You and I might understand this but Joe Sixpack doesn't - and in my
little MP3-makin' world - Joe Sixpack, unfortunately, is *everywhere*,
whether he's welcome there or not...


WE cannot change the world all at once.

I only respond to these to help YOU to understand your misconceptions of
audio levels. I don't care about Joe Sixpack. Not only would he not care
about this, but he wouldn't be running Linux on his PC.

YOU claimed the MFSL CD was inferior, so I wanted to correct your
understanding of why you felt this way.

YOU claimed to have been lied to by MFSL, so I wanted to correct your
perception.

However, your goal is to make a mix tape that doesn't jump around in
loudness. To accomplish this goal you have found a perfectly acceptable
solution. Good for you.

I was bothered by the effect YOUR comments would have on any Joe Sixpacks
that might be reading this.

This is not a case of anyone trying to rip us off with crappy sounding
recordings. This is a case of the preferences of the mastering houses when
they set levels for CDs over time. Today's music sounds louder than music
from the past. There are two reasons: 1. Switching from using the noise
floor as a reference for CDs to using the highest dynamic peak as a
reference. 2. Compressing the crap out of music. The dynamic range of modern
pop/rock music is so limited, they could use a 10 bit (or smaller) digital
signal to capture all of it. ARGH!!!


- FLINT