Low level listening

@thespeakerdude Actually it is physiology not biology. Either way, I'm not disputing your chart. 

I'm disputing the claim that low levels will "never sound right" (good/enjoyable?) until you get to 100dB. 

Sounding "right" is subjective and I spent a lot of money getting my system to sound "right" to me, with documented hearing loss, at 85dB or less, in a relatively large room.

OP your audiogram may provide some insight - for me the loss was 750-4KHz 40-60dB.

Basically vowels and made worse by the generally softer female voice. So I flash the report to my wife every once in a while.

Macg19. Sorry I wasn't clear. What I meant is our ear's balance changes with level. The louder we listen the closer lows and highs are to the mid levels. But this doesn't imply we should listen at 100dB. But the nearest to correct balance(assuming good recording engineering) will occur when the level at one's ears is the level the recording was balanced at. But complicating that is how linear level changes are in a system(due to speaker dynamic linearity and the relationship of amp/speaker and to some degree the rest of the system. If it's right at one level and the system compresses above that it will be wrong at higher levels.

Anyway listening at the ear at low levels makes the bass and treble sound lower than they were recorded at relative to the mids.

Bob'd,

How did the LRS+ sound in your home at low volume?

jl1ny,

Which amp(s) do you find best for LLL?

@dynamiclinearity No worries and thank you.  I agree with you. 
 

Hearing loss and tinnitus is a serious and sometimes debilitating problem. I do think it is helpful for those of us with hearing loss and an interest in hifi to protect our hearing from further (preventable) damage and that with some understanding of our diminished frequencies, and maybe some trial and error , a great sounding, safe system is obtainable.