[Trevor]

"geoff" wrote in message
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"Trevor" wrote in message
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Not totally irrelevent, since most pop CD's these days are digitally
clipped to hell and back,

You sure they are 'digitally clipped' rather than 'heavily limited' ?


Yep I sure am, and anyone can see for themselves by ripping something like
Brittny Spears, Katy Perry etc. into their favourite DAW and marvelling at
all those flat tops, some hundreds of samples wide! :-(
They often drop the level 0.3dB after it has been massively clipped before
going to CD, mainly to disguise the fact. I'm surprised at how many idots
argue it's not clipped just because the level has been reduced, but
obviously there's no shortage of technical illiterates or they wouldn't do
it.


Cos that is pure incompetence

Yes, but it is definitely deliberate.


and acheives nothing positive for anybody,

It achieves what they are asked to do, in a really crapper manner.


whatever their aim. And probably goes against something in the Red Book.

I don't think Red Book has anything to say about poor taste.

Trevor.