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Do we agree with it?
Actually, went through and read that after my last post - didn't want Rane's theory clouding mine. Compression IS a better explanation than the harmonic theory, but I would add one more piece to the puzzle - the fact that pop/rock albums are recorded and mastered with hideous amounts of compression already, so the dynamics between the low amplitude and high amplitude (quiet and loud) portions of the sound are already falsely narrowed (that "wall of sound" *twitch*)... would explain why even with "soft clipping" amps (call a spade a spade - they're soft limiters - there is no "soft clipping" really!) and better THD+n ratings on amps... we can still blow tweeters.
Bren R.
