This online database is useful for estimating how compressed something will sound: https://dr.loudness-war.info/ https://dr.loudness-war.info/ The DR score is

This online database is useful for estimating how compressed something will sound: https://dr.loudness-war.info/ https://dr.loudness-war.info/ The DR score isn't a perfect measure of perceived dynamic range (e.g. the surface noise and phase distortion of vinyl can increase DR score without adding any musically significant dynamic range), but it's a good starting point. >CD will happily and faithfully reproduce clipping and other unnatural waveforms. Vinyl simply can't be abused to such an extent Ability to reproduce clipping depends on the high frequency response of the medium. High frequency response of good vinyl typically exceeds that of human hearing, so if you ignore the inherent flaws of the medium (e.g. low signal-to-noise ratio), it can reproduce clipping that sounds the same as CDs. However, this requires mastering at a lower volume, which defeats the point of the loudness war, so the only reason to do this is saving money by reusing the digital master. Many vinyl releases do this anyway. See: https://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Myths_(Vinyl) https://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Myths_(Vinyl)