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Check it out [url= https://www.attackmagazine.com/features/long-read/surviving-the-loudness-wars-ambivalent-on-mastering/ ]here - attack magazine with ambivalent on mastering/loudness wars[/url], listen to his 4 music clips preferably with decent headphones and it's quite easy hear the difference the dub plate master recording makes, especially to the stereo width of the track.
Thanks. Will take a look at that.
The whole loudness thing has really devalued the musical impact of so many records. Arcade Fire's The Suburbs being a notable example in my collection.
“Analogue media has, by necessity, more dynamic range and headroom than digital media…”
I'm either misunderstanding the point being made or I disagree.
You could also have a listen to "Compression versus Art" - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06tvgp1
He pointed out on twitter ^ that was a transcription error - doh!, another interesting article [url= http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/07/spiritland-brilliant-corners-london-audiophile-bars ]on London's audiophile (hate that term) bars here[/url] , one of my fav clubs in Glasgow has an awesome sound system (Subclub), it's very loud without having excessive DB
I listened to that trever cox article last week - more quality recordings for me please, I'll admit to being an unashamed snob when it comes to my listening habits.