martinh;645576 Wrote: > > 2) The poor hearing of yours truly > Don't be too hard on yourself for being human.
It has long been known that if two similar-sounding components are compared side-by-side, the one playing at a marginally higher volume will sound "better". If they are precisely level-matched, a lot of perceived differences disappear. If we hear a change in quality when the volume differences are subtle, it is obvious they will become even more dramatic with a substantial volume reduction. A good illustration of this is the old Fletcher-Munson "loudness" button that was built into amps and receivers in the 1970s. Human perception makes bass and treble appear to drop off faster when the volume is lowered. If nothing else, the softer passages and dynamics in a piece of music are going to be increasingly lost in the ambient noise level as you lower the volume. It could be that you're simply hearing the effects of that. However, all of that said, I do keep my amp's analog input volume control at a position that allows me keep the Touch's level at or near 100 for a "listening session". That also keeps the Touch's playback volume in the top half of its range for most background music. -- mlsstl ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mlsstl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9598 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89228 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
