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RE: I heard a live violin and was struck by how powerful it sounded, hi fi suffers in comparison...

It may be that they are louder live but can I just suggest it's the dynamic range that's key, not loudness per se, especially in view of the overly compressed nature of much of today's music, CDs in particular but also LPs, SACDs, and yes, even hi res downloads. Even the stuff that's "normal," and not overly compressed, is compressed to some extent. Hel-looo!


Edits: 07/17/16 07/17/16
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