Howie Edelson, please change the Beach Boys Archival Projects mastering approach
Howie, you've done a great job cultivating the Beach Boys Archival Projects but the mastering has made it diffcult to enjoy for those of us care about the sonics. The last 3 Beach Boys archival box sets have been mastered extremely aggressively, with excessive compression/limiting and clipping. Many of the fans care about great sound. We are not unreasonable and understand that projects must be mastered for the mass market. However, many classic artists have been able to do find a middle ground with new releases that also sound great with plently of dynamic range. You've stated many times that your goal is to gain new fans. We love this but it can be done without down grading the audio quality. If Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac and Eagles can do it, so can the Beach Boys.
Sincerely,
Beach Boys and Brian Wilson fans.