"Serge Auckland" wrote


I just don't understand why these sorts of CDs need to be mastered into
clipping. I can understand a CD being normalised to 0dBFS, but that would
mean one hit at 0dBFS once per CD, or at worse once per track, if tracks
are mastered individually. There's just no excuse for it.



It's called *tough ***** Serge, most CDs and DAB have become Chavmedia and
are pitched at the bulk of the music-buying *youth* market - there's no
need (or place) for 'dynamic range' when the replay system has got to
compete with the severe ambient noise of car, masses of moving/chattering
people and 'outdoor' listening - it just needs to be loud!

To give you a clue, there were a couple of double glazing fitters here a
week or so ago talking about 3 x 2kW (did I hear 4 x 2kW?) amps in cars
being not uncommon among the 'devotees' and some of their cars having spring
clips or somesuch fitted to prevent the windows being blown out, I
gather...??