I bought The Knife’s Silent Shout on CD last week. I’ve been enjoying the MP3s for a while but hearing it on CD lifts the album to a whole other level of black shiny brilliance. It’s easy to forget how good things can sound on CD when most stuff we get is compressed to hell and back. Note to record companies: If you want people to buy CDs rather than copy MP3s you should try and make a proper difference exist between the formats.
Also: Nick Southall sums up the “loudness war” and the importance of good mastering without coming across like an irrational audiophile wierdo, which is quite easy to do (come accross like an irrational audiophile that is).