# Loudness Wars: Alive and Unwell? (The DR #s on Bob Seger's Upcoming Album are Hideous.)

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**Created:** [July 26, 2026, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/loudness-wars-alive-and-unwell-the-dr-s-on-bob-segers-upcoming-album-are-hideous/44535 "2026-07-26T13:39:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![bootzilla](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/bootzilla/32/1598_2.png) [@bootzilla](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/bootzilla)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2026, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/loudness-wars-alive-and-unwell-the-dr-s-on-bob-segers-upcoming-album-are-hideous/44535/1 "2026-07-26T13:39:22Z")

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The dynamic range numbers on Bob Seger’s forthcoming album are abysmally low, based on this three-song sampler. Seger and his fans deserved better from those involved in making this album.

 ![Screenshot 2026-07-26 at 9.32.17 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/4X/8/f/8/8f84c738a9e235a56ac942ea9e81679eb84a2ef8.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Job\_Jalink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@Job\_Jalink](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Job_Jalink)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2026, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/loudness-wars-alive-and-unwell-the-dr-s-on-bob-segers-upcoming-album-are-hideous/44535/2 "2026-07-26T17:09:00Z")

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Lots of nice songs don’t pass a DR of three. In that case, 5 or 6 seem nice.  
If these Seger songs are straight forward rock songs, I wouldn’t expect higher DR values, nor see the added benefit of these.

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**Author:** ![bootzilla](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/bootzilla/32/1598_2.png) [@bootzilla](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/bootzilla)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2026, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/loudness-wars-alive-and-unwell-the-dr-s-on-bob-segers-upcoming-album-are-hideous/44535/3 "2026-07-26T20:40:42Z")

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> [@Job\_Jalink](#):
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> Lots of nice songs don’t pass a DR of three. In that case, 5 or 6 seem nice.

In my experience, DR3 would be borderline unlistenable, and DR5-6 is just barely passable. While I cannot get the whole album in one screenshot, Bob Seger’s _Greatest Hits_ has an average DR of **9** (with the fourteen tracks ranging from DR7 to DR10):

 ![Screenshot 2026-07-26 at 4.37.08 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/4X/a/3/b/a3b1f28eac2f86d3845f1867e328d70367a6922e.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Job\_Jalink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@Job\_Jalink](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Job_Jalink)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/loudness-wars-alive-and-unwell-the-dr-s-on-bob-segers-upcoming-album-are-hideous/44535/4 "2026-07-26T20:56:46Z")

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Thanks. I will compare these tracks once I return from my trip to Sweden in about two weeks.