Compression when recording is not always a bad thing , if one has massive peaks and doesnt compress the music somewhat, everything else but the peaks will be way too soft. Digital clipping is another story , its very nasty sounding as the waveform is just "sheared" off , I would rather have compression than digital clipping anyday. These days , music to be played on boomboxes and radio is heavily compressed so the normal level is "loud" , the louder the music on radio , the more attention it gets. Boomboxes have limitations on amplification etc , so if normal levels would be soft, users would whack the volume up and the peaks would be heavily distorted and most likely blow drivers.
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