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On 06/09/2019 12:59, geoff wrote:

At best (or worst) the demonstrated image shows something moderately
peak-limited. The peak limiting in that image is nothing close to what
could be described as heavy, let alone hyper, and the degree of overall
compression of individual musical elements cannot be discerned at all,
except to clearly see that it is nowhere near what is a common envelope
for today's hyper-compressed music.

I actually downloaded the mp3 file and listened to it. It is a fairly
standard recording style and quality for the genre and period. The
"limiting" sounded like tape saturation.

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