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I printed this list from a TAS article Honor Roll of controlled and well mastered CD's

Posted by Joe M (A) on March 20, 2007 at 06:13:20

In Reply to: different CDs have different loudness posted by clkyu on March 19, 2007 at 07:56:44:

>>In general, a hot CD will have lowered transient clarity and less dynamic range. As the absolute loudness goes up, the sound quality can go down. So you can judge the quality of a CD to a great degree by the position of the monitor control required to generate a comfortable loudness. Engineers differ in their opinion of what is an acceptable absolute loudness, but most of us agree that the sound quality of the average commercial recording has been going down hill for quite some time due to the loudness race. The vast majority of pop music recorded since 1940 sounds perfect at approximately -6 dB monitor position, which is therefore a de facto standard. This monitor position yields an average SPL (C-weighted) of about 83 to 86 dB (on forte passages)* when reproducing many pop recordings made through about 1993. I believe the -6 dB monitor position is the approximate point of no return. Depending on the music, a skilled mastering engineer can make a fairly good-sounding recording which works at about -7 or -8 position, but the sound will not be as clear or as “sharp” or as “open” as a recording whose absolute loudness is lower. You can’t beat the laws of physics.<<

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