So many CDs now seem to be mixed to sound loud, which gives them an
advantage when being played in a noisy environment. So the 96dB dynamic
range of CDs gets compressed to far less and we lose a dimension to the
music. Norah Jones CD didn't do this and sounds wonderful. Really the
compression should be done by the radio/player and not at the source,
but it's rather too late now.

In article .com,
Skippy wrote:
So many CDs now seem to be mixed to sound loud, which gives them an
advantage when being played in a noisy environment. So the 96dB dynamic
range of CDs gets compressed to far less and we lose a dimension to the
music. Norah Jones CD didn't do this and sounds wonderful. Really the
compression should be done by the radio/player and not at the source,
but it's rather too late now.

Yup.

Forgetting the digital versus analogue - or valve versus SS - arguments
for the minute, I'd say the average person has access to better sound
reproduction at home via their radio or TV etc than was the case some time
ago. But both the broadcasters and recording companies now routinely
produce material with less dynamic range than then. And a lot of it sounds
positively disgusting.

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