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Note that we had not touched the
volume after we had listened with our
reference cables. But Albert thought the
piece now sounded as though we had
backed up a few rows in the concert hall,
and wondered whether it might sound
fuller with perhaps 3 dB more juice.
Actually we all did.
And it was much better with the extra
volume. The depth — which this SACD
has in wholesale quantity — was much
more apparent, and the male singers had
found the vigor they had seemed to lack.
The bottom end seemed bulked up as
well
We should add that this phenomenon
is something we’ve run across before: we
make a change in a cable, and we have the
impression that the volume knob needs
a twist. That effect does not correspond
to a drop in level that a meter could
measure. Whatever its cause, we much
prefer it to the opposite effect, in which
we have the impression that the music is
now way too loud.

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That effect does not correspond
to a drop in level that a meter could
measure.

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