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In Reply to: Move to a system that sound better at moderate volumes? posted by Bromo33333 on August 20, 2012 at 15:31:10:
As my systems have improved in quality over the years I find I can listen at lower levels with great satisfaction. I have improved the quality greatly by:
1. Vastly reducing clipping. I have a tons of clean amp power and clipping is no longer a factor. Some have noticed that going to more efficient speakers seems to help. Reduction or elimination of clipping is the reason for this improvement. Clipping sounds bad. Eliminate it.
2. Work to minimize electronic noise by deploying a good power conditioner and good quality power cords. Having truly silent background from electronic noise reduction leaves only the music.
3. Work to find neutral sounding components. Amps and cables that add any coloration to the sound interfere. My goal for cables is that the sound should be like not having cables.
4. Lower ambient noise in your listening area. This is harder to do than some other objectives. Check the ambient background sound levels of your room with a meter. Work to lower it.
The closer one can come to eliminating everything except the music the closer you can come to listening at lower levels. Lower cost setups that have not tackled any of the above require volume levels to rise above the rage of other unncessary noise.
Like Liz noted above, I listen between mid 50s and mid 70s DB levels. With pretty good attention to noise reduction this is plenty satisfying.
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Follow Ups
- Eliminating all the crap is the key - jsm71 06:41:44 08/21/12 (4)
- RE: Eliminating all the crap is the key - Awe-d-o-file 13:11:47 08/21/12 (2)
- RE: Eliminating all the crap is the key - jsm71 16:49:32 08/21/12 (1)
- RE: Eliminating all the crap is the key - Awe-d-o-file 18:31:15 08/21/12 (0)
- What jsm71 just said -nt - E-Stat 12:24:39 08/21/12 (0)
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