> Loudness/compression is a deliberate choice and has nothing to do with noise. Agree. Personally I find the amount of compression used in many of today's rele

> Loudness/compression is a deliberate choice and has nothing to do with noise. Agree. Personally I find the amount of compression used in many of today's releases highly objectionable. I'm a big Duran Duran fan, and was really looking forward to listening to "Future Past" in 2021 after pre-ordering it. But within a minute into it I thought there was something wrong with my headphones. Turns out they compressed the hell out of it - the album is unlistenable, even in a car going down the road. The large amount of compression is commonly known as the Loudness War: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war