in that way. I must confess I didn't exactly understand what "loudness normalisation" is, how it works / what it achieves in practice, but it appears that this is just so that one TV channel / radio station sounds the same level as another. If that's all it is, that's not what we're after. People just want to be able to buy a music album that isn't in your face, is dynamic, detailed and musical. If it can also achieve that to a very high level, I'm all for that too. You might think that my petition is "ill-conceived" but that's obviously because you're coming from a technical standpoint and now from the position of the person who is completely and utterly fed up with the cr@p on offer. At least we both agree that chance is needed anyway. Quote sometimesuk: I think that you have missed the underlying purpose of the petition, its is trying to get a message across that people aren't happy with the totally compressed music that is being sold today. No, I'm completely with you on that, and I've suggested a far more constructive and practical solution to cure the problem. And as James has already pointed out, there is another long-established movement championing the same thing. Supporting that would be more constructive that diluting the effort with yet another campaign... Especially one which is technically flawed. Quote: Yes I can see that other people have tried to raise the issue before, but have they