Hipper Than Hell™ Jawel: Hipper Than Hell™ Jawel: The Loudness Wars

Friday, December 19, 2025

Hipper Than Hell™ Jawel: The Loudness Wars - an explanation: Many people not that interested in 'audiophile' music entertainment have been asking me why I do this and why it is that important.

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Hipper Than Hell Records · 07 Wat Ik Wil

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Master Reference Specifications:

UDR (Re)Master represents a digital version of an album that has the best dynamics and overall sound quality. This may be a digital source or an analog source like a vinyl pressing or a tape. Usually this is a master with a Dynamic Range of at least 12.

XDR (Re)Master represents a digital version of an album using the best source available, but has enhanced Dynamics. Various techniques are applied in the highest resolution possible to retrieve the Dynamics and Headroom that were lost due to the use of the commonly known 'Loudness Wars' techniques. The target sweetspot is a Dynamic Range of at least 12 but if the end results are not "better" sounding or have distortion it will not be used.

FDR (Re)Master represents a digital version of an album that has no true great sounding master (in the public domain) and was extensively "tinkered with". These versions may not sound great at least they are more pleasant to listen to than the versions found in the stores.

Eddy_litE™ is unmanagable at times but is nevertheless powered and endorsed by:

high frequencies * low frequencies * peanut butter * bananas * movement * electronics * current * the past * the future * black vinyl * white noise * colored vinyl * spikes * peaks * valleys * faith * despair * hope * desperation * peace * love * happiness * mindfulness * justice * injustice * the Sun * the Holy Mother & Father...

And not in the least by these fine organisations:

Totem Acoustics
(Providing the best monitors ever!)
Eddy Lite uses Totem Mite (since 2000)
Thanks to La Scala Tilburg, the Netherlands

DENON Nippon Columbia "Precision Audio" components:

- Microprocessor Controlled Direct Drive Turntable System DP-45F with fitted DENON DL-160 Hi-output MC Cartridges (sadly discontinued, we bought the last two...)
- Precision Audio Component Mosfet Amplifier PMA-915-XR

- Audio-Technica / Van den Hul / Siltech interconnects with MBT plugs

iMac LE 2001 Pro / marble > FireWire>

- DELL T3400 workstation (completely rebuild for ultimate performance with SSD stand-alone workdrive as #SLAVE) > 64bit stream > DELL OptiPleX 7040e XL Fatty

Streams are always fed in 64bit floathing point, 192 kHz, 96, or 48kHz, depending on the source.

- A variety of apps and suites to work on the soundfiles, anything that does the job really. Rule of thumb, when I don't need to correct it I won't. The more pure the feeding signal the better the end results. [ ELECTRICKERY } iZoTope RX suite ~ iZoTope Ozone ~ CuBase ES ~ fooBar2000 / DarkOnev.4.0 skin ~ Vshape upsampling plug-in, perfectD-clipper/audiotool ~ YamahaCorp. Steinberg's UR-22C Hot-rotted to Hell & Back.

Friday, December 19, 2025

Hipper Than Hell™ Jawel: The Loudness Wars - an explanation

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