[sdiy] Overcompression

[KA4HJH]

>you guys are WAY off the mark on overcompression.
>
>There are some VERY good reasons for overcompressing
>a radio signal.

Sorry Harry, but you've missed my point. I don't listen to radio. When I
*buy* an overpriced CD I expect some reasonable dynamic behavior, not
something that sounds like it's already been run through the radio station
compressor from Hell. It's like this straight off the disc? Why bother to
use all 16 bits? If I want to hear that I'll listen to the radio!

I'm NOT paying for sound like that to listen to on my stereo.

>I use an old DBX compressor on our TV. I set it to
>hard limit just about everything. So it sounds like
>sh!t but at least I don't have to beat the wife (much)
>anymore for changing channels past an overcompressed
>infomercial.

Yes our cable system is like that as well. One channel you can barely hear,
the next is so loud it's plainly distorting, and of course all the
commercials are worse.

>(I did see the sonograms that were in the link posted
>earlier. I totally agree that dynamic range is one of
>the most powerful elements of music... If anyone is in
>doubt of how cool this is, may I suggest a listen to
>"Shout" by Otis Day and the Knights.  Or rent Animal
>House this weekend, eh ???)

I wonder if his argument that none of today's music will have any staying
power because of this will work out? I guess we'll see.

-- 

Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"

"There is no Main Street anymore except at Disneyland--and try and buy a
gun there"--Hank Hill