cany89
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A lot of popular music recorded in the early 1990's was very dynamic and sounded excellent.... even "grunge" bands like Nirvana, Meat Puppets, and the like. I actually learned about the "Loudness Wars" from Nirvana Nevermind. I had the original CD and when it came out on "Hi-Res" I bought it but didn't like the sound. I started researching and learned about compression and the loudness wars. In this case the original CD has a DR of 12 and the "Hi-Res" remaster a DR of 6 which ruined the sound quality for me. I notice Qobuz is streaming the compressed Hi-res version which means most will never even hear what the album originally sounded like which is a shame.
Butch Vig is a legend! Nirvana is my least favorite band from Seattle but Nevermind is a killer album. Got the original CD as well.
I had to hunt down a lot of CDs when I learned about dr.loudness and those dynamic range stuff. (Not that low DR albums can't be good btw. But in case of remastering and compressing the hell out of the album is not the best combination)