Originally Posted By: grunt
most American music these days would still suck even it wasn’t mastered like boring crap.


Agreed. Whole-heartedly.

Not to beat a dead horse, but I was curious. As mentioned, here's a track from that Adele CD:


Pretty, huh? wink

Portions of many tracks (mainly her strong vocals), get really close to +/-1 db, but never clip. A good example of great dynamic range at work, IMO.