Loudness Button On Amplifier. My old Marantz stereo has a "loudness" button r/mildlyinteresting It's to do with Fletcher-Munson and the ear's sensitivity changes at very low playback volume levels That was a result of having crappy stereo equipment tho.
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Done properly, as in some mid 70's Yamaha receivers (set the overal volume level quite high and then adjust the "loudness level control" to bring the volume down), it can make very low level listening very acceptable. It raises low frequency (100 Hz) by +7dB and high frequency (10 KHz) by +6dB according to.
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I bought a Technics amp back in the 80s, with a loudness button, never used it The loudness button's sole purpose it to boost the highs and lows at low volume levels in an attempt to compensate for this. Loudness buttons seemed to largely disappear as amps and receivers begin to feature equalizers and later sound programs
A primer by J. D. Johnston Microsoft Corporation ppt download. It has nothing to do with what types of music you are listening to Idk, even an entry-level Yamaha Stereo Amplifier A-S301 still has both features and I am happy to have the loudness butten (actually an adjustable knob on the Yamaha) in my bedroom set-up.
Passive stereo tone control w/ loudness button assembled low distortion free image download. This is designed to compensate for the changes in human hearing sensitivity at different volume levels The "loudness" button on older components had no relationship to the sensitivity of the speakers, therefore just adding a preset amount of bass.