this whole thread isn't, because there's no point, every label does what it wants with its music, regardless of any so-called professional standards.
i wouldn't consider the stuff like Com.Pact/spun etc etc records is doing, superhard digital mastering to make your ears bleed,
yet to the masses, it equals profesionality and the highest status
personally, like the superhard mastering of delirious (poli - electric wonders) i kinda enjoy on headphones at low level, but when playing it on my monis or at a party, the extra (especially in the highs) wail in the sound is so horrible, you have to put the eq down even on most setups. it's crazy
i don't think there's a loudness war on an international level, just in the biggest money making scenes within psytrance, where all the same characters are at play.
maybe we're all trippin'