Comment on Loudness (2007)parentComments−xkcd-sucks9yIt's easier to remove dynamic range on playback than to add it back in... don't many stereos have a "loudness" function which brickwalls the audio?−Fice9yThe "loudness" switch on stereo amplifiers is for loudness compensation [1], not compression.[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_compensation−pizza9yShouldn't it be called quietness compensation, then? :P
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It's easier to remove dynamic range on playback than to add it back in... don't many stereos have a "loudness" function which brickwalls the audio?
The "loudness" switch on stereo amplifiers is for loudness compensation [1], not compression.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_compensation
Shouldn't it be called quietness compensation, then? :P