Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin

Sounds pretty good. A tad bright but not ear shattering. Nicely detailed with a good soundstage.

Excellent digital reissue. Quiet surface noise. Excellent high, mid, and low frequencies. Stereo mix is through the roof with Babe I'm gonna leave you. Great Value, Page was right. This is an excellent reissue.

I know this reissue has its detractors, but I just did a comparison with 8 other versions. I holds its own honestly. It’s not as brawny and warm like a 70s Piros but it’s difficult to find one of those that isn’t noisy. It’s very clear and clean sounding and it’s quiet vinyl. Hard to complain. It sounds a little trebly and bright but it’s not distracting. Still dynamic and has some bite. I’d recommend.

Ten-Minute Record Reviews has a video review of this album here: https://youtu.be/wb6gj4u3JRo

So what people talk about when they think this sounds bad is most likely the digital mastering. I myself was expecting this to be a great sounding issue but after listening I felt like it was missing something and still prefererad my older 70s issue. I thought it had a lot of detail with a clean press but for some reason sounded very flat and sterile. If you are looking for the best sounding new versions of these albums I hear that the Classic Records releases are a good choice. They are very expensive but are made by people who really care and do great mastering for vinyl. I myself am getting one and doing a blind test to see which I think sounds best between the 70s issue, 2014 remaster and 2007 Classic Records version. In the end its a good record and if you dont mind that much its just a great deal, but personally I would go for many 70s reissues that are in NM condition over this.

Update:
The Classic Records release by Grundman are easily superior for some albums and closer with others, they are never worse than the 2014 reissues however.

Equipment used:
Rega RP1 with Nagaoka MP-110 Cartridge
Cyrus 2 Amplifier
Sustem Fidelity SF-3050 Tower Speakers
Custom made HQ Cables

Here is a link to the vinyl reviews vinyl quality review of this specific pressing: https://vinylreviews.com/album/led-zeppelin-i/

i would give it 4.5, it has some clippings for some drum parts, though i ignore if it was recorded that way and there's no way of fixing it. (i hope i am adding the right edition to my collection since there are 2 with the same description). Most of the rest of the album is fairly nice and it cost me like 12 bucks at most so it was a must.