[linux-audio-user] Fwd: [Jamin] Re: soft clip: Achieving Gain, inconsequential overloads

[Mark Knecht]

davidrclark at earthlink.net wrote:
> Some speculation on the preference for loudness:
> 
> I almost posted something on this previously, but decided not to.  I suspect
> that the "loud is better" actually comes from a desire for denser spectra
> and that strategies for providing denser spectra have been thwarted by
> some people simply increasing the volume.  

Nah...  ;-)

It comes from thrashers that want their CD louder than some other band 
when they stick their CD in a player that's just been playing the other 
band. Basically an 'I'm louder than you' mentality. ;-)

;-)  ;-) j/k