I was 4 years old, listening to a record on headphones connected to this rig. Leaned too far back, and caught the 1/4 inch input jack on the headphones right in my fucking eyeball.
I was 4 years old, listening to a record on headphones connected to this rig. Leaned too far back, and caught the 1/4 inch input jack on the headphones right in my fucking eyeball.
Have you ever heard of the ‘loudness wars’ of the end of the 90’s.
As CD players became standard in cars, they decided the best way to counter road noise, was the max out the levels on new releases… which created a horrible sound… but worse still, then then applied this to re-releases of older albums too.
I had originals (still do) of a lot of 90’s bands, especially grunge, metal and indie bands… and I was round a friends once and they played an album I had and it sounded awful. So I went and got my copy from the car and played it on their system and the difference was ridiculous.
Of course, im well versed in it! Been recording and mixing for 15 years.
I hate squashed dynamic range. But it’s sad the young generation cant even hear it or they PREFER 2 db of DR. Luckily we still have old school mixers and masterers but once they die off we will see a huge quality decline.