[Ableemuser]

"scratchy noise" - very faint, left can.
 
Can you hear it?
 
Is it my macbook headphone output or CD? I should really get an amp to drive these 325i's...
 
it's also at 4:20 (a little bit)...

 

[striker]

There, and in several other places, the album is quite frequently clipped.

 

[Ableemuser]

I don't understand why, if they want amplified music, bastardise it for radio whatever; but when they press their CD's make an unclipped, non compressed version. The radio version will sound "nice" and loud and be able to compete with other highly compressed songs, and the CD version will remain nice and clean.
 
It would take 1 extra day to do this.
 
If the radio stations want the compressed version, download it from the labels, courier a version for radio playback etc... The major CD pressings can all be clean. That way only one version of the pressing is required.
 
Am I missing something here?!?! Why isn't this being done?