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I would like to think that the loudness wars are behind us, although I don’t have anything subjectively to back that up. I can say that I believe sound quality in general has gotten much better in the last 10 years. It’s my belief that loudness normalization, something they should’ve adapted years ago is finally being implemented. instead of the 1980s and 1990s if it’s louder it sounds better mentality, it appears to me that a lot more thought and implementation of that thought is going into newer mastering.I know that this forum is concerned with music reproduction and not necessarily production, but i thought it's a good discussion to have.
iTunes has been applying -16 LUFS loudness normalization 'Sound Check' for over a decade now.
Youtube and Spotify have had loudness normalization (-12 and -14 LUFS respectively) for a very long time as well.
Like what other markets are there so producers are still producing for loudness? Are Radio plays still that relevant in 2021?
I am into two channel music, and listen every day to some form of it, I also spin a lot of vinyl. Although I don’t find the quality of the media itself up to snuff, and the quality of the vinyl and the pressing itself was better in years gone by. I do find that a lot of it is mastered very decent, and much of it sounds very good.
I also listen via DAC, and I think the sound quality of music in general has gotten much much better in the last decade.
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