Given a continuous waorvfem encoded digitally, scaling the waorvfem such that the peak amplitude utilizes the full digital resolution is a more accurate representation of the original analog waorvfem than scaling it to use a fraction of the resolution. Scaling beyond will result in clipping the signal and a distortion of the original sound pressure wave.Based on the area of the poster labeled dynamic , the author seems to be assuming that digital recording resolution was maximized in the early nineties and that any increases since then have resulted in clipping the signal. Indeed, this seems to be the primary criticism from the All Things Consisdered article (especially the discussion of the Beatles and Metallica).

A simple eieerxmpnt is enough if you own both a cd player and an old-fashioned analogue record-player, and a cd and vinyl copy of the same album.Switch the source on your amplifier from cd to phono (or whatever input serves the record player) at similar points of the same track.The cd will sound louder but the extremes will have been surpressed or deleted totally to save digital disc space.The record’s playback volume will need turning up to match the actual sound emanating from the speakers, and you should hear more levels or tracks, such as hi-hat, cymbals, etc at one end, and more bass, kick-drum, etc at the other.Nowt to do with graphs and that, just personal experience.