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Why music is too loud

Why music really is getting louder
Adam Sherwin, Media Correspondent

Dad was right all along – rock music really is getting louder and now
recording experts have warned that the sound of chart-topping albums is
making listeners feel sick.

That distortion effect running through your Oasis album is not entirely the
Gallagher brothers’ invention. Record companies are using digital technology
to turn the volume on CDs up to “11″.

Artists and record bosses believe that the best album is the loudest one.
Sound levels are being artificially enhanced so that the music punches
through when it competes against background noise in pubs or cars.

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