RE: MD: Loudness feature on stereos

2000-02-29 Thread Wei Zhang
I consider the loudness switch on an amplifier as simply a "preset" tone modification which provides a bit of extra low-end and high-end response to the signal, in addition to what was obtained with the tone controls. Actually, I think this has been stated, but a properly designed loudness

RE: MD: Loudness feature on stereos

2000-02-28 Thread Simon Mackay
Hi everyone I consider the loudness switch on an amplifier as simply a "preset" tone modification which provides a bit of extra low-end and high-end response to the signal, in addition to what was obtained with the tone controls. The reason some of us run the function all of the time is

Re: MD: Loudness feature on stereos

2000-02-27 Thread Ian Scott
On Sun, 27 Feb 2000, nick wrote: However, the other day, we were taught in high school physics the following: "At low intensity levels our ears are noticeably less sensitive to low and high frequencies. Loudness controls on stereos can compensate for this." Which is it? My thoughts