clipped audio

I've mentioned it before here on this forum, but it's entirely possible to have music that has intersample peaks beyond +6 dBFS, or one whole bit. It was mentioned again later on this thread by @LTig. Here is a 30-second excerpt of "Get Away" from the Electronic Soundtrack album Code Lyoko by...

There's been a lot of complaining lately about modern recordings. It seems to me the most legitimate of these are those complaints directed at severely clipped audio. Most audiophiles don't listen to this kind of music. I listen to plenty of rock, electronic, dance and metal. I know that...