Tuesday, July 10, 2007

CDs don’t sound as good

Pop in a new CD and you might notice that the quality of the music itself--maybe something as simple as a snare drum hit--just <A HREF="http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/33549">doesn't sound as crisp and as clear as you're used to.</A> Why is that?

It's part of the music industry's quest to make music louder and louder. The result is that, sure, the soft parts of a song are nice and loud, but big noises like drum beats become muffled and fuzzy. But consumers often subconsciously equate loudness with quality, and thus, record producers pump up the volume. Anything to make a buck.

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