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From: mgv@duke.UUCP (Marco G. Valtorta)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: level matching and a-b comparisons
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Date: Tue, 27-Aug-85 14:35:46 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 27 14:35:46 1985
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Some people (including a former salesperson) on the net have claimed
that subjectively louder will always sound better.  Someone else
concluded that therefore one could as well buy cheaper equipment,
play it a little louder, and enjoy sound which is subjectively
better than sound played on more expensive equipment played at slightly
lower levels.  The only reply that I have seen to this is that
in reality slight *differences* in sound level make slight differences
in perceived sound quality.  Would any of the people (there were
several) who argued that louder is *better*  (not just *different*)
care to comment on this?

					Marco Valtorta
					mgv@duke