[LAU] -3.0 dB

I have read that it is good practice to aim for a maximum level of -3.0 dB when mixing, mastering, normalizing etc. in the digital domain.
Why is this so? And are there situations when one might aim for 0 dB?
TIA
Norv

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Received on Tue Sep 22 08:15:01 2009