Urgh...I now see the word "remastered" and immediately think "worse." Latest example I found - John Martyn's Solid Air "Deluxe Edition" on Spotify. Just listening to the title track and comparing it with the original (also available on Spotify) is an excellent example of how these modern remasters can ruin the sound of an old classic. It's like they've taken all of the clarity and warmth of the original, thrown it away, and rerecorded it in a large cardboard box (with a huge boost in loudness, obviously). 

At least, in such cases, we have a chance to stick to the old masters.
 
The weirdest thing is that, I noticed a while ago that movies/TV and music were taking opposite approaches.
Music now dwells w/in a fraction of a db for the most part, whereas many TV and film producers exploit that extended dynamic range beyond anything reasonable. 
 
I can't tell you the number of times movies and TV shows completely lost me because the folks on screen were whispering and were barely audible. In contrast to the loud explosion in the next scene, obviously. I think it annoys me almost as much as the loudness war.

I'm actually trying to find out exactly when too loud became too loud for me.
 
I've just listened to two albums dating from 2001 and, though they were pretty un-dynamic, they're still listenable. Next I tried was 2004, by one of the same artists, and that one was definitely beyond salvaging. Strangely enough, things managed to get even worst past that point.

Can you guys keep it down a bit?  I'm trying to think...