I am not happy with the sound quality of Ayu's recent albums. Especially 2012-now. But her albums have mostly followed the general trend for the music industry. Everything keeps getting louder and the difference between the quietest sound to the loudest sound in the recording keeps getting smaller and smaller. There is no air between the layers of sound. Every component of the song is at the same level and volume, loud. It feels like a giant wall of sound is attacking your ears.
For me personally, the worse side effect to the loudness war is that it makes it difficult to enjoy all the details in a track.
I wouldn't expect things to change any time soon sadly.
