torstai 2. marraskuuta 2017 12.36.59 UTC+2 Dave Plowman (News) kirjoitti:

It's something I've never understood. If something is too loud, I turn it
down. Too quiet, turn it up. Pretty well all equipment has a volume
control. Unless you are recording muzak where the listener has no control
over the final level - or pop stuff for a jukebox.

It seems that people skipping through channels on the car radio usually pick the loudest station. Dealers have stated that they can sell an amp by setting its volume control just slightly louder on the comparator.

From my own experience I know that if I play two identical versions of the same mix, one of which has just 3dB compression, that will be the one that most people choose.

Many radio stations don't even bother to play complete songs any more with a continuity announcement between, They simply crossfade from one song to
the next. People consider quieter to be weaker, in both senses of the word.

It's almost as if those who indulge in this loudness war are never
actually a 'normal' listener to such things.

They are simply trying to give the public what they (the public) think
they want. There is a great deal at stake here, and the public are
fickle:-)

Iain