The author is founder and creative director of Nugen Audio. LEEDS, England — For several years now, loudness normalization (the matching of the average loudness of program material and commercials to ...

Internet audio streaming and on-demand playback have become ubiquitous, both in consumer media and professional audio applications. Today, it is a $10 billion industry. Despite this popularity, the ...

More and more broadcasters are beginning to address loudness management issues, spurred on, no doubt, by the pending CALM (Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation) Act. CALM, which mandates the ...

Right now, I have a HT-C150, which I really like, but it doesn't have volume normalization. I'd really like to find a soundbar that has that feature. I essentially can't watch action movies after ...

Whether you’re watching a feature film or a television show, you’ve probably noticed big fluctuations in volume levels, especially when a commercial break pops up and nearly shatters your eardrums.