[jrockway]

VLC doesn't do anything particularly interesting, though. There are plenty of CDs that already apply this filter to the music, meaning there's no way you can play that CD without damaging their speakers.

The problem is simply that the Dell speakers are piles of shit.

[anaphor]

Yeah, this sort of dynamic range compression is standard for the music industry (sadly).

[stevenhuang]

You've missed the point..