Led Zeppelin – Untitled

Got the 2014 reissue because of the positive reviews and the fact that OPs and well-rated reissues of Zep in solid shape are ridiculously overpriced. While I think the $20-25 you’ll spend for this reissue is well worth it for a clean copy, I can’t imagine this compares favorably to AAA copies of the album. It’s overly bright and lacks significant punch, which is a deadly sin for a Led Zeppelin album. If you love this record, save your $$ and put it toward a nice 70s version

I cannot compare this to other pressings as far as mastering goes, but my copy is quiet and spins flat.

Excellent sounding pressing! Have this and Physical Graffiti - will definitely be getting more.

Can’t believe anyone has talked about the horrible cover art resolution, it looks and feels like a Xerox from the original! It really makes me mad that this remasters were supposed to be supervised by Jimmy Page, dude made a very mediocre job, with all that money he could have payed someone to do it right, it just sounds loud and flat. There is nothing good about this garbage reissue, i just want to use mine as a frisbee, can’t find nothing better to do with it.

i don't know if it's an issue with the master or something, but this just sounds... bad. I don't have any other version aside from an Amazon Music Unlimited 96/24 FLAC, and it suffers from the same issue. I might get an early CD pressing to this, but overall this is a poor-sounding record.

Sounds distorted at decent volume levels and way too much brightness. Hoped it was better. Played through a Rega P3, Elex-R and Focal Aria 906.

Pretty good pressing here, maybe not as dynamically "open" as older copies of the album but I think it does the album justice for being a fairly accessible reissue. Sounds clear as a whistle for me and it definitely beats out any of the digital or CD copies of the album I've heard, it's for sure worth a buy if you're not looking to crate dig for an older copy or prefer your vinyl sparkly new.
Will say though that having the hype sticker glued to the album jacket is pretty terrible. Came off easy enough, though.

Mine has the black hype stick glued to the album cover itself and not the shrink wrap. Bummer

The 2014 pressings are very mediocre. This one sounds quite flat and unengaging.

This pressing sounds oustanding! My example might just be the quietest piece of quality vinyl I own - it's spectacular in that regard. (I know other folks have had vinyl issues - unfortunately quality control is still an issue across the entire industry - but my experience with anything pressed by Pallas, like this release, is much more consistent - YMMV). I have a NM original 71 "Porky/Pecko Duck" mastered release - which I think is great - but I won't lie, I think this sounds better! Problem with LZIV is, IMO, it's one of the worst recorded of LZ's albums - I have heard countless LPs, had my own cassette version, CD, s, etc...and they all suffer from similar flaws that I can only attribute to poor original recordings. There are portions of these songs that just don't have the dynamics they should, in my mind, or clarity, or "breath/air" as some folks would call it. Certain portions of the frequency spectrum are somewhat muted to my ears, and that's been the case with every recording I've owned - including my NM Porky. They just didn't record this album well. But......hear me out.....this remaster PROFOUNDLY improves much of that - John Davis and Page did a FANTASTIC job on this one. Some of those original flaws and detriments are hard to overcome (noted by others here), I think they've done everything possible they can with these recordings. Listening to "Going to California" on this pressing is like a breath of fresh air - I've never heard it so good. The soundstage across all songs is HUGELY improved. I don't have $250+ to spend on a Classic Records remastering that everyone talks about. And I love analog as much as the next guy - but if it sounds great, it sounds great. I'm always annoyed by the countless folks I've seen on forums and discussion threads saying "this sounds great....but they used digital in the mastering process". Including the guy on youtube who dismisses all of the Davis/Page remasters as inferior solely for that fact. I also own LZ I/II/III on this remastering series - and they all sound great, they just do. LZIV, in particular, needed some help and some life to make that a better recording with such great songs - this pressing does that. Don't buy into the "it's not 100% analog" -- if it were a completely blind audio test, without confirmation bias, you'd think it's a fantastic recording. Don't be biased, there are plenty of crappy analog recordings that exist too - that alone doesn't make them perfect, and guess what, analog tapes degrade, and aren't going to last forever. A high-rez (meaning, 3 or 4 times the resolution of a CD, for instance) digital step in the mastering doesn't equate to horrible quality or horrific listening experience -- I've been listening to quality vinyl for 45 years -- some digital mastering is simply required to get a much better sound, and are done extremely well - and if I play for even my most discerning friends, they'll say "that sounds amazing what is that?". Just like anything there are good examples and poor examples - for me, this LZIV is really really good. And still plentiful. And still very reasonable cost.