09-Jul-2017, 00:16
(08-Jul-2017, 22:13)f1eng Wrote: The problem is not in the hardware but in the recordings. A considerable number of recordings, most pop music ones it seems, are compressed right up to limiters set near 0dB. They have almost no dynamic range and are mixed for earphones and cars not domestic quality hifi.
They won't be any audible clipping, just very little dynamic range - it is the way it is mixed and released and nothing can be done about it. There have been a lot of very poor quality recordings released over the last 10 to 15 years unfortunately.
Absolutely. His a bit rare to find very good recordings. A lot of time and money spent on the overall production, but not the recording sessions and masterings.
