Re:The Loudness Wars: Why Music Sounds Worse
by tybris on Monday January 04, 2010 @07:49AM
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I've been buying more and more vinyl. It's a little expensive, but sound quality is simply superb. I spent some time trying to recognize sounds in Pink Floyd music on MP3/CD/Vinyl and realized that current technology is not yet suitable for music as sophisticated as Pink Floyd. If they could find a material that's a little harder, gramophone records might just be the medium of the future.
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Re:The Loudness Wars: Why Music Sounds Worse
by ams6110 on Monday January 04, 2010 @10:03AM
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Actually LPs have much less dynamic range potential than CDs. It's just that most producers do not utilize that range, they instead push all the levels to the top.
I used to have a link to a study that claimed that many "long term" popular hits (music that has remained popular for decades) has a common thread of being produced with a wide dynamic range. I can't find it now...