The Vain Pursuit of Excellence - Discussion.

[jandl100]

The reason the digital recordings in the last 6 years are so bad, is very simple RECORD COMPANIES .... dictate the amount of compression on the recording, who sounds loudest on Radio one.

Yup, I think that is a major reason for the increase in use of music-destroying compression. That is what sounds best on a dynamically-limited iPod. To be fair to the R/Cs, that's just the current commercial reality - if you are after major market share, that is where your target audience lives.