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I think the loudness wars have reached a sort of breaking point recently. I don't mind a "loud" album, I don't mind a lot of compression. But a few albums that have come out in the past year or 2 have been literally uncomfortable to listen to, even at low volumes. Its this painful barrage of everything at the same volume with no depth whatsoever.
I find albums that weren't mastered to be loud I like to turn up and the sound will cushion around the extra volume, and I will "sink in" to the music better. Songs mastered to be loud I turn down and they are so topical in their sound, and I end up rarely listening to these albums, even though I may enjoy the songs themselves. It really pisses me off actually.
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