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Here is my first try at -14 dBFS rms sine: http://www.lightningmp3.com/live/file.php?fid=9795

Only 23ms apart at places? No way. I noticed a metronome click as well, which is different and not at all that distracting. What I mean sounds more like jittering problems when ripping CD audio with an unsuitable old drive, but it can't be that, I guess.

There are some strange clicks in the vocal chorus track, for instance at 1:21. Check out what causes them before re-tracking.

What do you crank up, the mix or the amplifier? If it's the mix: Then just don't. (See my signature.) If it's the amplifier, then there's probably something wrong with the preamp. Try your CD on several systems to be sure.

As Nero-CD-Speed supports quality scans, it sure is. Though more concerns as to the software should indeed go to the hardware. Eventhough, most drives support quality scans nowadays, many of them aren't reliable, ie. some report less errors than there really are, or they don't scan at CLV etc..

As there is a good chance for a good mastering job on those, this is understandable. I have seen >30 minutes per side vinyls, and you can be pretty sure, that quality wasn't a priority there. Still, the frequency response can be rather good on those, but the record ends up so ridiculously...

Not exactly. It depends mainly on how much stereo effects there are, and how dynamic they are. A mono recording doesn't go into depth at all and can be recorded on a rather thin sheet. Hard panned stereo with great peaks need to go much into depth, thus requiring thicker vinyl. Also deeper...

Is there a list of which vinyl releases merely took the CD as a source (like Red Hot Chili Peppers "Californication") and which have its very own mastering (whether premastered on tape, digital or on-the-fly like Red Hot Chili Peppers "Stadium Arcadium")? As I'm not a DJ, there is not much...

MP3 does no EQ'ing and no noise either. It works on omission of frequencies. Eventhough I'm not aware of such a preview plugin, it should be very possible to write one. All it needs is basically a vst which deploys the codecs available in the system. Or a vst which includes his own codec, which...

If you want to keep them lossless and are concerned about file size, you may consider FLAC for compression.

Vinyl is frequently mastered "on the fly". It is hard to tell if it could be an advantage when someone does it before it is going to be cut, since I don't have any comparisons between those approaches, which are both very comon. Eventhough, I don't master for vinyl, there are some basic rules...

Practice. If your hardware can handle it, record both in individual tracks. Obviously, this gives the most options for mixing. Same thing for those who like mic'ing a tube amp. It wouldn't hurt to separately record a line out as well, just in case. If there is a reason, like you want different...

Would you mind telling us some more detail, especially what you most liked in every particular mix. And also what you don't like.

Here goes my try (still not knowing, why some instruments are divided into separate tracks). Mastered with liberal dynamics (-14 dBFS RMS sine): http://www.lightningmp3.com/live/file.php?fid=9553 Mastered quite a bit hotter (-8 dBFS RMS sine): http://www.lightningmp3.com/live/file.php?fid=9554...

7zip works fine. Unless you have a really exotic system.

It might be helpful if told us the reason, why some instruments are split to several files. Is it intended for different effects or panning? Or is it just the way it was recorded? That would be a good idea indeed. Don't change it. If it will do anything to the tracks, than it is a decrease in...

CEP/AA is very suitable for reasonable mastering. I did that a lot, and it worked out great for every one so far. It has good filters and good dither. And a sometimes helpful channelmixer and a hardlimiter. In the rare case I need something else, some free VST usually do what I need. If you are...

Most people just don't care, as they are accepting a loss when encoding to lossy formats anyways. And people who do care, use MP3gain on their entire mp3 collection. But you actually can do the exact thing with a CD rip. Load the ripped track in Audition, convert to 32 bit, reduce the volume by...

If you know that you'll get to exactly +.90db, why don't you just master the track .90db quieter then? It's as easy as that. The different results are most likely due to different parameters you gave to lame. See the options of those GUI's. Razorlame conveniently displays the command line at...

Did you turn of "Account for DC" in the analysis tool? You should, as only then, you'll get the peaks which real represent what you are seeing in the waveform editor. If the measuring is set up correctly, you never will get bigger than 0 dB peaks on a 16 bit wave.