[BC] Could our concept of audio be all wrong?

[Broadcast List USER]

I sure don't get this for CDs.

Why screw them up?

I KNOW they do, but why?

SOME artists don't, but they are mostly classical, REAL (not  
"smooth") jazz, and some rock and pop artists.

I cannot believe how bad pop has gotten.  AND I am not ashamed to  
write that I used to be a real fan of Pop music!

--chip

On Mar 16, 2009, at 6:56 PM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

> Message: 5
> From: Rich Wood <richwood at pobox.com>
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> ------ At 09:38 AM 3/16/2009, JIM GRAHAM wrote: -------
>
>> Robert Orban  had also mentioned source material.  Our daughter just
>> purchased (yes, RIAA, she BOUGHT IT!) the new Kelly Clarkson -ALL I
>> EVER WANTED- CD.  Out of curiosity, I ripped it and opened the audio
>> with Cool Edit.  Give our ears mercy!  It's just a bunch of square
>> waves and sounds like crap.  Why do they do this?
>
> For the same reason we do it in radio - loudness.
>
> Rich