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It's not the analog that makes it sound better, it's the loudness war that makes the digital sound worse: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war http://en.w
by DarkShikari 18y ago
It's not the analog that makes it sound better, it's the loudness war that makes the digital sound worse:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war
The most sickening thing about the "loudness war" is that it has become so utterly pervasive that even completely amateur-produced and indie CDs are overamplified and covered in clipping in the exact same way the latest Britney Spears album is. While for older music (~80s and earlier) there usually exists previous albums without too much clipping, newer music--even good music--is usually only available in a single overamplified release.
- jwilliams 18y agoThis is true, but it also represents a market shift - CD's are now really for listening in your car, or ripping to your PC. LP's were for the days when you had a "hifi" and could be produced to actually have a soundstage. The interesting thing is that's generally the target for SACD, DVD-A (i.e. someone with a high-end hifi). So they generally sound better irrespective of the technical qualities. Video DVDs that are about musical performances (e.g. a classical concert) also tend to sound better for the same reasons. Although they generally tend to have compression, DTS, multi-channel, etc, etc, which I've never been a fan of.... All the same, the production is usually much better for a hifi scenario.