cliveb;244782 Wrote: > I suspect there's some kind of auto-catalytic network in operation here. > Producers ask for things to be loud, so mastering engineers oblige. > Radio listeners like what they hear, so they buy the CDs. Mastering > engineers notice that compressed stuff is what people seem to want, so > they start to apply it as a matter of course. Soon, everyone involved > (except for us audiophiles, whose opinion Does.Not.Count) just assumes > that CDs are supposed to be like that. The quality of CD mastering is > drifting towards the abyss simply because "that's the way things are".
It all started with Rap (it doesn't need dynamic range), just thumping bass. The iPod was the nail in the coffin. Thankfully, I have enough good music in CD form to last me a life time. -- earthbased ------------------------------------------------------------------------ earthbased's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=334 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40295 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
