[Steven Sullivan]

Arny Krueger wrote:
"bob" wrote in message

On Jan 25, 10:15=A0am, Audio Empire
wrote:

Since it is so easy to make great-sounding CDs, and I
would think that it would take more time and effort to
screw one up, my only conclusion would have to be that
for some reason, this (seemingly) industry-wide practice
= of giving us less than they can and calling it more
must be on purpose. OTOH= , I can't think of a single
reason why this should be so, can you?

One reason that's been suggested is that they are
optimizing for the earbud listener, not the owner of a
good in-room audio system.

I wonder if people are talking about what they don't understand. In general,
good quality IEMs perform not that much unlike good speakers.

IEMs are not the same as earbuds. The former involve an
airtight seal to drastically reduce ambient noise, the latter does not,
so DR compression could come in handy for earbuds.
But of course for that purpose it shouldn't be hard-coded into the music,
it should be an option in the *player*.




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