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Loudness Button

I am for the Loudness Button....

Below is an odd comment I thought from PS Audio.

You don’t see loudness controls on high-end audio equipment much for two reasons: its benefits have to be weighed against the impurity of additional phase shifting circuitry, and most high-performance systems aren’t used at background listening levels so it’s not needed.

"Not needed"......I beg to.disagree.

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millercarbon
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I would have to conclude that if you feel the need for a loudness contour button in your system, something is amiss. I have no need for one in my system and the majority of my listening is done late at night at low volume. Just sayin


Fletcher-Munson. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal-loudness_contour  
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millercarbon
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Having been around back when they were common, I would say the real reason they are gone is they were blowing out speakers. Hardly anyone understood the reasoning behind them, but everyone likes bass, so loudness was on all the time. Very common.
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