Thomas Lund started his professional life audio engineering and playing music. After studying medicine and perception at Aarhus University, Thomas joined TC Electronic in 1997, becoming among the first to document the "loudness wars" in music. He has published more than 40 papers for AES, Tonmeistertagung, SMPTE, InterBEE and NAB; and contributed to audio standardization within AES, ITU-R, EBU, CENELEC and ATSC. Thomas’ position is CTO Broadcast & Production. He is primarily working with spatialization, perceptual measurements and hearing loss prevention.

Music production, distribution, and consumption has been caught in a vicious spiral rendering two decades of our music heritage irreversibly damaged. Today, new tracks and remastered ones typically sound worse than what could even be expected from compact cassette. As audio professionals, we shouldn't just sit back and let this happen on our watch.

FM radio is a lost cause, CDs are gone, most internet audio is destroyed upstream. How do we ensure consumers get access to sources of a reasonable quality?