Vinyl records outsell CDs for the second year running - eviltoast
  • aleph@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    Lol, I’m not saying that brickwalling the mix to achieve a certain effect isn’t a thing, but at the extreme levels of compression and clipping apparent on that track, it’s unlikely that a FLAC would sound even remotely different. Apparently the band agreed - in 2020 they issued a remaster which seems noticeably less crushed:

    Dynamic range comparison screenshot

    Incidentally, I saw Sunn O))) live once. I can still feel my bowels shake.