Kurt Weiske : August Abolins wrote:

> ..all the new music is being mixed with the levels boosted, to
> sound better in our little earbuds. I've got a couple of albums where
> I downloaded a replacement "remastered" album, then found the original
> version and compared the two. The sound is so much fuller on the older
> versions.

Now that you mention it, I too have noticed sound differences in remastered
products.  On my 5-disc changer, the volume levels and bass can be quite
different across CDs of the same music style.

But some remastered versions can be a great improvement.

I'd get into this further, but maybe it is best in another echo.


> I think they refer to it as the "Loudness Wars" in a YouTube video I
> watched.

Never heard of that though.

I've recently signed up with Spotify.  They seem to have very little variance
in the characteristics in sound tune by tune. I often just play "random" mode
from my playlists.

.../|ug.

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