Dark Matter: Official Album Thread

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5 Stars
119
56%
4 Stars
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31%
3 Stars
19
9%
2 Stars
2
1%
2 Star
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0%
%#*! Andrew Watt
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it's likely the newness, but I'm still very impressed they were able to make something just as good - if not better than - Gigaton.
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DDWJMUVW wrote:
Homeboyd wrote:All I know is the Spotify version of Wreckage sounds noticeably better than the leak version. So maybe there’s a sliver of hope for the slower/mid-tempo songs. Or maybe that’s just wishful thinking.

it does, and if you tinker with the eq to your linking, it will sound even better :)

oh and make sure you have payback quality set to highest.
For sure, I use a slightly modified hip-hop preset EQ and it really works for my setup. Probably not the absolute best for clarity but it removes the extreme brightness which is my main complaint and still works for 99% of the other stuff I listen to.
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pearl jam sucks now
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Thurman Murman wrote:
hlniv wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Jfc
let's hope someone just flac'd up the mp3's from yesterday and the real thing won't look like this.

I'm reaching I know
Haha at this point it is what it is....im just gonna focus in on the positive. The vast majority of these songs are fucking killer!!
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Hey everyone - can someone please send me the FLAC file? Appreciate it.
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Did someone say FLAC??

I'd appreciate a link if possible. Although I'm tempted to wait until tomorrow, but I'm weak!
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From what I can tell, this does appear to be the FLAC rip... even though, still sausage city, at least it's not redlining like yesterday's rip.
Also, yesterday's file was 488 MB, today's file is 733 MB.
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Geez, LUFS of -6.4!!! Haha, what's the point of that when Spotify is going to pull that down to -14 anyway?

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I've still only heard Dark Matter, Running and Wreckage and I can't tell if that makes me a winner or a loser (maybe both). :haha:
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bluestate wrote:From what I can tell, this does appear to be the FLAC rip... even though, still sausage city, at least it's not redlining like yesterday's rip.
Also, yesterday's file was 488 MB, today's file is 733 MB.
A kind soul just hit me up with the FLAC link but it says the file is 361mb.
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EBowie wrote:I've still only heard Dark Matter, Running and Wreckage and I can't tell if that makes me a winner or a loser (maybe both). :haha:
Your long-term hearing is a winner... your soul, heart, body and mind is a loser
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yeah - can someone please send a Flac link my way if possible?

thanks a million!
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BootsToAsses wrote:
bluestate wrote:From what I can tell, this does appear to be the FLAC rip... even though, still sausage city, at least it's not redlining like yesterday's rip.
Also, yesterday's file was 488 MB, today's file is 733 MB.
A kind soul just hit me up with the FLAC link but it says the file is 361mb.
I believe that's the size of the compressed RAR file (I'm seeing 344 MB)

After converting flac to wav and rendering all tracks together into 1 full tracklist wav, that's where my 488 vs 733 comparison is coming from
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So early here, need to dig into some of the lyrics more, but this is fantastic. With Gigaton, BS, LB there were songs that I had to try to talk myself into liking (most songs on LB), but I don't really have that here. Not every song is 4-5 stars, but pleasantly shocked by this.
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bluestate wrote:
BootsToAsses wrote:
bluestate wrote:From what I can tell, this does appear to be the FLAC rip... even though, still sausage city, at least it's not redlining like yesterday's rip.
Also, yesterday's file was 488 MB, today's file is 733 MB.
A kind soul just hit me up with the FLAC link but it says the file is 361mb.
I believe that's the size of the compressed RAR file (I'm seeing 344 MB)

After converting flac to wav and rendering all tracks together into 1 full tracklist wav, that's where my 488 vs 733 comparison is coming from
How odd, I've extracted the album and it's in my music folder still showing as 361mb.
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If there’s a FLAC link, I would sure appreciate it
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i think im not going to worry about the flac on release day.
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Yeah, I don't know why I'm even worrying about it as I'm sure the hi-res will be available to buy tomorrow.
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BootsToAsses wrote:
bluestate wrote:
BootsToAsses wrote:
bluestate wrote:From what I can tell, this does appear to be the FLAC rip... even though, still sausage city, at least it's not redlining like yesterday's rip.
Also, yesterday's file was 488 MB, today's file is 733 MB.
A kind soul just hit me up with the FLAC link but it says the file is 361mb.
I believe that's the size of the compressed RAR file (I'm seeing 344 MB)

After converting flac to wav and rendering all tracks together into 1 full tracklist wav, that's where my 488 vs 733 comparison is coming from
How odd, I've extracted the album and it's in my music folder still showing as 361mb.
Hmm, I'm assuming those files are still in FLAC then? The converted WAV files are larger.
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BootsToAsses wrote:
bluestate wrote:
BootsToAsses wrote:
bluestate wrote:From what I can tell, this does appear to be the FLAC rip... even though, still sausage city, at least it's not redlining like yesterday's rip.
Also, yesterday's file was 488 MB, today's file is 733 MB.
A kind soul just hit me up with the FLAC link but it says the file is 361mb.
I believe that's the size of the compressed RAR file (I'm seeing 344 MB)

After converting flac to wav and rendering all tracks together into 1 full tracklist wav, that's where my 488 vs 733 comparison is coming from
How odd, I've extracted the album and it's in my music folder still showing as 361mb.
I may just be making this up in my head, but the FLAC files are compressed as well. So when they're converted to .wav I imagine that number goes up.
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