tomaume Wrote:
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> I dont believe for a second that this has got
> anything to do with budget. metallicas last album
> is great example of that. Small budget? wouldn't
> think so... Crappy, compressed sound? Definetely!
> I listen to a lot of singer songwriters with tiny
> (if any) budgets that creates beutiful, dynamic
> sound probably recorded in their own basements..
> Owen Temple, Donal Hinely to name two examples. I
> think this "loudness war" is a real pain that
> causes severe listening fatigue.

Nail on the head. It has nothing to do with the budget. It has to do with dynamics. Sure, someone with a big budget can get a better sound quality from a better engineer, mic placements, mixing, etc. But that all goes away when the fucking thing is compressed to hell and there are no dynamics left.