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"The Death of High Fidelity"

Just received the new issue of Rolling Stone in the mail today. It has an interesting article: "The Death of High Fidelity." It deals with dynamic sound compression, reducing "the difference between the loudest and softest sounds in a song". Various sound engineers and producers weigh in on the subject. It's worth picking up a copy.
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muralman1
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I just bought a James Blunt CD, while at the same time, a remastered Doors CD. The Doors CD was exciting, dynamic, and musical. The new James Blunt was flat, and two dimensional, products of being compressed. I doubt I will play that boring CD again. It's a pity, because I like James Blunt.
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shadorne
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Muralman,

Yes it is true very little if any pop music is even mildly OK sounding today.

I occasionally dip back in the past and listen to CD's from the 80's....Simple Minds, Peter Gabriel, INXS, Tom Petty.....it is so sad because the sound back then was FANTASTIC compared to the total GARAGE that producers/engineers churn out today.

Country stuff out of Nashville is often extremely good today but "popular" music is generally being destroyed through compression techniques....
miner42
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One reason why I prefer 'old school' vinyl.
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