[tINY]

Originally posted by Ted Nightshade
Insufficient playback level is a form of distortion- we tend to forget that.

Never thought of it that way... I'd agree with you as long as we are talking acoustic power with a limited room size.


Yamaha tried to counteract that with a "loudnes" dial on some of their units (late '70s?). It worked in concert with the playback level knob to add eqalization based on output level vs "zero" level.

...Dammedest thing, though. when SPLs get past about 100dB, I can't hear as well. Perhaps there are some middle/inner ear non-linearities that get bad at that level.



-tINY