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iPod Taking Some of the Blame for Problems With Metallica’s ‘Death Magnetic’

6:20AM September 26, 2008 | Sean Fallon

If you purchased Metallica’s new album Death Magnetic, you may have noticed that it sounds like complete shit. But don’t blame Metallica, producer Rick Rubin or mastering engineer Ted Jensen—the real culprit here is Apple and their damned iPod. While the “loudness wars” have been going on since the late 80′s, the development of digital music and the iPod have heated things up.

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