7 Decades, 7 Musical Evolutions(blog.echonest.com) |
7 Decades, 7 Musical Evolutions(blog.echonest.com) |
Portable music listening, in louder environments, necessitates the increased 'loudness' in order for songs to be heard by the average person. Most people aren't buying $100-500 IEHP/OEHP to listen to their music, so it becomes pointless to add in quieter and more subtle bits to pop songs since they are lost to the environment for many people. Additionally, radio broadcasts lose dynamic range during to transmission and most cars lack the audio horsepower (so to speak) to properly replicate tracks from local-media sources let alone from a radio broadcast.