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Why do your old records sound better than the "digitally remastered" CD? Here's why: Since the dawning of the Compact Disc, there have been "Loudness Wars" going on. Mastering Engineers and record companies use a technique called "Brickwalling". It has been compressed to the point that the dynamics have been removed from the music. It's LOUD..! This graphic is an audio editor. These are used in production studios, both radio and recording studios. The wave form on the bottom.. is the original. The wave form on top.. is the digitally remastered version. No highs.. no lows. It's all the same. The dynamics have been squashed, and the over all volume boosted through the roof. To maximum levels.I will tell you this: Obviously, I work in Radio. However, I'm also an Audiophile. So not only do I find today's pop "music" repulsive, this Brickwalling crap makes it even worse! And then of course, we have Karlheinz Brandenburg's MP3. This removes the frequencies that you cannot hear. That's how it's a smaller file. Unfortunately, those frequencies that are deleted.. the frequencies that you cannot hear.. support the frequencies that you do hear. And then to Brickwall that mess..? It's garbage compared to your old record.