In Reply to: Recognizing a small SPL difference seems very difficult posted by Richard BassNut Greene on January 15, 2007 at 12:53:38:
Your experience has been that listeners, including your self, usually misinterpret small differences in volume between Component A and Component B as differences in quality, prefering the component having the greater volume. I am not sure I would have the same preference, but I hope I would hear some difference.Given a listener's knowledge that he prefers volumes higher(or lower), why wouldn't he recognize the possibility that a perceived quality difference may be nothing more than a volume difference? If he thinks he likes A better than B, he can turn A's volume down(or up)to see if his mind changes.
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Follow Ups
- Misinterpreting volume differences as quality differences - okiemax 21:55:16 01/15/07 (6)
- Indeed, not to mention the fact that, louder volume as often means, more distortion. nt - clarkjohnsen 00:35:28 01/16/07 (5)
- Louder volume also means easier to hear deep bass relative to other frequencies - Richard BassNut Greene 09:05:35 01/16/07 (4)
- Distortion - kerr 11:02:56 01/16/07 (3)
- Re: Distortion - bwaslo 13:41:28 01/16/07 (2)
- Re: Distortion - kerr 04:43:59 01/17/07 (1)
- Re: Distortion - bwaslo 05:14:53 01/17/07 (0)