Nice commentary on over-compressed CD's including history going back to the days of tape/vinyl and 50 db of headroom

Compression Commentary

This was a very good read. Many thanks for pointing this out.

That's been around for quite a long time, actually. I remember reading that thing 3 years ago.

Yes, it says right at the top of the page:

Still a good read. Thanks for the link, dekotaal.

The author of that article, George Graham, has mastered lots of indie folk/acoustic CDs.. they sound really nice..

http://www.georgegraham.com/producer.html

check them out if that's your cup of tea..