But compact discs eventually hit their stride, as independent labels mastered the art of packaging, so that CDs from Sub Pop or Matador carried with them the cachet of our precious vinyl.

Compact discs tend to have a much greater difference between soft and loud than cassettes or FM radio. When the volume dips below the road noise and the music seems to disappear, you turn it up.

Most compact discs carry 33 percent less ambience information than normal records. That reduction in three-dimensional imaging and other acoustic factors diminishes the realism of the recorded music.

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