Are the loudness wars fake so record companies can destroy the music?


Sam here and if the music industry have implimented EBU R 128 for loudness normalisation how come the volume on most digital remastered albums leaving the studio is set to "11" lf the listening volume will be the same across the board for streaming services why bother? l’ll tell you why. By lowering the overall volume after the fact does not repair the damage that has already been done! The goal here is to destroy the sound quality of the music and it makes no difference what side your on because the end result is still the same the album is unlistenable. l remember listening to music before the digital age and you not only heard the music you felt it.Well nothing has changed only now you hear the music and feel pain? Draw your own conclusions friends.
guitarsam

Showing 3 responses by asvjerry

Query:

Have you been to a concert lately?  Did you really pay attention to what's going on 'twixt board and stacks?

It doesn't 'sound' like it....(pun intended)
Imho....when whomever bites the rubber in the road and 'does' a studio that foresakes compression and whatever trickery that annoys, AND dupes the final to the medium of choice....

AND....makes 'the product' acceptable to more than just the few that would even notice 'the improvement'...

....since, to the majority of 'consumers', the finished product will likely make their earbuds 'sound like *excretement*, more annoying than listenable at their preffered levels....

It's doomed.  Welcome to the Kulture as it is, 2020.

I'd listen to it....but pardon if I 'push it around' with my 'stuff'....:(
@n80...late comment on component eqs'....none with remotes that I'm aware of....my older (and the newer) Behringers' have up to 100 presets but have to called up on the faceplate...

If you're of a mind to run your 'puter in your gear, there's always APO with the Peace overlay... but, again, no remote.

Either will accomplish, both together you can bend acoustic spoons...;)