arnyk wrote: > Not the only product with that feature. I saw several, but the one that > comes to mind most exactly was from an American (Chicago) company named > Sherwood, whose good name is now in the hands of some asians. > > The general problem with this feature was setting it up, which done > properly requires a complex wave generator and a SPL meter. In the 1970s > those did not exactly grow on trees, but today they do.
Yes that was the problem , fixed loudness button was to coarse and the variable system requires level matching to your room and listening position . Which made the loudness function very misunderstood , most normal folks used it as an instant disco button :) all the time . And if the spectral timbre of the recording is not absolutely neutral it migth not yield the desired pshoycho acoustic effect anyway ? So it still sounds wrong in most practical uses cases . So if the compensation for a lower listening level should be done at home , I think so and also dynamic compression should be done at home if needed . The music needs to be produced at a reference level with correct timbre , so it can be loudnes adjusted from there at home and still sound ok and also have very wide dynamic range ( what that is I don't know ,but you can probably agree on some maximum level that still usable in a home setting ) and that dynamic range could then also be adapted in some smart way to the environment you got . -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (spares Touch, SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105816 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
