something to do tonight!
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  • zeppage2
    zeppage2 Posts: 196
    edited February 2011
    Pff, forum peer pressure made me buy one:biggrin:
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  • Joe Humbert
    Joe Humbert Posts: 189
    edited February 2011
    Ordered mine on 1/31/11, arrived today, not too bad.....
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  • Bababouey
    Bababouey Posts: 129
    edited February 2011
    Man.. I ordered on Jan 27th and have yet to receive a shipping confirmation.
    Did Rhino e mail when they shipped ?
    I am in Toronto,Canada, so maybe held up a few days at the border.
    Glen
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  • gfong
    gfong Posts: 1,079
    edited February 2011
    Bababouey wrote: »
    Man.. I ordered on Jan 27th and have yet to receive a shipping confirmation.
    Did Rhino e mail when they shipped ?
    I am in Toronto,Canada, so maybe held up a few days at the border.
    Glen

    I did not get an email confirmation when shipped and they did not update the status of the order online.
    I phoned them on Monday morning and they mentioned that they allow 30 days to Canada before looking into anything.
    I got mine in the mail on Monday and it took 26 days to arrive. give them a call and they will tell you when it shipped out.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,729
    edited February 2011
    Don't worry that you didn't get a shipping notice, no one did.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • Joe Humbert
    Joe Humbert Posts: 189
    edited February 2011
    Nope, no shipping notice here, either, they just showed up in the mailbox. Packed OK, no damage to the outer display box. Nice package.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited February 2011
    Lasareath wrote: »

    Anybody else notice this?

    Nope.

    Lacking in bass compared to what?
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • NotaSuv
    NotaSuv Posts: 3,858
    edited February 2011
    ordered a second one on 2/1 and was delivered yesterday............

    As one who has had the pleasure of seeing the Zep live I would say the bass sounds fine on my system................
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited February 2011
    Lasareath wrote: »
    On the first album it seems like there is not enough bass response. Like somebody messed up with the recording. The overall sound of the recording of the first album is just lacking in bass response.

    On LZII the sound was much fuller and there was more bass.

    So you're asking about the bass compared to other LZ titles or compared to other versions of LZ I that have been released?

    That's where I was confused and asked "it lacks bass compared to what?"

    I have 3 versions of LZ I on cd and they have about the same bass so it's the recording.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • Bababouey
    Bababouey Posts: 129
    edited February 2011
    My wife just called me at work.
    My set came today.
    She had to pay $20.00 for some kind of tax.
    Any of my fellow Canadians get this extra charge?
    Glen
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  • gfong
    gfong Posts: 1,079
    edited February 2011
    Bababouey wrote: »
    My wife just called me at work.
    My set came today.
    She had to pay $20.00 for some kind of tax.
    Any of my fellow Canadians get this extra charge?
    Glen

    No charge for me on the Zeppelin shipment. I do get charges the odd time from Canada Post, lately I've been lucky. The charge would be $5.00 handling charge from Canada Post and then the duty/HST.
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    edited February 2011
    Thanks for the tip! Just ordered mine, the sale is still ongoing. I have the Complete Studio Recordings as well, hoping these sound better...
    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited February 2011
    Lasareath wrote: »
    I'm confused. Why do have two copies of Led Zep I? One is orange and one is blue. There's only one CD. The orange one has no CD

    ledzep1.jpg

    Las, don't you read the product descriptions before you buy something or use google :wink:? The 1st pressing of LZ I was in a different colored cover. The subsequent pressings were in another color. They included both covers as well as all the ITTOD covers that have a different perspective sitting in the same seat of the bar.

    I have also read that the ITTOD covers have the water color treatment as well.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,511
    edited February 2011
    heiney9 wrote: »
    They included both covers as well as all the ITTOD covers that have a different perspective sitting in the same seat of the bar.

    I thought the extras were bar coasters.:eek:






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  • anton.chigurh
    anton.chigurh Posts: 239
    edited February 2011
    F1nut wrote: »
    The first thing that anyone who purchased this box set needs to do is order replacement "**** bags". The original ones are terrible....the glue on the strip is too strong and the plastic is too thin causing the damn things to rip.

    Wes at www.soundsourcecds.com sells high quality replacements, actually made in Japan.

