Fair enough, most people who originally bought the album are deaf by now.

This is interesting......are you using the Tischmeyer scale here for these measurements?

Hi all......finally the loudness war is over,buy SOS and after buy a good ITU\EBU meters (Tonebooster).
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I read the article, hopefully this will cure things, but as long as you have radio people and A&R people from record companies involved in the process, it's going to take a while longer for things to calm down. I worked with a radio programmer for years who used to tell record reps if he had to turn up the volume on new product on his CD player or PC, he wouldn't give it a second listen. That mentality has to be purged at ALL levels before things will finally change.
 
 

>  A&R people from record companies involved in the process
 
They still exist? Oh hang on there's only about 3 "record" companies now (with money).

CakeAlexS
Fair enough, most people who originally bought the album are deaf by now.

Actually no we're not. Only the people with iPods listening to these newer versions with inner ears are

Pfft.
 
I don't listen to anything anymore.
Except I did have Steely Dan's FM in my head while loading the dishwasher tonight.
That was pretty cool.....

And I like that album too! Good thing I have the original copy, I guess.

It is incredible the loudness keeps on getting louder, even with country music the life is suck right out of it musically. You'd think it would dynamics first.! 
It is a mentality that has been with us since recording began.
The ear brain immediate response still is the louder one is the better one.
All I notice is that my PC monitors are mostly on a 3rd and most music vannot be pushed over half way if that before the speakers fart. So it goes back to a third where it is loud and very pressurized sounding.
I really don't mind using my volume control for something that isn't pressurized.
The pressurized stuff is all through out the industry.
No wonder CD sales are going down and most is designed for an ipod playlist  completing with the prior and following tune loudnesses.
The perceived loudness should be that loudness that doesn't fatigue with re listening.
Not all songs are overly pressurised but some genres shouldn't be treated like a heavy metal release.
I look foreward to my SOS arriving soon.