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Fear of volume control

An audiophile friend of mine came over for a listening session yesterday and my set sounded better than I ever heard it. It turns out that I raised the volume control higher than normal, I guess to impress him.
Normally I place it around 12 to 1 o’clock. Yesterday I put it at between 2 and 3 o’clock.
Wow! What a difference. the room shook with the orchestra and organ at full tilt.
I was previously hesitant to push the volume much past 12 o’clock for fear of distorting the sound. There was no distortion whatsoever, just clean, beautiful, powerful sound.

Lesson learned!
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mammothguy54
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Given a well recorded album (no matter the format), a great system will have it sounding good at low volume levels with very good detail of all the music within.  But for a greater entertainment value it's so much better at higher volume levels.  You'll know when you have it too loud.  The position on the volume knob is not a great indicator.  Your ears and good sense should be able to make the best decision.
Great high fidelity is a wonderful thing.


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georgehifi
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Wow! What a difference. the room shook with the orchestra and organ at full tilt.
Music always sounds better at the normal volume it would be live (if your total system/room can handle it)

Cheers George
oldhvymec
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party pooper george !! :-)
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invalid what preamp do you have?


I have a space tech labs tube preamp. 
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