The large volume range of classical compositions is why I wish car stereos (but ONLY car stereos!!) had a dynamic compressor built into them, like pop FM stations use to smash everything into an even narrower range of loudness so they can compete to sound the loudest as you're wandering the dial. From a listener's perspective, the one thing this is actually good for is overpowering car engine noise, so you can hear the quiet parts of Respighi's Pini de Roma without turning the volume up so high that the loud parts destroy the fabric of space-time. If they wanted to be really cute, they could yoke the compression setting automatically to the car's tachometer.
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Date: 2004-08-28 10:24 am (UTC)