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Default Clipping on professionally produced CD's

Look up "loudness wars".

Jason wrote:
: I was listening to a Paul Simon CD (The Best Of..) and thought I'd
: "look" at some of the tracks in Audition. To my surprise, two of the
: three I um auditioned clipped in a number of spots. I haven't done this
: with other CD's and am surprised at this; is it common? FWIW, I listened
: carefully with headphones and couldn't hear evidence of clipping. Perhaps
: the pros know something I don't (falls over laughing hysterically).