Originally Posted by kenobi_on_a_prayer

Am I right in assuming it's a production technique that developed in response to the growth of mp3s? Feel free to shoot me down if I'm wrong. I'm certainly no expert on dynamic range compression (and I'm half deaf anyway). But I do seem to play my CDs at a much lower level than most of my friends for whatever reason. And I think if you reduce the dynamics you're limiting your ability to express feeling (at least to anyone who notices).

Here's what Obie thinks though.