[Trevor]

On 12/10/2015 4:27 PM, geoff wrote:
Loudness and loudness wars have nothing to do with clipping.

Rubbish. To gain maximum "loudness", moderate to severe clipping is
commonly used. Sure you could compress without clipping, but just look
at the waveform of nearly every pop CD released in the last decade if
you want to see clipping *IS* part of the loudness wars.

Trevor.