With a high dynamic range, a headphones listener may feel the need to adjust the volume several times in a song to boost the clarity of softer sections or to make louder sections more comfortable to the ears, depending on the listening environment.
Softer sections are created and meant to sound softer though. Boosting the volume only in certain sections is more like making your own mix...
Listening conditions make a big difference. I have a very dynamic version of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (source: MFSL CD) that sounds absolutely great at home but is unlistenable in the car. The average volume is just too far below the peaks, so you strain to hear most of the song with a noisy background.
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Softer sections are created and meant to sound softer though. Boosting the volume only in certain sections is more like making your own mix...
Listening conditions make a big difference. I have a very dynamic version of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (source: MFSL CD) that sounds absolutely great at home but is unlistenable in the car. The average volume is just too far below the peaks, so you strain to hear most of the song with a noisy background.
It seems like car stereos should be where the compression takes place.