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		mrob on March 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Surprising Advantage of Vinyl (2011) Sadly, loudness war mastering is still common. People still listen to music in cars and on phone speakers. Low dynamic range sounds better with noisy listening environments and bad playback equipment.

user_7832 on March 23, 2024 [–]

Perhaps maybe not a super recent example but I remember Bruno Mar's 24k magic sounding very "loud"/compressed.

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