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Re: mastering for cheap cd players

Subject: Re: mastering for cheap cd players
From: Jeremiah Moore <>
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 19:02:43 -0800
I think you may mean -0.5 dBFS (deciBels relative to digital Full
Scale) ...  Many commercially mastered CDs have average levels *over*
-5dBFS

The "loudness wars" are a terrible thing for audio quality...

Lots of depth in Bob Katz's article here:
http://tinyurl.com/2botf

-jeremiah



>I requested an inexpensive cd with mp3 player for xmas.
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>It is important to note that these cheap players people commonly use
>distort if they see a sound above -5db.  Playing some mass produced
>nature sound cd's I see warblers commonly distorting because they go
>above -5.
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>Rich
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
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