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Iain Churches wrote:

"flipper" wrote in message

Out of curiosity, got any, say circa 1985, CDs?

Last night, after sauna, I was looking at some British remastered pop
CD's from that era. Jethro Tull in particular. They all seemed average
around -18dBFS. In contrast, much current pop material peaks at,
or close to, clipping.

Hang on. How do you know that Jethro Tull Cds didn't peak at close to
clipping ? They're supposed to. That's what good mastering is all about.

The difference is that modern production styles for 'pop' totally smashes
the dynamic range to oblivion. In fact 'modern' CDs may have 'better'
headroom than old ones. A LOT of old CDs included 'digital clips'.

Graham