Duran Duran - Warriors of the Loudness War
Mar 16, 2024 3:17:59 GMT -5
Gemy Taylor, Max Zorin, and 2 more like this
Post by maxim on Mar 16, 2024 3:17:59 GMT -5
Future Past was released in 2021 and I still can't force myself to enjoy it. This is arguably my least favorite DD album, but I am not talking about songs now, I am talking about the mastering. I remember that some of us complained about the sound upon its release, but as Reportage has a good chance to see the light of the day, I have a plea to the band: please do not ruin it as you did it with FP!
This is the DR report for the album:
DR5 0.00 dB -6.19 dB 3:11 01-Invisible
DR5 0.00 dB -6.55 dB 4:05 02-All Of You
DR4 0.00 dB -6.93 dB 5:07 03-Give It All Up (featuring Tove Lo)
DR5 0.00 dB -6.23 dB 5:18 04-Anniversary
DR5 0.00 dB -6.44 dB 3:53 05-Future Past
DR4 0.00 dB -5.82 dB 2:40 06-Velvet Newton
DR4 0.00 dB -4.73 dB 3:36 07-Beautiful Lies
DR5 0.00 dB -6.56 dB 3:08 08-Tonight United
DR4 0.00 dB -5.94 dB 5:19 09-Wing
DR5 0.00 dB -6.44 dB 4:26 10-Nothing Less
DR5 0.00 dB -7.20 dB 4:55 11-Laughing Boy
DR5 0.00 dB -6.44 dB 3:34 12-Hammerhead (featuring Ivorian Doll)
DR3 0.00 dB -5.40 dB 2:08 13-Invocation
DR5 0.00 dB -7.55 dB 3:39 14-More Joy! (featuring Chai)
DR4 0.00 dB -7.46 dB 5:49 15-Falling (featuring Mike Garson)
Official DR value: DR5
For those who do not quite understand these numbers: DR12 is good, 10 is o'k, 7 - borderline unlistenable.
Here we have 5 (!!!) and some songs are even 4.
This is probably the worst sounding album I have and I have about 14 000 albums in different formats.
Please, stop this madness. You ruin your music in the desire to win this war. And what will be the victory? Number 1 in the charts? I strongly doubt it.
And those who are in a hurry to tell me how great FP sounds in lossless streaming, please do not bother. Keep on streaming!
By the way PG has DR6, DM is 7 (5 songs are 6).
I hope someone close to the band will read it.
This is the DR report for the album:
DR5 0.00 dB -6.19 dB 3:11 01-Invisible
DR5 0.00 dB -6.55 dB 4:05 02-All Of You
DR4 0.00 dB -6.93 dB 5:07 03-Give It All Up (featuring Tove Lo)
DR5 0.00 dB -6.23 dB 5:18 04-Anniversary
DR5 0.00 dB -6.44 dB 3:53 05-Future Past
DR4 0.00 dB -5.82 dB 2:40 06-Velvet Newton
DR4 0.00 dB -4.73 dB 3:36 07-Beautiful Lies
DR5 0.00 dB -6.56 dB 3:08 08-Tonight United
DR4 0.00 dB -5.94 dB 5:19 09-Wing
DR5 0.00 dB -6.44 dB 4:26 10-Nothing Less
DR5 0.00 dB -7.20 dB 4:55 11-Laughing Boy
DR5 0.00 dB -6.44 dB 3:34 12-Hammerhead (featuring Ivorian Doll)
DR3 0.00 dB -5.40 dB 2:08 13-Invocation
DR5 0.00 dB -7.55 dB 3:39 14-More Joy! (featuring Chai)
DR4 0.00 dB -7.46 dB 5:49 15-Falling (featuring Mike Garson)
Official DR value: DR5
For those who do not quite understand these numbers: DR12 is good, 10 is o'k, 7 - borderline unlistenable.
Here we have 5 (!!!) and some songs are even 4.
This is probably the worst sounding album I have and I have about 14 000 albums in different formats.
Please, stop this madness. You ruin your music in the desire to win this war. And what will be the victory? Number 1 in the charts? I strongly doubt it.
And those who are in a hurry to tell me how great FP sounds in lossless streaming, please do not bother. Keep on streaming!
By the way PG has DR6, DM is 7 (5 songs are 6).
I hope someone close to the band will read it.