I'm trying to start a petition to try and get record labels to stop the loudness wars and also to release High Definition music downloads (24 Bit) of popular mainstream music that people actually want to listen. The loudness war is where record labels turn the volume of a recording up to grab the listener's attention upon first hearing. They make both the loud and quiet passages loud, so that there is very little difference between them in terms of dynamic range -- The music has become compressed and often distorted. While this is fine for radio broadcasts, it also means that listening to such music can often become tiring and many people experience listeners fatigue. When music isn't compressed it actually increases people's enjoyment and they also hear the music the way the artist originally intended. You only have to speak to a handful of people to quickly find out that many are not fussed with music and could quiet easily take it or leave it. This is a direct reflection on the quality of records available today, the high levels of compression used is making music unlistenable and unenjoyable. It's not realistic to expect this situation to change overnight but an increasing number of music lovers are getting fed up and want to access music that hasn't been heavily compressed. If you are one of those persons, sign my petition! While many would like to see a fundamental change within the industry so that no record is heavily