I see the "loudness wars" are still raging. Way back when I was a recording engineer (early 2000's) I remember reading about it for the first time. I had this "

I see the "loudness wars" are still raging. Way back when I was a recording engineer (early 2000's) I remember reading about it for the first time. I had this "a ha" movement. Until then, I couldn't put my finger on why I got fatigued listening to certain albums: even one's where I liked the content of the songs. Now if a record is over-compressed I don't even bother(sorry Foo Fighters, get your shit together). Also, stay away from "remastered" version of old albums. That really means they've over compressed it and killed all of the dynamic range of an album you previously loved.