Format conversion, dithering and compression are different beasts than "dynamic range compression". Still, an interesting article.
I had a WTF moment when I ripped Youtube audio for a DJ set and decided to tweak the EQ in Logic. I was surprised at how muffled the track sounded compared to the other songs. Flipping on the frequency analyzer, it seems that Youtube audio contains NO audio information above 15 kHz.
― mac and me (รwen P.), Friday, 24 February 2012 22:51 (twelve years ago) link