Loudness - Why has the industry stopped producing amplifiers with this feature any longer?


I listen to music at all times of the day and night (solid sleep eludes me the older I get).  My favorite times are when the family is gone and I can select the listening level, mostly moderate to higher volumes.  But the simply fact is I find myself listen at lower levels much more often then my preferred listening mode.

Piggybacking on a discussion regarding low level listening here on Audiogon, I'm posing the question:  Why has the majority of industry stopped producing amplifiers with this feature any longer?

I look forward to your input
tenbar

Showing 3 responses by geoffkait

glubson
The only problem is that I could never figure out how not to mess it up. 

>>>>No surprise here. 🤗
glupson
"...a single volume amp designed and built by Pierre’s partner Ron Bowman. No volume control, no tone control."
That is how some of us used CD players with variable outputs. We did not need amplifier’s volume control.

>>>Sure, if it was a digital volume control, which it probably wasn’t. Goodie for you anyway.
The amplifier used in the Mapleshade room at CES with the (then) new Gallo reference speakers was a single volume amp designed and built by Pierre’s partner Ron Bowman. No volume control, no tone control. Yeah, baby!