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Fear of volume control

An audiophile friend of mine came over for a listening session yesterday and my set sounded better than I ever heard it. It turns out that I raised the volume control higher than normal, I guess to impress him.
Normally I place it around 12 to 1 o’clock. Yesterday I put it at between 2 and 3 o’clock.
Wow! What a difference. the room shook with the orchestra and organ at full tilt.
I was previously hesitant to push the volume much past 12 o’clock for fear of distorting the sound. There was no distortion whatsoever, just clean, beautiful, powerful sound.

Lesson learned!
rvpiano

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  I watch for two things: When my hearing maxes out and the music doesn't sound right, or when the listening room is saturated beyond what it can take.
 My hearing has changed in that way over the years and I suspect that it is damage. I can get away with louder volume than usual with headphones though.
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