Subj : Re: floppy disks
To   : Adept
From : boraxman
Date : Thu May 01 2025 10:29 am

-=> Adept wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 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?

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

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

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

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

Why compress the originals?  People were not playing vinyl records in their car
that often, nor walking around listening to it on the go.  Music was mostly
listened to on stereos, where people could adjust the volume or equaliser.  It
did exist back then, before CD's were popular, just not to the extent it does
now.

I suppose that is why it is called the "Loudness wars".  They make their album
loud so its stands out, now you'rs doesn't.  ITs a race to the bottom.

.... BoraxMan
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