interesting stuff here
i think the "loudness" argument is the main rason for todays harsh top end
basically top end and mid range trnslate to the brain as percieved loudness
in a much more abrasive way than bass which needs to be ****ing loud (lot's of energy needed here) to shake the room enough.
and when you are listening to the radio in your car the music is eqed to give you a lot of top and mid range detail.
with a ton of compression although this is necessary to prevent the transmitter from blowing up mainly.
i think this has carried over into techno and now there jst seems to be a bit of an overload of top end going on.
i reckon this is because of the advent of so much cheap computer software
and people still trying to catch up to learn how to use it all.
most computer softwaer in itself sounds pretty "tinny" reason and batter being the worst i think.
erhaps this is one cause for todays music being "sharp"
but i tell you what i'm glad some of you agree ....phew i thought it was just me.