@psykodoughboy: It was an FYI to all our sibling commenters saying the mics are hot.
The GB-crew most assuredly know this, likely better than me. I'll make sure to be excessively clear about the intention of my comments in the future, duder.
Their mics ain't "hot" but they are very compressed so most of the signal from their mics is as squashed as modern heavy metal.
It both sounds unnatural since human voices have natural dynamics that intense compression removes and unpleasant to the ear since a lot of unpleasant frequencies are boosted, resulting in many "compression artefacts".
Some compression is fine and often a good idea but it sounds like somehow some setting on their compressor got set to "brick wall" and it was missed before rendering the video.
If they have the unedited source audio left they can do a new render and reupload this episode but if that audio ain't available this is what we have. You can't put toothpaste back into the tube and audio can't be unbrickwalled.
Either way I love this series and all the GB fam so no offense is meant by this. It's just a bit of audio info.
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