"loudness war" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-loudness_war.ogg Forms: loudness wars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} loudness war (plural loudness wars)
  1. The music industry's practice of producing ever louder versions of recorded music by mastering albums to such an extent that it distorts their sound quality. Wikipedia link: loudness war Categories (topical): Music Synonyms: loudness race Translations (practice of producing ever louder versions of music recordings): 音量競賽 (Chinese Mandarin), 音量竞赛 (yīnliàng jìngsài) (Chinese Mandarin), äänekkyyssota (Finnish)

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