The following video is a great demonstration of the loudness war.
Loudness war vs vinyl.
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Vinyl won t show flat topped waveforms ever because it s not possible to create square waves with vinyl.
I will address this issue in an upcoming faq at some time in the future.
The best way to really understand what is happening to our music is to see if for yourself.
For digital to truly eclipse vinyl thousands of records from the 1990s onward would need a remaster.
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Damn audio loudness these days ruining music.
There have been other deletions in the past mostly by people who think that vinyl mp3 or self improved versions of albums should not be there.
My main point is there is no physical limitation to vinyl which makes it immune to loudness war treatment.
The loudness war digital vs analogue and why in the majority of instances analogue vinyl beats digital most unfortunately.
In the context of the loudness war there is one question that comes to mind.
Even the two editions labelled original master recording are not the same probably because one is a vinyl record and the other a cd.
So no vinyl isn t better than digital music but it offers several advantages because of the fact that loudness war mixing isn t feasible on the medium.
Examples of the loudness war in action.
There is a really great dynamic range database at dr loudness war info that covers everything from modern cd s remastered back catalogues and vinyl.
A follow up to the previous loudness war video why i don t buy remastered cds.
Diagram 3 from the image below gives some answers.
Among the results of course are plenty of vinyl rips both modern and old where users have used the dynamic range metering software to measure and compare vinyl and digital releases of the same record.
The loudness war or loudness race refers to the trend of increasing audio levels in recorded music which reduces audio fidelity and according to many critics listener enjoyment increasing loudness was first reported as early as the 1940s with respect to mastering practices for 7 singles.
I ve seen this myth used on this forum as a justification for buying vinyl releases instead of digital.
The truth about vinyl vinyl vs.
Heres a snippet of what is probably the biggest difference between cd and vinyl i ve heard so far to the point where i wanted to post it here.
The maximum peak level of analog recordings such as these is limited by varying specifications of.
