“Of course, the mastering engineer has no control over how loud a CD gets played. But this is about the volume of the low-level signal encoded on the CD. Artists and record companies hope that louder music will stand out, but in practice the listener may just turn it down. Unfortunately, the techniques used to maximise the volume are damaging the music itself.”

On how the sound quality of CDs is suffering as music gets louder – Guardian article here.

Posted Monday, January 29th, 2007 @ 2:31 am
Filed in business and productivity, science and tech

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