Subj : Re: floppy disks
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Adept
Date : Wed Apr 30 2025 16:52:01

 pF> the new versions sound on a proper stereo. Sure, I didn't need to turn
 pF> the volume up on my phone+earbuds with the remastered versions, but
 pF> they sound horrible compared to the originals!
 pF> 
 pF> Maybe it's all a scam to sell the originals at a higher premium?

I think it's so that songs are comparatively louder when on the radio and/or streaming.

Though it's weird to me that they didn't compress things as much, with the original versions.

Though maybe not _that_ weird, because more dynamic range is better, because, yeah, we can turn up the volume, while we can't increase the dynamic range.

(Though this does remind me of the sound mixing in video where they have voices much lower in volume than the loud things. Which is the one time when I'd _love_ for them to decrease the dynamic range, because I want the loud things to be softer, and the voices to be easy to understand.)

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