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In Reply to: RE: Totally depends on loudness.. the ear sensitivity changes with the perceived loudness. So very problematic: posted by Smelly_Socks on June 16, 2015 at 10:06:10
I find that the lowered sensitivity of the bottom octaves occurs whether I'm listening live or at home. In other words, *correcting* the bass level when music is played back at lower levels (or what my brain thinks is a greater distance from players) sounds unnatural to me.
Live (unamplified) performers don't have loudness buttons nor do I find them useful for my music systems.
Follow Ups:
You hit the nail on the head. Live music must follow the same loudness rules, so classical basslines playing at piano level are supposed to be really quiet. So assuming the piece is properly recorded, why would you want to boost the level just to satisfy some wrong headed notion of "correctness"?
The way things are going, 20 years from now, audiophiles will be debating which tone control and loudness contours are ideal.........
This is why I cringe at the "digital room correction" thing.... There was once a time where doing this in the analog domain was frowned upon, even though it was a lot more transparent sonically than digital room correction.
with the HT system (where bass traps are not used), I use a mild amount of attenuation using the processor's parametric EQ to flatten out two peaks centered between 90-100 hz.
Annoying boom gone from the room.
"I find that the lowered sensitivity of the bottom octaves occurs whether I'm listening live or at home. In other words, *correcting* the bass level when music is played back at lower levels "
Fine, great. But you are also on a different topic than what the OP is talking about.
:)
the topic found in the post from Smelly Socks to which I replied.
Had I replied to the OP, I would agree with your observation.
To recap:
Smelly Socks is wrong about the topic of his response
I find that Smelly Socks is also wrong about his wrong response.
Does that clear things up? :)
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