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Originally Posted by GoldfishX
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I go to that site as well, but be careful about judging based solely on a number. As I said on the previous page, you can have two tracks that rate a 6, but one of them sounds far better owing to other factors. Also, those ratings can be deceptive:
Kirite would be (I scanned this myself):
DR10 -0.20 dB -12.76 dB 01 Is Kirite Burning Up_.wav
DR11 -1.51 dB -15.37 dB 02 The Market in Volfinor.wav
DR10 -0.20 dB -12.43 dB 03 Promise With Winds - Petals' Wher.wav
DR9 -1.49 dB -13.19 dB 04 The Forest of Lapis Lazuli.wav
DR9 -0.20 dB -11.51 dB 05 The Azure.wav
DR10 -1.50 dB -16.01 dB 06 Scorning Blade.wav
DR7 -3.57 dB -14.09 dB 07 Upon the Melodies of the Moon.wav
DR9 -0.46 dB -13.02 dB 08 Fated Encounter - The Fall of Dar.wav
DR11 -1.33 dB -17.46 dB 09 Nocturne.wav
DR10 -1.01 dB -13.20 dB 10 As Autumn Passes Away.wav
DR11 -0.75 dB -15.16 dB 11 The Snow Howling.wav
DR9 -1.37 dB -13.15 dB 12 Prayer Tree.wav
DR9 -0.20 dB -11.60 dB 13 The Name of Our Hope.wav
DR11 -3.86 dB -18.66 dB 14 Circle of Eternity.wav
That 7 sticks out like a sore thumb, doesn't it? You might assume that it's because of some massive dynamic range compression or something, but it's actually just because the normal compression applied to the vocals leaves it in that range. There is no brickwalling or hard limiting anywhere on the album, including and especially on that track.
The lesson is, you should judge based on what you hear, not some graphic or number. Those things do not compensate for other factors that your ear understands immediately.
And for everyone's reference, here is Death Magnetic.
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