Are the loudness wars fake so record companies can destroy the music?
Psychological evaluation indicated that the subjects felt the sound containing an HFC to be more pleasant than the same sound lacking an HFC. They felt the sound to be more pleasant. This supports records over CD, but says nothing about healing effects, let alone music companies destroying music to help big pharma. Compression is real, and used for plenty of perfectly prosaic reasons that mostly have to do with making a buck. |
Sam here and the hypersonic effect caused the alpha waves in the brain to light up like a christmas tree on the EEG brain scan. https://i.postimg.cc/PfCzj8fn/journal-pone-0095464-g004.png https://i.postimg.cc/Yqf7q08b/brainwave-benefits-accordion3.jpg you can see why big pharma spent millions of dollers trying to discredit the truth. Dynamic compression destroys the hypersonic effect and prozac is a billion doller a year anti depression drug. You can draw your own conclusions |
I don't buy into conspiracy theories. I also don't buy into digital vs analog debates. I hear good stuff in both formats. What I do buy into is that most new music is horribly compressed. There is a fair amount of good data to support this. I probably have the least 'golden ears' of anyone on this web site but I can typically tell over DR compressed music immediately, at least on my system. And I hate it. It ruins the music for me in terms of hi-fi listening. In the car, no problem. But here's the gist of why I'm responding: Many conspiracy theories are born when credible explanations are sparse. I don't believe record companies are trying to ruin any one's music. Those of us who are bothered by DR compression are a tiny percentage of people who pay for music. So the question remains: Why does DR over compression persist? I know there are bands who meticulously produce their music but the final product is overcompressed. Why? Alabama Shakes and The Teskey Brothers stand out as bands who release well engineered stuff that is then over compressed. And it is not a CD vs vinyl issue. Both formats can be and frequently are over compressed. Vinyl seems less likely to be but is hardly immune. So the format is not the issue. There are also bands out there releasing music that is not over compressed. So it can be done. Mark Knopfler comes to mind. So to me the question is not one of conspiracy. But it is still a question of why? What drives it? |
Over compressed music is just about a requirement for any music to sound acceptable to the masses on the near universal phone and earbuds setup. Us audiophools comprise a tiny segment of the customer base and we are not the ones who are downloading songs and paying for said downloads to our iPod or whatever similar piece of gear. Now streaming at a fixed cost per month has changed the landscape a bit as to what service they use but not really the way they listen. Perfect example is my daughter who has a more than acceptable rig in her room but 95% of the time she is listening via YouTube on her phone and air Bud's. How do you overcome that? |
