Volume considerations
I’ve discovered something after much listening. I generally like the volume high, trying to emulate the sound in a concert hall. However I found that listening at too high a volume actually detracts from the soundstage and realistic blend of instruments. The sound actually tends to flatten out at too high volumes.
"Another problem is that countless songs are poorly mixed and mastered."
@seymour-krelborn Yes, it amazes me that a Herbie Hancock, Art Pepper or Bill Evans recording from 55 years ago can sound so good ... while some contemporary offerings sound so bad. |
At high volumn spl can cause compression in the voice coils ,motor and it's ability to get rid of the heat generated thus large vented open voice coils in pro audio. Clipping from the amp and headroom come into play.this is why most of my amps are > 1kw 200 amps so if I want the db meter above 100 for a few songs I can do it. Dampening it how well your amp handles the feedback in emf and rf the woofer voice coils ,motors feed back to the amp. Thus why some bi,tri amp to keep that signal away from the mid and tweeters. Be careful cuz loud volumn can cause hearing loss. Enjoy the music get a db meter on amazon |
I understand what you are saying. I typically listen at fairly low volumes to most jazz and world music. However, when I listen to orchestral pieces I typically carefully dial in the volume. I started this when I was attending symphonies every week and I would hear a symphony that started with some tiny sound coming out to of the background ambience and with crescendos at... well in the symphony hall, a bit too loud (causing ear overload). I'd carefully calibrate so at home I could hear the first instrument just after its started and the creshendows would not overload my ears... Maybe what you are calling flattening... your ear is like overloaded with stuff so detail gets scrambled. I made note of this volume (yes, I know it varies across recordings) but for most it puts me right there. The is my "live" setting. My system doesn't loose the dynamic range until way beyond what I find comfortable. That level is very system dependent. Or maybe that if the flattening you are talking about. |
