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nuttyneo said:
At the risk of being pelted with rocks:

"No, the "loudness wars" were not relegated strictly to CDs, but the physical limitations of the formats meant they experienced the phenomenon very differently. In fact, a version of the loudness war existed on vinyl long before the compact disc was even invented. [1]
However, during the peak of the digital loudness wars in the 1990s and 2000s, vinyl often escaped the worst of the extreme "brickwall" compression due to mechanical restrictions." [1, 2]
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Fair enough.
Would still imply in most instances that vinyl is the better format to listen to these recordings in because of said limitations. Too hot then unplayable.
 
3db said:
Yes, I have one album in my entire collection that was recorded too hot by a garage rock band called the Von Bondies. That album also came with a CD which was also hot but its sound was nearly not so prevalent on the CD as it did on the vinyl. All my other albums don't suffer from this and I have lots. @nuttyneo Please site an example to see if I have it or so that I can check it out.
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example" I have a recording of ALIVEMUTHERFORYA, a jazz album with Billy Cobham, Steve Khan, Alphonso Johnson, Tom Scott, and Mark Soskin- sizzles...
Now I will admit this is a live album, and may not fit the criteria- maybe just areally crappy live recording... I also seen Fanfare for the Common jump out of several peoples grooves, but not mine... maybe weak examples...
 
nuttyneo said:
What I mean by loudness wars is the recording of material at a unnaturally high levels, so that there is no dynamic range, the entirety of the material is close to saturation and as I said, there is no dynamic range... this was prevalent in much of the 80's and 90's, and yes you're right it also happened to CD's as well... what the reasoning behind this was I have no idea? :dunno:
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Wasn’t it due to the fact that more people were listening on equipment that struggled with dynamic range so the compression made it possible to get ‘all’ the music in a track that shitty systems could play?
 
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