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Originally Posted by AtomikPi 
It can be pretty tough to listen to extremely high dynamic range music at safe volumes - conservative application of compression and limiting can yield a more consistent but still high-quality result. It shouldn't count against compression and limiting that they can be abused.
It's unfortunate that the loudness war exists, but it's a spontaneous process because volume ~ excitement, and of course everyone wants excitement.
It can be pretty tough to listen to extremely high dynamic range music at safe volumes - conservative application of compression and limiting can yield a more consistent but still high-quality result. It shouldn't count against compression and limiting that they can be abused.
It's unfortunate that the loudness war exists, but it's a spontaneous process because volume ~ excitement, and of course everyone wants excitement.
i agree fully.
that album is actually pretty difficult to listen to. at first, you're straining to hear her mutterings, and then all the sudden she's banging the piano and belting at the top of her lungs.
you reach for the volume knob to adjust it down a bit. and then she goes back to muttering again... hahaha.
that's an extreme example used simply to illustrate the potential of the CD as a source.
some compression is pretty much requisite for achieving a comfortable listening experience.
the secret is retaining that natural push/pull of the performance...
i think somewhere along about 1996 (think: oasis), we lost this...
