You can buy stereo outboard compressor/limiters. I have one. Mine is made by ( or branded ) DBX. It only cost me about a $100 on ebay. I bought mine so I could watch movies late late night with the sound at very low volume as to not disturb the neighbors in my building. If you try this without a compressor on modern soundtracks, you cant hear the dialog its so low compared to the peaks/effects, etc.
Be aware though, that the more you compress the signal the "weirder" it sounds, especilly if you set the compression attack times fast. For over a century, the HI-FI pursuit has been to INCREASE dynamic range to realistic levels, not compress the dynamic range. High level compression has a price with music however, it sounds terribly funky and should only be used if absolutely necessary. jco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Digital Image Studio Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 5:02 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: TV volume, was: My holiday greeting On 22/12/06, ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So what I want someone to invent is a little gadget that you can apply > to your TV that keeps the volume absolutely at the same at all times > once you have adjusted it > to the level you can hear. If they can build rockets to go to the > moon.... why not? It's pretty easy to add to a design but after the fact it would be a pretty messy affair if at all possible to add given the degree of integration of electronics. There are external units that will manage this problem but they are usually in a kit form (not pre-built, more of an electronics enthusiasts thing) which may plug into a line out or a head phone socket but these also require an external audio amplifier and speakers and then the overall listening volume has to be controlled via this add-on box. So basically it's possible but quite impractical. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
