Originally Posted by
neorev
Actually Bob Ludwig did an amazing job because he ONLY worked on the actual main album discs only and not the discs with additional material. The vinyl, CD, and digital main albums sound good to me. Unlike the bonus material that were done by different people and sadly pushed the volume on them.
I own the CDs and I have digital copies of all the reissues (Gish/Siamese/Pisces/Mellon Collie in 24 bit & Aeroplane/Adore sadly only have a 16 bit digital release)
From the booklets...
Gish & Siamese Dream: Disc 1 were remastered by Bod Ludwig - Disc 2 mastered by Evren Goknar.
Pisces Iscariot: Disc 1 remastered by Bob Ludwig Discs 2-6 mastered by Howie Weinberg.
Mellon Collie: Discs 1 & 2 by Bod Ludwig - Discs 3,4,& 5 by Howie Weinberg
Aeroplane Flies High: Discs 1-5 mastered by Bod Ludwig and Adam Ayan (guessing Bob did the regular Aeroplane tracks while Adam did the additional material on each disc) - Disc 6 mastered by Howie Weinberg and Dan Gerbarg
Adore: Disc 1 remastered by Bob Ludwig Discs 2-6 mastered by Howie Weinberg.
So it's actually Bob Ludwig who made these releases sound so good. The main albums are not brickwalled at all. I gotta crank them in the car. Sadly Howie Weinberg, Evren Goknar, etc. are the reasons the bonus material is brickwalled. The Adore bonus/demo material is especially cranked up.
I have the original album ripped and I have the 24 bit digital file, they are literally the EXACT same volume. But you can hear an increase in the bonus material, even in the 24 bit digital. Luckily, the album remasters are perfect.