"...a single volume amp designed and built by Pierre’s partner Ron Bowman. No volume control, no tone control."That is how some of us used CD players with variable outputs. We did not need amplifier's volume control.
Loudness - Why has the industry stopped producing amplifiers with this feature any longer?
I listen to music at all times of the day and night (solid sleep eludes me the older I get). My favorite times are when the family is gone and I can select the listening level, mostly moderate to higher volumes. But the simply fact is I find myself listen at lower levels much more often then my preferred listening mode.
Piggybacking on a discussion regarding low level listening here on Audiogon, I'm posing the question: Why has the majority of industry stopped producing amplifiers with this feature any longer?
I look forward to your input
Piggybacking on a discussion regarding low level listening here on Audiogon, I'm posing the question: Why has the majority of industry stopped producing amplifiers with this feature any longer?
I look forward to your input
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bluorion, Yamaha integrated amplifiers have a little bit of a different approach to "loudness button". It is not even a button and it is variable. From what I understand, and that is very questionable, it does not boost some frequencies but lowers some others. You turn it up or down as you see fit, not just on/off, so it should be helpful with atmasphere’s concern. The only problem is that I could never figure out how not to mess it up. In my experience, it is worthless. Your experience may be better, those engineers have not put it there for nothing. EDIT: It seems that Yamaha amplifiers you may be considering (higher-priced) do not have loudness control. There is a loudness control on lower-priced ones (model 801, etc.), but you lose meters. So you are stuck with Luxman and, maybe, Accuphase. Which is not a bad spot to be stuck at, by the way. |
glupson "...a single volume amp designed and built by Pierre’s partner Ron Bowman. No volume control, no tone control."That is how some of us used CD players with variable outputs. We did not need amplifier’s volume control. >>>Sure, if it was a digital volume control, which it probably wasn’t. Goodie for you anyway. |
geoffkait, ">>Sure, if it was a digital volume control, which it probably wasn’t. Goodie for you anyway."I have no idea what kind of volume control it was (mostly SONY CDP 790 and then a few ES models), but it was very usable when plugged into a no-volume-control devices. It even gave you remote control for volume. |
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