loudness war

noun

The music industry's practice of producing ever louder versions of recorded music by mastering albums to such an extent that it distorts their sound quality.

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Meanings

nounloudness war (plural loudness wars)

plural loudness wars

  1. The music industry's practice of producing ever louder versions of recorded music by mastering albums to such an extent that it distorts their sound quality.

    Synonyms: loudness race

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe music industry's practice of producing ever louder versions of recorded music by mastering albums to such an extent that it distorts their sound quality.

Similar
loudness race
Also see
loudness race

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 音量競賽 /音量竞赛
  • 音量競賽 /音量竞赛 (yīnliàng jìngsài)practice of producing ever louder versions of music recordings
Finnish äänekkyyssota
  • äänekkyyssotapractice of producing ever louder versions of music recordings
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MLA

“loudness war.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loudness%20war. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “loudness war,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loudness%20war.

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