It's 'cuz of the Loudness war, 'n has got nothing to do with the mixing/mastering but the post-treatment by the Audio companies (I believe).
Kindly check these threads discussing on the 'Loudness issue' on AR tracks. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/message/104387 http://www.mail-archive.com/arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com/msg44307.html Rahman fever His Music ~ My Mother Tongue ________________________________ From: amol kadu <kadooa...@yahoo.com> To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, 19 July, 2009 9:47:28 PM Subject: Re: [arr] Where is the glorious RAHMAN I think i am just plainly amused by whatever he creates Just a voice of crib tho' I dunno with a better audioo equipment at disposal my doubts would prove to be idiotic- buti feel the earlier arr albums(pre-RDB) used to sound so sweet- the harsh notes were not disturbing. Post RDB i think the sweetness has given way to loudness. Earlier ppl used to complain about hw arr cds have a lesser o/p in terms of volume as compared to other bollywood stuff- but they had such an impact - i remember playing tracks of thiruda.. , me madahm and dil se to 75% on the volume scale - and nobody complained(includin g my neighbours)- Now i dnt dare to do it can somebody explain- is it just that i have crappy system? if its true, what happpens to rest of india which listens to most of d stuff on pirated 128 kbps mp3s and single speaker radios? or is just figment of my imagination. .. most respectfully amol ________________________________ From: Arijit Debnath <arijit...@gmail. com> To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 10:56:26 AM Subject: Re: [arr] Where is the glorious RAHMAN AMADEUS..... ......... .. ALAS Arijit 2009/7/18 $ Pavan Kumar $ <pawancumarr@ yahoo.com> >Ok..we have another term here.. " Rahman Standards" Just curious to know what >It means, how it is measured and who sets these standards? > >--- On Fri, 7/17/09, Radheshyam B <adyarsh...@gmail. com> wrote: > > >>From: Radheshyam B <adyarsh...@gmail. com> >> >> >>Subject: Re: [arr] Where is the glorious RAHMAN >>To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com >>Date: Friday, July 17, 2009, 4:54 AM >> >> >> >> >> >>First of all, a true rahman fan need not like whatever Rahman does. I agree >>that all the songs that u mentioned are really good when compared to songs by >>other MDs. But I feel they are not upto 'Rahman standards'. Compare these >>songs to Bombay Theme tune, Maa Tujhe Salaam, Oru deivam thanda poove, Vellai >>pookal, Do kadam, Tere Bina etc. When I read these kind of posts, I cant stop >>thinking why people are so narrow minded. >> >>--- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, $ Pavan Kumar $ <pawancumarr@ ...> >>wrote: >>> >>> When I read these kind of posts..I don't know how to react..ofcourse. .It's >>> really irriatating. ..If you guys are not able to enjoy songs like Kaise >>> muje, Kabhi Kabhi, Kahin toh, Zindagi, Dil Ka Ristha, or even Pappu, then I >>> really feel sorry for you guys....I dont have any problem though...these >>> are your opinions.. >>>>> And what do you mean by True Rahman fan? Grow up dude.. >>> >>> --- On Tue, 7/14/09, kishore parayath <kishore.parayath@ ...> wrote: >>> >>> From: kishore parayath <kishore.parayath@ ...> >>>>> Subject: Re: [arr] Where is the glorious RAHMAN >>> To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com >>> Date: Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 10:37 PM >>>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Thiruda Thiruda is my alltime favourite too. Its TAMIL. >>>>> >>> U r in a way right bro. Ur feelings are exactly the same as many, in this >>> group. But many dont have the courage to reveal it. I did reveal certain >>> times, but I was disocuraged. What u said, is EXACTLY the problem with >>> ARR's music nowadays. And some people dont want to tell it directly, and >>> hence they hint it indirectly by starting topics like 'Do u want any change >>> in ARR's Music?' . >>>>> >>> >>> There are no more Rangeelas, Thiruda Thirudas or JEANS... >>> >>> BTW, Dont include Dilli6 in ur list of ordinary albums. DILLI6 was very >>> extra ordinary. The only thing is that, U will require several listenings >>> to grasp each song. After grasping it..The songs would HAUNT u... >>>>> >>> >>> Rehna Tu is my favourite, but MASAKALLI is an entertainment machine.. After >>> grasping the song, it wont spare u.. It will haunt u like anything!! Its >>> like a Joyful Ride!! >>> >>> ANd listen to the songs 'MEHERBAAN' and HAWA SUN HAWA in ADA... U can find >>> the heavenly ARR ingredients in them. It was not a commercial movie. In >>> JODHA AKBAR, KHWAJA MERE KHWAJA is also an EXTRAORDINARY piece! >>>>> >>> >>> The thing is ARR should stop coming out with ordinary numbers(Which are >>> good, in terms of other composers, but NOT in ARR STANDARDS).. like KABHI >>> KABHI ADITI, GUZARISH, PAPPU CANT DANCE , SHANO SHANO, LATTOOO etc!!! >>> >>>>> >>> >>> But IAM LOVING DELHI6 like anything!! And u can expect a LOT from SHANKAR's >>> 'ENDHIRAN(ROBOT) ' and MANI RATNAM's 'RAAVAN' .. >>> >>> TAIMUR, I must tell u, that u r a TRUE FAN of ARR!! >>>>> >>> >> >> > Looking for local information? Find it on Yahoo! Local http://in.local.yahoo.com/