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Anyone heard the new Led Zep jJapanese CDs?

I have had a heck of time listening to Led Zeppelin on CD (the vinyl has always been fine). Bonham's cymbals split up in the mix, the guitar sounds pressed... nothing on CD, re-issue or no, has worked.
Yesterday I picked up the mini-LP style Japanese re-issue of LedZep II... and lo and behold!! The tunes sound great!! I've always felt the true benefit of an audiophile system is not the fine rendering of quality recordings (i.e. Steely Dan, etc..), but the ability to make sense of an aural onslaught (Charles Mingus is a great beneficiary of high-end audio...how great it would've been to hear him LIVE...). Anyway, 'just wondering if anyone's had the same response to the Led Zeppelin CDs?
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Interesting... the difference in the two discs (my old and new copy) is in the peak moments (cymbals crashing, or aggressive guitar attack). The earlier disc breaks up a bit and becomes very annoying in the aggregate.. but Ben you're right. Both discs are credited to "Jimmy Page" remastering the tapes... I can't imagine the transfer would have much to do with it..
Investigation will continue with a thorough comparison of the two LedZep II CDs... if it turns out I'm hearing phantoms, well, in the end I get to enjoy a great record several times over...
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