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		aforwardslash on March 14, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Improved audio rendering with an optimised version... Im not testing, Im listening. Sure there are degrees of creativity involved in mastering & mixing, but oddly enough, more often than not I've actually seen them live. And your definition of metal is amusing - id suggest you Ne Obliviscaris, Fleshgod Apocalypse within the segment I mentioned or Dream Theater, Haggard or Epica as multi-instrumental, operatic recordings.

grumpyprole on March 15, 2023 [–]

> And your definition of metal is amusing

I did not attempt to define Metal. I only tried to point out that it is often heavily compressed, as is pop music, see for example:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/sep/17/metallica.guit...

I certainly find the idea of playing this stuff on a 10K Hifi amusing, which was perhaps your original point?

EDIT:

You can check your favourite albums, by using this resource: https://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list/1/dr/asc?artist=Epic...

Compare with e.g. some classical music recordings: https://dr.loudness-war.info/?artist=Berliner%20Philharmonik...

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