    Well... I made it all the way to Houses of Holy before I shredded my first plastic sleeve trying to open it. Went ahead and ordered the Max Non reseal sleeves from the Ebay store associated with your link. Thanks.
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  • zeppage2
    zeppage2 Posts: 196
    edited February 2011
    anton.chigurh wrote: »
    Well... I made it all the way to Houses of Holy before I shredded my first plastic sleeve trying to open it. Went ahead and ordered the Max Non reseal sleeves from the Ebay store associated with your link. Thanks.

    Thank you for being more explicit with the name of the product rather than some slang reference...
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,729
    edited February 2011
    zeppage2 wrote: »
    Thank you for being more explicit with the name of the product rather than some slang reference...

    Seriously?

    The Japanese invented them, hence the term **** bag. Go into any CD store and ask for **** bags and they will know exactly what you mean.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,064
    edited February 2011
    F1nut wrote: »
    The first thing that anyone who purchased this box set needs to do is order replacement "**** bags". The original ones are terrible....the glue on the strip is too strong and the plastic is too thin causing the damn things to rip.

    Wes at www.soundsourcecds.com sells high quality replacements, actually made in Japan.
    Thanks for the info. on the "Japanese American Plastic CD Containment Units" :rolleyes:. I opened my first CD, it ripped to hell, and I got mad and pitched it.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited February 2011
    F1nut wrote: »
    Seriously?
    I'm guessing he was serious... Why is that so hard for you understand?
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,729
    edited February 2011
    It's ridiculous. Why is that so hard for you understand?
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    edited February 2011
    I love this forum. I've already ordered the MAX replacement mini-lp plastic bags from ebay, before I've even received the boxed set. From the sound of things here, I'll have the replacement sleeves before I get the cd's....
    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited February 2011
    I just ordered it. Still the same price!
    madmax

    Edit: I didn't order the offensive Japanese American Plastic CD Containment Units though...
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • zeppage2
    zeppage2 Posts: 196
    edited February 2011
    Ordered on Feb 8; received on Feb 14 :)
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited February 2011
    F1nut wrote: »
    It's ridiculous. Why is that so hard for you understand?
    Geez, Jesse, I dunno... maybe because I don't extend my willingness to be politically incorrect to the point where I am just being an insensitive ****' bag?
    F1nut wrote: »
    Go into any CD store and ask for **** bags and they will know exactly what you mean.
    Tell me... how many times have you've walked up to a Japanese-American employee, or anyone clearly asian descent, and asked for "**** Bags".
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,729
    edited February 2011
    Geez, Jesse, I dunno... maybe because I don't extend my willingness to be politically incorrect to the point where I am just being an insensitive ****' bag?

    Oh my, sensitivities are flying. If they were called Yank bags, would that bother you?
    Tell me... how many times have you've walked up to a Japanese-American employee, or anyone clearly asian descent, and asked for "**** Bags".

    I couldn't tell you, but the next time my English-German-French-Austrian-American **** walks up to a Japanese-American employee and asks for **** bags, you'll be the first to know. :rolleyes:
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,083
    edited February 2011
    MAO!

    (Deer Hunter)

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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited February 2011
    I will open each bag once to rip to my music server and then, like all my discs, they will go into storage. It's not a big issue with me because I won't be opening and closing the bags.

    If it was I'd ask at the record counter for some ****-bags, and they'd know what I was talking about.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited February 2011
    I got these last night. Its pretty obvious why reviews vary from great to terrible. These are a different animal than the original release.

    The originals were a work of art, not a great live sounding performance. Bass lacked punch and treble rolled off but they had great holographic imaging. The mix was not intended to be a live sounding performance, it was more of creating a special place with a lot of depth and takes you to another dimension.

    This new release is the total opposite. This is a live sounding band coming from these discs. The bass is very punchy, the upper midrange and lower treble are very biting and the stage width is much wider. Gone is a lot of the depth and forget going into that other dimension. For example of depth look at whole lotta love. When all the spinning around starts it is now an oval in front of me, not a circle going around me as on the old releases. Did I say biting treble? Its just about as biting as I can take and my speakers do not bite unless told to. Luckily its not beyond the level I can stand.

    Are you reading this review thinking I didn't like it? I do, very much. You cannot connect between the old and the new mix, they do different things. When I want to hear Zeppelin, the band, I'll listen to these. When I want to transport myself into an awesome fantasy land filled with musical stories, I'll drop the needle on one of the old mixes. Any Zep fan who doesn't like both may not be a real Zep fan. I highly recommend this set at twice the price, no second thoughts.
    madmax

    Edit: Oh, and I need to order some of those **** thingys too, the 4th one I opened ripped apart.
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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