The manual for the Oxford limiter also has a very nice explanation of the phenomenon:
here.
Intuitively you'd think that the mastering process would remove these kinds of overs before transferring them to the final master. PF reports otherwise. Here's a snip from page 7 of the
PSW thread:
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For example, I have a few discs that I take to work for tests cos they are variously clean, punchy or just manically loud and all of them exhibit the problem. One I have of Shania Twain (a particularly quiet track) is possibly the worst of them all exhibiting bursts of up to 3dB reconstruction overs, even though the peak value meters never reach max.
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