Something about this upload sounds different... I wonder if a particular version of MAME (or whatever was used to play/record this) has something to do with it.
Quality. Not just bitrate either. This is a good copy of the song. You can hear the mixing and panning of each channel clearly. I do audio engineering and just listened to some other uploads. I think the difference you are hearing is the quality. This is a very clear quality version of the song.
Also, you can tell that there is headroom in this upload while in the other uploads there is not. That just means someone didn't send the sound through a limiter and crank all the levels up. When it's quieter naturally like this, you can hear more of the sound wave without turning the volume knob down. Best way I can put it
Something about this upload sounds different... I wonder if a particular version of MAME (or whatever was used to play/record this) has something to do with it.
Quality. Not just bitrate either. This is a good copy of the song. You can hear the mixing and panning of each channel clearly. I do audio engineering and just listened to some other uploads. I think the difference you are hearing is the quality. This is a very clear quality version of the song.
Also, you can tell that there is headroom in this upload while in the other uploads there is not. That just means someone didn't send the sound through a limiter and crank all the levels up. When it's quieter naturally like this, you can hear more of the sound wave without turning the volume knob down. Best way I can put it