Thank you, Cody... (Destiny)

by Beorn , <End of Failed Timeline>, Monday, April 30, 2018, 12:01 (2249 days ago) @ Cody Miller

That can be fixed by not compressing the master you press to CD. The loudness wars highlights a creative trend in the mastering, not a limitation of the format. In fact, 16 bit audio has considerably more dynamic range than a vinyl. With proper dithering a CD can go from a mosquito buzzing 5 feet from your ear, to the threshold of pain. You have it backwards - a CD has more dynamic range to work with.

The Vinyl gives ~70db dynamic range. The CD at worst gives 96db if you don't even bother with dithering. That's more than a 100x difference.

I was about to blow a gasket, so thank you for stepping in. :) It's all in the mastering, boys and girls. And a Red Book of Westmarch Compact Disk is unbelievably great for audio. It baffles me how much this still isn't appreciated, given that the standard is almost 40 years old. Yes. Forty.