Ive been learning about the loudness war and the amount of compression used in more recent recordings and how its killing sound quality in the name of making an artists cd sound louder than everyone else.
we buy a lot of cds in our house and it doesn't take long to hear what cds are OTT with loudness and compression and witch ones arnt, and it makes me wonder, if most producers/ artists are doing this to there cds because there afraid it wont sell then whats the point of investing decent money on a hi-fi if all the dynamic range has been flattened and all the background sounds have been forced to sound as loud as the foreground ones? it kinda takes the micky.
we buy a lot of cds in our house and it doesn't take long to hear what cds are OTT with loudness and compression and witch ones arnt, and it makes me wonder, if most producers/ artists are doing this to there cds because there afraid it wont sell then whats the point of investing decent money on a hi-fi if all the dynamic range has been flattened and all the background sounds have been forced to sound as loud as the foreground ones? it kinda takes the micky.