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Title: Compression finds this Edition in Dire Straits
Review: I bought this version thinking that since it was an SACD that it would be of superior quality. Taking a tip from an earlier reviewer I downloaded Foobar which has a dynamic rang meter. I also have a remastered version from about 1997. Comparing the two the SACD version is seriously compressed and clearly inferior. Compression squeezes the life out of the music and all so that it will sound as loud as the last compressed cut just played on the radio. The 1997 version also has some tracks with light compression. I am going to try to find a 1985 release version. The loudness wars are ruining most CD releases. Too bad manufactures aren't required to print the dynamic range on the package.
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