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Who ever thought it sounded good this way? I think it's because headphones weren't widely used back then. (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

00s music sounds so shitty because that was when digital music first became a thing. People thought 128kbps bitrate MP3s were acceptable (until they hear that mp3 they got from KaZaa play over the PA at their wedding and realize it sounds like raccoons fighting in a trashcan).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No, like songs I listen to today on Spotify or from TV shows during that era sound weirdly compressed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I think it's the tendency of producers in that era, around 2000-2010 was peak Loudness War, and many albums were pushed into clipping. IMO it started getting better through the 2010s as the emphasis on radio charts started to wane and listening habits shifted away from earbuds and portables.